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MELAStOMACE^E. LXI. Oss^ea. LXII. Sagrjea. 



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and minute ; petals 4, larger than the calyx, lanceolate, acute, formed ; thyrse axillary and lateral, tripartite ; calyx minutely 

 white ; filaments jointed ; stigma blunt ; berry minute, round- and acutely 4-toothed ; petals 4, roundish. ^2 • S, Native of 

 ish, 4-celled, rufous. Tj • S. Native of Jamaica, on the higher 

 mountains. Melastoma scabrosa, Lin. spec. p. 558. Swartz, 



obs. p. 174. 



Scabrous Ossaea. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



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Jamaica, on the high mountains. Melastoma purpurascens, 

 Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 804. Anthers obtuse, perforated at the 

 apex. Stigma blunt, angular. Berry 4-celIed. 



Purplish Ossaea. Sh, 3 to 6 feet. 



9 O. amygda'lina (D. C. 1. c.) quite glabrous ; branches 

 nearly terete ; leaves petiolate, lanceolate, attenuated at the base, 

 acuminated at the apex, denticulated, triple-nerved ; cymes 

 loosish, few-flowered, rising from the axils of the old leaves 

 beneath the young leaves; calyx rather globose, bluntly 4- 

 toothed ; petals roundish. ^2 . S. Native of Porto Rico. Melas- 



3 O. LATERIFLORA (D. C. 1. c.) glabrous ; branches tetra- 

 gonal, but at length terete; leaves petiolate, obovate, acumi- 

 nated, setaceously somewhat serrated, triple-nerved ; pedicels 

 aggregate, rising beneath the leaves, short, 1 -flowered ; calyx 



truncate, rather strigose ; petals 4, ovate, attenuated. ^. S. toma aroygdalina, Desr. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 35, Rich, in Bonpl. 

 Native of Montserrat, on the mountains. Melastoma lateri- mel. t. 36. where the description is good, but in the figure the 

 flora, Vahl. eel. Anthers oblong, obtuse. Stigma subcapitate. berry is represented falsely as 5-celled. It hardly differs from 



O. pnrpurdsceiis^ unless in the calycine teeth being very obtuse. 



Almond-Uke Ossaea. Sh, 3 to 6 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Melastoma, p. 764. 



Berry globose, beset with scattered strigae. 



Side^Jl 



Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



4 O. sPAusiFLORA (D, C. 1. c.) branches nearly terete, and 

 are, as well as the young leaves, rough from deciduous adpressed 

 strigae when young, but as the strigae fall off, the parts soon be- 

 come glabrous ; leaves petiolate, oval-oblong, acuminated at both « -. . 

 ends, triple-nerved, with revolute margins ; pedicels numerous, ^ Havanah, 



1 -flowered, short, rising in fascicles from the axils of the old 



leaves ; calyx truncate ; petals 4, lanceolate, acute. \i • S. 

 Native of Guadaloupe, in woods on the mountains. Melastoma 

 sparsiflora. Rich. herb. Flowers very small, acute, pale. Calyx 

 dotted from small strigae. 



Scattered-flowered Ossaea. Sh. 3 to 6 feet. 



5 O. flave'scens (D. C. 1. c.) branches bluntly tetragonal, 

 nearly terete, scabrous from adpressed bristles when young, but 

 at length becoming glabrous ; leaves petiolate, oval, acuminated 

 at both ends, quintuple-nerved, crenulated, glabrous, except the 

 nerves, which are bristly beneath; pedicels axillary, 1-flow^ered, t- i 



short, quite glabrous, rising in fascicles from the axils of the old ^ 

 leaves ; calyxes with repand margins ; petals lanceolate, acute, 



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LXII. SAGR^^A (dedicated to Don Ramon de la Sagra, 



, in Cuba, director of the Botanic Garden at 



Havanah). D. C. prod. 3, p. 170. 



Lin. syst. Octdndria, Monogijnia Tube of calyx adhering 

 to the ovarium, but not drawn out beyond it ; lobes 4, short, 

 permanent. Petals 4, oval. Stamens 8 ; anthers hardly auricled 

 at the base. Ovarium smoothisli at the apex. Style filiform ; 

 stigma obtuse. Capsule baccate, 4-celled. Seeds small, ovate- 

 angular. — American shrubs. Leaves 3-7-nerved. Flowers ris- 

 ing from the axils of the old leaves after they have fallen, as well 

 as from the axils of those that are standing. 



* Flowers crowded In the axils of the leaves^ sessile^ or on short 



rather velvety on the outside. ^ . S. Native of French Guiana, 



1 S. coLUMNEiEFOLTA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 1 70.) brauchcs terete, 



and are, as well as both surfaces of leaves and calyxes, very vil- 



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in woods about Sinemari. Melastoma flavescens, Aubl. guian. lous ; leaves nearly sessile, elliptic, bluntish, cren 



ulated. 



1« p. 523. t. 164. Leaves yellowish, smooth. Flowers small, 

 white, agreeing in disposition to those of Loreya arborescens. 

 Yellowish Ossaea. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



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; * * * Thyrse axillary. In this section the anthers open 

 by a broad almost 2-celled pore, and therefore nearly agreeing 

 with the genus Crema'nium. 



6 O. MULTiFLbRA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 169.) quite glabrous ; 



nerved : flowers axillary, sessile, in crowded whorls ; calyx tu- 



bular, hairy, 4- toothed; petals oblong, obtuse. 

 of Peru. 



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Melastoma columneaefolium, Schrank, mss. Very 



like the following species, but the leaves are almost obtuse, not 

 acuminated, very hairy on both surfaces. 



Columnea-leaved Sagraea. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. , 



2 S. sESsiLiFLoRA (D. C. L c.) branches terete, densely clotlied 



, , J, , with rufous hairs ; leaves almost sessile, ovate, acummatea, 



branches bluntly tetragonal; leaves petiolate, oblong, attenu- nulated, 7-nerved, ciliated, densely clothed with stiff hairs above, 



ated, bluntish, triple-nerved, with callous serratures ; thyrse axil- and with villi beneath ; flowers almost sessile, crowded m tM 

 lary, shorter than the leaves ; calyx campanulate, hardly 4- axils of the leaves ; calyx cylindrical, tubular, hairy ; petals 



oval, obtuse. T? . S. Native' of Brazil and Guiana, in grassy 



meadows. The down and hairs on every part of the plan 

 simple, and somewhat incurved. Petals small, rose-^jour • 

 Berry 4-celled. Seeds ovoid. Melastoma riibra, R'<^»- ' 



toothed ; petals 4, oval, acute. ^? . S, Native of St. Dommgo. 



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Rich, in 



Bonpl. mel. t. 37. Flowers small, white. Anthers obconical, 



open 



bicamerated dissepiment. Stigma dilated. 



Melast 



Many -flowered 



Sh. 3 to 4 ket. 



7 O. ACUMiNA*TA (D. C. 1. c.) quite glabrous ; branches tetra- 

 gonally compressed ; leaves petiolate, oblong, tapering to both 



Aubl. gui 



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..»^.. g».«... 1. p. 416. p. ICl. but he says the flowers ^.J^^^^ 

 candrous, which is most probably wrong. - Melast. ^f^*' ' * 

 Vahl. eel. amer. 1. p. 49. icon. amer. t. 18. Clidemia hetero 



ends, very acute, with callous serratures, triple-nerved ; thyrse nialla, D. Don, in mem. wern. soc. 4. p. 310. 



axillary, shorter than the leaves ; calyx ovate, hardly 4-toothed; 

 petals 4, lanceolate, acute. ^ . S. Native of St. Domingo. 

 Melastoma micranthum, Bert. herb, but not of Swartz. Very 

 like 0. multiflora, but is easily distinguished from that plant in 

 the leaves and petals being acuminated. 



y/c«wji««W-leaved Osssea. Sh. 3 to 6 feet. 



8 O. purpura'scens (D. C. 1. c.) quite glabrous; branched 

 bluntly tetragonal ; leaves petiolate, oblong, tapering to the base 



and apex, triple-nerved, serrated; serratures small, ciliae- 



oessile-flowered Sagraea. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. . ji. 



3 S. FAscicuLA^Ris (D. C. K c.) branchlets tetragonal, Disp^^^ 



petioles scabrous from hairs ; leaves ovate, acute both a ^^^ 



base and 

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lira oi^auiwus llUlll liail » , Jcavi:^ wvwt-*-, . . f\eX* 



and apex, entire, 3-nerved, besides the 2 m?rg'nai ^^^ 

 , scabrous from hairs, but with the nerves hispid on 



vuies, scaorous irom nairs, out wiin luenciT^-^ ..-* »t, tfi« 

 under surface ; pedicels short, 1 -flowered, crowded beneain^^^ 

 leaves ; teeth of calyx 4, acute, erect, permanent ; petals ^ ^ 

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