MELASTOMACE.E. LXII. SACRiEA. 



781 



801. Flowers white. Anthers acuminated. Stigma obtuse. 

 Berry roundish. 



/a5cictt/ar-flowered Sagreea. Shrub. 



4 S. sca'buida (D. C. 1. c.) branches nearly terete, and are, 

 as well as the petioles, beset with crowded bristles ; leaves 

 ovate, acute at both ends, triple-nerved, besides the 2 marginal 

 nervules, ciliated, entire, scabrous from bristles on both sur- 

 faces, but especially on the nerves; pedicels short, 1 -flowered, 

 rising in bundles from the axils of the fallen leaves, and are, as 

 well as the calyxes, quite glabrous; limb of calyx bluntly and 

 broadly 4-toothed. ^2 • ^' 

 toma ramiflorum, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 295, Allied to S. fasci- 

 cular is. 



Scabrous Sagrsea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



ceous, rather longer than the tube. ^ .S. Native of Jamaica. 



Melastoma umbrosum, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 304. but not of 

 Swartz. 



Bertero*s Sagraea. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



10 S. Domingf/nsis (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets terete, and are 

 as well as the petioles and peduncles clothed with short, simple, 

 rufescent rather reflexed hairs ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acumin- 



Native of St. Domingo. Melds- 



ated, serrulated, 5-nervetl, most hairy on the nerves; panicles 

 axillary, trichotomous, a little longer than tlie petioles ; tube of 

 calyx rather globose, with 4 very short acute teeth. J^ • S» 

 Native of St. Domingo. Melastoma pilosum, Spreng. syst. 2. 

 p. 304. Flowers small, w^hitc. 



Sl Domivfro Sai]rropa. Shrub 3 to G feet. 



11 S. TETRAOONA (D. C. 1. c) branches acutely tetragonal, 



« * 



Flowers disposed in axillary cymes or panicles. 



and are as well as the petioles thickly clothed with velvety ru- 

 fescent spreading hairs ; leaves petiolate, oval, acuminated, 5- 



5 S. Guadalupe'nsis (D, C. 1. c.) branches tetragonal, and nerved, or perhaps quintuple-nerved, somewhat denticulated, 

 are as well as the petioles smoothish, but when young clothed beset with a few scattered bristles above, rather hairy beneath, 

 with rufous velvety down ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acuminated, but especially on the nerves ; panicles axillary, racemose, twice 

 quintuple-nerved, serrately ciliated ; racemes axillary, erect, 

 capillary, with short, 1-3-flowered branchlets; berry globose, 

 rather pilose, crowned by the 4 erect teeth of the calyx. Tj , S. 

 Native of Guadaloupe, frequent. Perhaps the Melastoma act- 



nodendron of Lin. spec. 558. ? but that is said to be decandrous. 



Compare Plum. ed. Burm. t. 142. f. 2. Fruit violaceous, hardly the peduncles and petioles clothed with rusty hairs ; Knaves pe- 



the size of a red currant. tiolate, oblong, acute, 5-ncrvcd, glabrous above and pilose be- 



the length of the petioles; calyx rnther hairy, with a globose 

 tube and 4 very short, acute teeth. Pj . S. Native of Domi- 

 nique, in woods. Flowers small. 



7Wra^o«a/-branched Sagraea. Shrub 3 to G feet. 



12 S. riLOSA (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are as well as 



Guadaloupe Sagrsea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



neath, but especially on the nerves ; panicles axillary, race 



6 S. capilla'ris (D. C; 1. c.) branches tetragonal, and are as with trifid branchlets; calycine teeth 4, very minute; petals 



well as the petioles glabrous, or rather velvety in the young roundish, reflexed. ^. S. Native of Jamaica, in woods on 



state when examined by a lens ; leaves petiolate, oblong, long- the mountains. Melastoma pilosa, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 819. 



acuminated, 3-nervcd, quite glabrous, pale beneath, quite entire ; Petals small, white, spotted with red at the base. Berry hairy, 



peduncles axillary, capillary, 3-flow^ered, somewhat reclinate ; roujidish, 4-celIed. 

 berry ovate, hispid from scattered, short bristles, crowned by 

 the straight, acute lobes of the calvx. b . S. Native of Ja- 



Pilose Sagraea. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



maica. 



Anthers ob- 



Melastoma capillaris, Swartz, fl. ind. 

 Flowers small. 



CapUlary-pedunded Sagraea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



7 S. hirte'lla (D. C. prod. 3. p. 171.) branches nearly 

 terete, hispid from scattered bristles ; leaves on short petioles, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, 3-nerved, entire, pale beneath and 

 pilose on the nerves and margins ; peduncles axillary, very short, 

 3-flowered ; calyx very minutely 4-toothed ; petals lanceolate, 

 acuminated. Fj . S. Native of Jamaica, on the mountains. 

 Melastoma hirtella, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 810. 

 long and bifid, according to Swartz." Stigma obtuse. Berry 

 ♦-celled, hispid, dark purple. Seeds roundish. 



ffairjj Sagraea. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



8 S. UMBROSA (D. C. 1. c.) branches 4-furrowed, and are as 

 *elj as the petioles hispid from long spreading bristles ; leaves 

 petiolate, broadly ovate, acuminated, serrulated, ciliated, 5-7- 

 Wfrved, very pilose on the nerves, the rest beset with scattered 

 P'» ; panicles axillary, loose, trichotomous, rather hispid, length 

 petioles ; calyx globose, hairy, with 4 short teeth ; petals 

 ojjoyate. }. . S. Native of the West Indies, particularly m St. 

 Christopher and Trinidad. Melastoma umbrosa, Swartz, fl. uul. 

 occ. 817. Vahl. dec. amer. 2. t. 29. There are varieties of 



nis With hispid and very hispid branches, and middle-sized and 



13 S. microphy'lla (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets tetragonal, and 

 occ. p. 808. are as well as the petioles hairy ; leaves ovate, on short pe- 

 tioles, obtuse, rather denticulated, hisi)id above, and clothed 

 with rusty tomentum beneath, 3-nerved; peduncles axillary, 



trifid 



^ X hairy, with 4 very short teeth. 1? . S. Native of 

 the south of Jamaica. Melastoma microphylla, Swartz, fl. ind, 

 occ. p. 813. but not of Spreng. This species comes very near 

 to S. hirsuta, but differs in the leaves being obtuse and smaller, 

 in the flowers being smaller, in the pedicels being usually sim- 

 ple, and lastly in the berries being red, not dark puri)le. 



Small-leaved Sngnea. Shrub 2 feet. 



U S. hirsu'ta (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are as well 

 as the petioles, peduncles, and calyxes beset with purplish, stiflT 

 hairs ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, denticulated, 3- 

 nerved, very hairy on the nerves beneath, the rest beset with 

 scattered pili ; peduncles axillary, trifid; calyx ovate, with 4 

 linear teeth. ^ . S. Native of the south of Jamaica, on the 

 mountains. Melastoma hirsilta, Swartz, fl. ind, occ. p. 811. 

 Petals ovate, acute, white, small. Berry dark purple, globose, 



hairy, 4-celled. 



Hairy Sagrsea. Shrub 2 feet. 



15 S. rarifl5ra (D. C. I.e.) branches terete, pubescent; 

 leaves oval, rather cordate, long-acuminated, petiolate, ciliated, 

 lly 7-nerved ; racemes axillary, few-flowered ; flowers 

 minute, octandrous : calyx pilose, with 4 very short teeth ; 



*argeleave<. R^r.,. ^--i---- u)'u^u em-dl 4-celled. minute, octandrous : caiyx piiose, wiui * vcijr :>..v... ...»., 



Petioles 1 a;d f f '.^y g^^^^^^' ^^''y^ ^^^^^^^'^^ '"'""' petals ^val ; style longer than the stamens ; berry mumte, glo- 



ics i ana 1^ mch lonsr. i „ n j t. c v„.:.,„ ^f S/^....l, Ampnra. m the oro- 



Shaded Sagraea. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. ,, 



» ». Berte'rii (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are as well 

 as the petioles, panicles, and calyxes densely clothed with loose 

 'pread.ng bristles ; leaves ovate, obtuse at the base, acuminated 

 »' we apex, 5-7-nerved, serrulated, villous on both surfaces, but 

 y lally on the nerves ; panicles axillary, longer than the 

 petioles, haying their branches whorled ; lobes of calyx 4, seta- 



bose, 3-celled. F? . S. Native of South America, m the pro- 

 vince of Cumana, at Mount Caripe. Melastoma rarifl6ra. Bonpl. 

 mel. t. 50. This is a doubtful species, from the flowers bemg 

 described as octandrous ; but in the figure the calyx is 5-lobcd, 

 and therefore the flowers would be decandrous. Flowers white. 



Few-fowered Sagrxa. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



n.Ji Vr^r /'iiltiiro nnrl nrooairation see Melastoma, 764. 



