MELASTOMACE^. LXIX. DiriocHixA. LXX. Phyllopus. 



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nated, quite entire, 5-nerved, hardly clothed with velvety white glomerate in panicles, fj . S. Native of Peru. Chitonia cau- 



down between the nerves ; thyrse panicled, many-flowered ; 

 bracteas velvety ; calyx quite glabrous in the adult state ; stigma 

 dilated, rather peltate. T2 • S. Native of Guadaloupe and 



data, D. Don, in mem. wern. soc. 4. p. 317. but distinct from 

 Melastoma caudata, Bonpl. 



Tailed-leaved Diplochita. Shrub 6 to lO ft. 



Bonpl. mel- t. 32. Melastoma compressa, Vahl.^cl. 3. p. 23. 

 dec. amer. 2. t. 17. Fothergilla mirabilis, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 

 441. 1. 174. Flowers white. 



FothergilVs Diplochita. Clt. 1815. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



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Trinidad, Guiana and Brazil. Melastoma Fothergilla, Rich, in 7 D. au'rea(D. C. 1. c.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, 



^ ' ^ "^ '^' ^^ ' -- - ' triple-nerved, quite entire, acute at the base, glabrous on both 



surfaces ; panicle pyramidal, smooth. T2 • S. Native of Peru. 

 Chitonia aurea, D. Don, 1. c. Flowers golden yellow. 

 Go/rfen-flowered Diplochita. Shrub 6 to 10 ft. 

 2 D. FLORIDA (D. C. 1. c ) branches terete; and are, as well 8 D. bubali'na (D. C. 1. c.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, toothed, 



as the petioles, rachis, and nerves of leaves on the under side, acuminated, 5-nerved, clothed with fulvous tomentum beneath, 



as well as on the branchlets ; panicle many-flowered ; calyx 

 clothed with hoary tomentum. Tj . S. Native of Peru. Me- 

 lastoma bubalina, Pav. in herb. Lamb. Chitonia bubalina, D.Don, 

 1. c. Leaves often a foot long, and 4 inches broad. Flowers small. 

 Buffalo Diplochita. Shrub G to 10 ft. 

 9 D. macrophy'lla (D. C. 1. c.) leaves cordate-oval, acumi- 



clothed with almost imperceptible rufous down ; leaves petio- 

 late, elliptic-oblong, cuneated at the base, acuminated at the 

 apex, 5-nerved, quite entire, glabrous above, but covered with 

 almost imperceptible white down beneath ; thyrse terminal, 

 many-flowered ; bracteas coloured under the flower, rather vel- 

 vety ; calyxes quite glabrous, with a truncate, bluntly somewhat 5- 

 toothed border. ^ . S. Nativeof French Guiana. A shewy tree, nated, crenulated, clothed with fulvous tomentum beneath, as 



well as on the branches ; panicle pyramidal ; calyx furrowed. 

 ^ . S. Native of Mexico. Melastoma macrophy'lla, Pav. in 

 herb. Lamb. Chitonia microphylla, D. Don, 1. c. Leaves a 

 hand or a foot long, and 4-5 inches broad. 

 Zow^-?earec? Diplochita. Shrub 10 feet. 



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Leaves crenated. 



called by the natives o£ Guiana Bois Yaman. Trunk tall, usually 

 furrowed. Bracteas rose-coloured, as in Cornus Jlortda. Petals, 

 stamens, and style unknown. Berry 3-5-celled. Seeds an- 

 gular. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from D. Fothergilla^ and 

 the synonyme of Aublet is perhaps referrible to this plant. 

 Florid Diplochita. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



3 D. BRACTEA^TA (D. C. 1. c.) brauches rather compressed 

 when young, and are, as well as the panicles, petioles, and under 10 D. LEUcocE'riiALA (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets bluntly tetra- 



side of leaves, clothed with whitish brown, adpressed, flocky, gonal, and are, as well as the petioles, peduncles, and under side 

 stellate down; leaves petiolate, oval, acuminated, obtuse at the of leaves, clothed with adpressed rufous powdery down ; leaves 

 base, with the margins quite entire, glabrous on the upper sur- petiolate, obtuse at the base and rather cordate, oval, acumi- 

 nated, crenately toothed, 5-nerved, glabrous and glaucous above; 

 panicle terminal ; calyxes urceolate, and are, as well as the 

 bracteas, densely clothed with white stellate down; petals clothed 

 with white velvety down on the outside. ^ . S. Native of 



face ; panicles terminal, and there are also racemose peduncles 



rising from the axils of the upper leaves ; calyx tubular, not 



striated ; petals glabrous. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, nearCoari, 



in marshy fields. Melastoma bracteitum, Mart, et Schrank, 



mss. Like 2). Fothergilla^ but differs in the margins of the Cayenne. 



leaves being quite entire, in the calyxes being tomentose, and in White-headed Diplochita. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



the stigmas not being dilated. - - -^ . ,-r^ ^^ , x , , , 



Bracteale-^oweYeA. Diplochita. Shrub 10 to 20 feet. 



4 D. mucrona'ta (D. C. prod. 3. p. 177.) branchlets some- 

 what compressed, at length terete, and are, as well as the pe- 

 tioles, panicles, and under side of leaves, densely clothed with 

 rufous stellate down ; leaves petiolate, broadly oval, abruptly 

 acuminated, almost entire, quite glabrous above, 5-nerved; 

 thyrse somewhat panicled, rising from the top of the branches 

 in an umbellate manner; bracteas and calyxes tomentose; 

 petals 5-Q, oblong ; stigma dot-formed. Tj . S. Native of 

 French Guiana. Melastoma mucronata, Desr. in Lam. diet. 4. 

 p. 47. Rich, in Bonpl. mel. t. 18. Calyx furnished with a ring 

 of hairs under the insertion of the stamens. Ovarium toothed 

 at the apex. Berry 4-celled, black. Anthers bluntly auricled 

 at the base. Flowers white. 



Mucronate Diplochita. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



5 D. Swartzia'na (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets rather terete, and 

 are, as well as the petioles, peduncles, and under side of leaves, 

 clothed with short hoary rufescent stellate down ; leaves oblongs 

 oval, abruptly acuminated, 5-7-nerved, quite entire; thyrse 

 straight; bracteas deciduous ; calyxes tomentose, bluntly tooth- 

 ed, not ciliated inside. Tj . S. Native of Jamaica. Melastoma 

 Tamonea, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 783. Melastoma Swartziana, 

 Rich, in Bonpl. mel. t. 33. Melast. dodecandra, Desr. in Lam. 

 diet. Petals 5-6y oblong, red. Stigma hardly dilated. This 

 species comes very near to Z). acuminata^ but differs in the want 

 of the ring of hairs under the stamens, and in the ovarium not 



being toothed at the apex. 



Swartz's Diplochita. Clt. 1815. Shrub 10 to 15 feet. 



6 D. CAUDA ta (D. C. 1. c.) leaves broadly elliptic, quite en- 

 tire, 5-nerved, terminated in a long tad-hkc pomt each ; flowers 



Native of St. Domingo and 



11 D. serrula'ta (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets compressed, and 

 are, as well as the panicles, petioles, and under side of leaves, 

 densely clothed with short velvety stellate down ; leaves petio- 

 late, rather cordate at the base, ovate, acuminated, toothed, 7- 

 nerved, glabrous above ; panicle terminal, elongated ; branchlets 

 opposite, distant, many-flowered; bracteas and calyxes densely 

 clothed with velvety down; petals 5-6, velvety on the outside ; 

 filaments pilose ; stigma hardly dilated at the apex. T^ . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in woods. Melas. lasiopetalum. Mart, et 

 Schrank, mss. Leaves nearly a foot long, obtuse at the base, 

 and tapering gradually to an acumen at the apex. Calyx white, 

 striated lengthwise. Down on the branches and petioles brown- 

 Far. /3, latifdlia (D. C. 1. c.) leaves broader, cordate at the 

 base, abruptly acuminated. Tj • S. 



Cayenne. Melastoma serrulata, Rich. herb. Melast. Balbis- 

 ianum, Ser. mss. Melast. pktens, Spreng. in herb. Balb. but 

 not of Swartz. 



Serrulated'leaYed Diplochita. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



Cult. All th^ species are fine broad leaved trees and shrubs. 

 Their culture and propagation are the same as for the species of 

 Melastoma. p. 764. 



LXX. PHY'LLOPUS (from <f>v\Xoy, phyllon, a leaf, and 

 TTouc, pousy a foot ; the pedicels or footstalks bear two leafy brac- 

 teas each). D. C. prod. 3. p. 177. 



Lix. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx adnate 

 to the ovarium, turbinately campanulate ; limb campanulate, 

 with 5 very short teeth ; the teeth ciliated with bristles. Petals 

 5, unguiculate, broadly ovate, somewhat cordate, terminating 

 each in a bristle. Stamens 10, equal. Anthers with lonir beaks 



le apex, and opening by a pore 

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Ovarium adnate to the 



