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MELASTOMACEiE. LXXVI. Miconia. 



mel. t. 2. Flowers white. Petals 6-8, oval. Anthers blunt, 

 opening by 1 pore at the apex, which is common to the 2 cells. 

 Bristle-knotted WiconiSL. Shrub 6 feet. 



as well as being clothed with tomentum). D. C. prod. 3. p. 

 180. Hypoxanthus, Rich. herb. Flower-bud globose, tomen- 

 tose. Tube of calyx nearly globose ; limb very short. Berry 



5 M. cilia' TA (D, C. 1. c.) branchlets nearly terete, gla- globose. Leaves discoloured, glabrous above and tomentose 



brous; leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, serrated, beneath. Panicle terminal, hoary, with opposite branches, and 



ciliated with bristles, glabrous on both surfaces, 3-nerved, be- having the flowers sessile and disposed in a secund manner along 



sides the marginal nervules ; thyrse terminal, somewhat spicate ; the branches, rarely crowded at the tops of the branches, or 



flowers crowded in whorls, the whorfs distant. Tj . S. Native along a nearly simple rachis. 



of French Guiana, in woods. Melastoma ciliata, Rich, in act. 



11 M. fu'lva (D. C. 1. c.) branches tetragonal, and are as 



soc. hist. nat. par. 1791. p. 109. and in Bonpl. mel. t. 26 

 purpurascens, Vahl. ex Rich. Flowers purple. 

 Ciliated-leaved Miconia. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



Mr well as the petioles, panicles, and under side of leaves clothed 



with whitish, rufescent, adpressed, rather stellate, lepidotted 

 down ; leaves opposite, or 3-4 in a whorl, elongated, hardly 

 petiolate, attenuated at the base, and terminating in a long 



6 M. pilea'ta (D. C. prod. 3. p. ISO.) branches tetragonal, ^ , ■.-•it, 



and are as well as the petioles and leaves more or less hispid, slender acumen at the apex, 3-nerved, glabrous above, with the 

 and ciliated from lonjr stiff bristles ; thyrse somewhat spicate, margins bluntly and repandly crenated ; panicle terminal, with 



terminal ; flowers almost sessile, disposed in crowded whorls ; 



Melas- 



whorls distant. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in woods. 



variable 



A very 



toma ciliatum and pile^tum, Schrank et Mart. mss. 



sometimes nearly glabrous, and sometimes Rich, in Bonpl. mel. t. 11. 



Seeds ovoid. 



species, 

 very hispid. Flowers always glabrous. 



Bracteas in both ciliated, with bris- 



its branches opposite or in whorls ; rachis tetragonal ^ 

 Native of Cayenne. Melastoma chrysophylla, Rich, in act. soc. 

 hist. nat. par. 1792. p. 109. but not of Desr. Melastoma fulva, 



Flower-buds small and globose. 



Nearly 



Leaves 7-8 inches long and an inch broad. 



Flowers white. 



allied to M. congestijlora. 

 ties at the apex. 



Cap Miconia. Shrub 6 feet. 



p 



7 M. Wydleria'na (D. C. in herb. Wydler. no. 225. mem. 

 mel. p. 77.) branches bluntly tetragonal, but at length becom- 

 ing terete, glabrous, but when young as well as the panicles 

 somewhat tubercularly scabrous from rufous hairs ; leaves 



almost sessile, oval, acuminated, obtuse at the base, and some- Flowers and fruit unknown. ^ u' o 



what cordate, quite glabrous above, but dotted from tubercular leaves being much less crenated, and in the branchlets being « 



what 2-edged, and are as well as the petioles and under side of 

 leaves clothed with whitish, rufescent, rather stellate, lepidotted, 

 adpressed down ; leaves opposite or 3 in a whorl, on short 

 petioles,' oblong, tapering to the base, and acuminated at the 

 apex, rather repand, glabrous above in the adult state, 3-nerved, 

 besides the 2 marginal nervules. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. 



Allied to var. a, but differs in the 



rufous down beneath ; thyrse panicled, terminal ; flowers almost 

 sessile, in crowded whorls. ^2 • S. Native of Porto Rico, in 



the woods. Fruit globose, black. 



Wydler^s Miconia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 

 *. 8 M. coNGESTiFLORA (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets tetragonal, and 

 are as well as the panicles and petioles quite glabrous ; leaves 

 petiolate, oblong, 5-nerved, glabrous on both surfaces, ciliated 

 with long, stiff hairs ; thyrse spicate, terminal; flowers crowded, 

 in distant, many-flowered, opposite bundles. T2 . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in the province of MinasGeraes. Melast. sessiliflorum. 

 Mart. herb, but not of Vahl. Calyx hemispherical, with 5 

 broad, small, permanent lobes. Petals obovate, emarginate. 

 Anthers oblong, opening by 1 pore. Style filiform. Ovarium short. Seeds angular. Flowers not seen. 



edged, not tetragonal. 



Fulvous Miconia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



12 M. LEPiDOTA (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets rather compressed, 

 but at length becoming terete, and are as well as the petioles, 

 panicles, and under side of leaves clothed with rather stellate, 

 small, somewhat rufescent, lepidotted down ; leaves petiolate, 

 oval, acuminated, quite entire, 3-nerved, quite glabrous above; 



Melastoma 



panicle many-flowered, terminal, rather loose. 



Native 



of Brazil, at Para and the Rio Negro, in woods. . , , 1 



lepidotum, Schrank et Mart, mss. Leaves not truly lepidotteo, 

 but discoloured from almost imperceptible down. Fruit hara y 

 the size of a large mustard-seed. Teeth of calyx obtuse, very 



many-celled. Seeds angular. 



Crorvded-Jlorvered Miconia. Shrub G feet. 



9 M. brachy'poda (D. C. 1. c.) branches bluntly quadran- 

 gular, glabrous, villous, and bristly at the knots ; petioles short, 

 villous at the apex ; leaves oval, attenuated at the base, acute, 

 serrately ciliated, 3-nerved, besides the lateral nervules, pilose 

 on the nerves on both surfaces, and beset with scattered dots 



Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



branches 



of stellate down above ; thyrse terminal, spicate 



tinuous. ^2 . S. Native of St. Domingo. Melastoma cr6- 



M 



13 M. argyrophy'lla (D 

 acutely tetragonal, and are as well as the petioles, panicit», «»- 

 leaves clothed with white stellate down beneath ; leaves pe^^ 

 late, oval, acuminated, quite entire, glabrous above, ''"^IJ^^^^ ! 

 besides the marginal nervules ; panicle terminal, raceme-tor • 

 fruit globose, somewhat lO-ribbed. Tj . S. Native ot maz j 



Melastoma ar^yrophy'lla, Schrank et 



Seeds 3-sided, 



rather con- at the river Amazon. 



Mart 



ceum, from Hispaniola, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 302. exclusive of smooth. Flowers unknown, 

 the synonyms, and the country Peru. Leaves yellowish on the 

 under surface. 



Short'petioled Miconia. Shrub 6 feet. 



Teeth of calyx 5, short, acute 



well 



Silver-leaved Miconia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. ^^ 



14 M. fa'llax (D. C. 1. c.) branches tetragonal, a".*;/^^^^^ 

 11 as the panicles and un^er side of leaves clothed ^^^_^.. 



10 M. rufe'sceks (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets bluntly tetragonal, stellate tomentum ; leaves hardly petiolate, oblong 



minateJ, 



densely clothed with pili; leaves almost sessile, cordate at the coriaceous, quite entire, somewhat 5-nerved, obtuse a .^j^ 



base, ovate, crenulated, scabrous, rather tomentose, 5-nerved; what cordate at the base, glabrous and shining above iP^^^ 

 thyrse spicate, terminal, densely clothed with pili; flowers terminal, elongated, having the flow^ers sessile an . ^ ^f 



crowded in something like whorls ; the whorls distant. 12 • S. 

 Native of Guiana, in fields. Melastoma rufescens, Aubl. guian. 

 *• 157- Perhaps belonging to a different section. 

 Rufescent Miconia. Shrub 6 to 9 feet. 



T, . S. Native ot Brazil, in u.. ^^ , j^. 



A 



pper 



Sect. II. 



erion, wool, and aAaip 



sphalra, a sphere ; in reference to the flower-bud being globose. 



Fallacious Miconia. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. t,»aandl, ^^ 



15 M. STENOSTA^CHYA (D. C. 1. c.) ^"^anclies tctrae ^ ^.j, 



8 as well as the petioles and under side of leates ci 



