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MELASTOMACEiE. LXXVI. Miconia. 



crowded along its branchlets. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the 

 elevated plains of Champadada Paranan. Melastoma leucocar- 

 piim, Mart, et Schrank, mss. Branches twisted. Berry white, 



globose. 



Seeds 3-sided, nearly globose. 



Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



Simple-Spiked Miconia. Shrub 4 feet. 



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Sect. III. Eumiconia (from eu^ well or good, and Miconia; 

 this section contains what are supposed to be the genuine specie^ 

 of the genus). D. C. prod. 3. p. 183. Tube of calyx obovate 



White-fruited Miconia. 



26 M. ELA^TA (D. C. 1. c.) branches angularly furrowed, or turbinate, not globose as in the last section. Flowers not 

 clothed with rusty tomentum ; leaves petiolate, oblong, acute, disposed in rows along the branches of the panicle. 



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Leaves sessile, 5-7-nerved» 



32 M. iMPETioLA^Ris (D. Dou, in wern. soc. mem. 4. p 



serrulately denticulated, 5-nerved, glabrous above, and of an ob- 

 scure green, but clothed with rusty tomentum beneath ; flowers 

 decandrous, panicled, crowded, sessile, small, white ; calyx rather 

 campanulate, minutely toothed; stigma thickened, depressed; 315.) branches nearly terete, and are, as well as the panicles and 

 berry minute. Tj . S. Native of Jamaica, on the higher moun- under side of leaves, clothed with rufous stellate down ; leaves 

 tains, and others of the West India islands. Melastoma elata, sessile, half stem-clasping, ovate, rather cordate at the base, 

 Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 781. Leaves from half a foot to a foot acuminated at the apex, quite entire, 5-nerved, glabrous above ; 



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ong. 



Tall Miconia. Tree 30 to 40 ft. 



thyrse panicled, terminal ; flowers sessile ; calyx globose, with 

 5 very short teeth. ^ . S. Native of the West Indies, Guada- 

 27 M. FERRUGiNEA (D. C. 1. c.) branches tcrctc ; branchlets loupe, St. Domingo, Jamaica, &c. Melastoma impetiolkris, 

 tetragonal, clothed with rusty tomentum ; leaves ovate, acute, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 788* Rich, in Bonpl. mel. t. 29. Melast. 

 obsoletcly crenated, and somewhat ciliated, 3-nerved, glabrous macrophy'lla, Desr. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 44. Berry blue, glo- 

 above, but clothed with rusty tomentum beneath, as well as the bose, 3-4-celled. Petals 5, white, orbicular. Anthers biauricu- 

 petioles; panicles terminal ; flowers small, pedicellate. Tj . S. late at the base of the connectives. 



Impetiolar-lesived Miconia. Clt. 1822, Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 

 M. iMPETiGiNosA (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as 

 be rachis, densely clothed with bristles, intermixed with 



Native of St. Domingo. 



Melastoma ferruginea, Desr. in Lam. 

 diet. 4. p. 42. Leaves 3 inches long, and 15 lines broad. 

 Corolla rather rose-coloured. Perhaps a variety of the preced- 

 ing species. 



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well as the 



stellate down ; leaves sessile, broadly ovate, acuminated, some- 

 what crenulated, 5-nerved, scabrous from stellate down on both 



Ferruginous Miconia. Shrub 8 to 10 ft. 



28 M. RUBiGiNosA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 183.) branchlets terete, surfaces, netted, the veins elevated beneath, and impressed above ; 

 and are, as well as the petioles and under side of leaves, densely spikes terminal; flowers sessile, bracteate, crowded in distant 



opposite fascicles. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, at the Rio Negro. 

 Melastoma impetiginosum. Mart. herb. Calyx very villous, 

 with short lobes. Petals small, oval. Anthers long, opening by 

 one pore, each with a slender biauriculate connective. Style 

 filiform. Inflorescence that of Ledndra. 

 Scabby Miconia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



* * Leaves cuneated at the base, almost sessile, triple-nerved. 



34 M. TOMENTosA (D. Dou, 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as 



1:1 - well as the panicles, calyxes, and under surface of leaves, 



surface and glabrous, clothed with rusty wool beneath ; flowers densely clothed with rufous stellate down ; leaves sessile, oval, 

 crowded, almost sessile ; calyx globose, with 5 short teeth, quite cuneated at the base, acuminated at the apex, quite entire, gla- 

 glabrous ; stamens length of corolla ; thyrse straight, longer 

 than the stamens, crowned by a thickish stigma ; berry globose, 

 4 -celled. 



clothed with rufous down ; leaves on short petioles, ovate-1 

 ceolate, somewhat cordate at the base, acuminated at the apex, 

 5-nerved, or nearly triple-nerved, smoothish and shining above ; 

 thyrse terminal, panicled ; calyx globose, with 5 short acutish 

 teeth. f2 • ^^ Native of South America, on Mount Quindiu. 

 Melastoma rubiginbsa, Bonpl. mel. t. 47. Berry blue, 3-celled. 

 Petals 5, white. Anthers linear, opening by a pore. 



Rusty Miconia. Shrub 12 feet. 



29 M. c^LA^TA (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets terete, woolly ; leaves 

 lanceolate, 3-nerved, and as if they were blistered on the upper 



brous on the upper surface except the nerves, 3-nerved a great 

 way above the base, besides the submarginal nervule ; panicle 



Tj . S. Native of South America, on the cold moun- terminal, nearly cylindrical ; calyx ovate-urceolate, with 5 erect 



tains of Saragura near Loxa. 

 'Flowers white. 



M. cael^ta, Bonpl. mel. t. 6. short permanent ovate lobes. »2 • S. Native of Guiana and 



Brazil, in woods. Melastoma tomentosa, Rich, in act. soc. hist, 

 nat. par. p. 109. Bonpl. mel. t. 16. Melast. megalophyllum, 



Engraved-]ea\ed Miconia. Shrub 10 feet. 



SO M. biglomera'ta (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as Mart. herb. Flowers white. 



well as the petioles, rachis, and nerves of leaves, clothed with 

 small rufous velvety stellate down ; leaves lanceolate, acute, 3- 

 nerved, besides the marginal nervules, quite entire, reticulated 

 beneath, and covered with rufous velvety down ; thyrse termi- 

 nal ; flowers almost sessile, crowded in whorls; two of the 

 whorls distant. 



Tomentose Miconia. Tree 14 to 15 ft. ti ^Iv 



35 M. BRUNNEA (D.C. prod. 3. p. 184.) branches blunuy 



somewhat tetragonal, and are, as well as the panicles and un( e 



surface of leaves, densely clothed with rather bristly short ruto^ 



down ; leaves almost sessile, ovate, rather cuneated at the ba , 



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Fj . S. Native of South America, on Mount acutish at the apex, glabrous on the upper surface in the aa 



state, 3-nerved above the base, besides the submarginal "^^^"j^^[ 

 panicle terminal, with its branches spreading ; calyx somew ^^ 

 urceolate: with its lobes short, obtuse, and cohering. < j, * 



Native of Brazil, in the province of St. Paul, in woods. Mei^ 

 . 1- - Ti^__ f_ r T-1 „^oo;io prnwded along 



Duida, at the source of the Orinoco. Melastoma biglomerata, 

 Bonpl. mel. t. 15. Calyx obovate, velvety, with 5 very blunt 

 teeth. Petals 5, white, small. Berry crowned, 4- celled. 

 Biglomerate-^oyf^x^dL Miconia. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



31 M.aplostachyaCD. C. 1. c.) branches terete; leaves Ian- toma brunneum, Mart. herb. Flowers sessile, crow 

 ceolate, quite entire, S-nerved, glabrous above, clothed with very 

 fine rufous tomentum beneath ; spike terminal, very simple ; 

 flowers sessile, decandrous ; petals obovate ; genitals equal in 

 length to the corolla ; anthers rather falcate ; berry globose, 3- 

 celled, crowned by the calyx. T2 • S. Native of South America, 



the 

 to th 



branches. Anthers linear, opening by one pore, ^^P^^'ljj 

 le base. Style filiform. The foliage is like that 01 



Style 

 tomenthsa. 



Brown Miconia. 



Shrub 6 to 10 ft. 



near the river Orinoco about Atures and Maypures. Leaves having the angles winged, and are, as well as the Panicles, ""« 

 like these o£Nerinm Oleander. Melastoma aplostachya, Bonpl. side of leaves^ and nerves on the upper surface, clothed J> 



inel. 1. 1, Flowers white. 



juronn iViicoma. toliruD b to lu it. j 



SQ M. ALA^TA (D.C. prod. S. p. 184.) branches tetragon ^^ 



ving the angles winged, and are, as well as the P^"|^*?^* , \ju 



siue 01 leaves, ana nerves on uie uppct oi*!***^'-^ - , ^j 



short stellate rather scabrous down ; leaves sessile, cunea 



