MELASTOMACE^E. LXXVI. Miconia. 



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the base, oval, acute, puberulous above from short scattered length becoming terete, and when young, as well as the petioles 



simple down, triple-nerved ; nerves rising from about the fifth and peduncles, covered with rather scabrous stellate down ; 



part of the length ; panicle terminal, much branched ; branches leaves on short petioles, oblong, attenuated at both ends, almost 



Native of Guiana: and of Brazil, as in Ma- triple-nerved, glabrous above, but covered with small dot-like 



opposite 



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ranham, provinces of St. Paul and Rio Janeiro. Melastoma 

 alata, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 410. t. 158. Clidemia alata, G. Don, 



174. 



in Loud. hort. brit. p. 

 short, blunt. 

 Flowers white. 



Var. /3, Amazonlca (Schr; 

 abruptly cuneated at the base, 

 banks of the Amazon. 



Leaves large. 



Lobes of calyx 

 Style long, filiform. Fruit hardly baccate. 



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h . S. Native of Brazil, on the 



down beneath ; panicle terminal, branching, immediately above 

 the ultimate whorl of leaves ; its branches angular, also disposed 

 in whorls ; calyx rather scabrous from stellate down, with 5 very 

 short teeth, fj . S. Native of Cayenne, on the banks of rivu- 

 lets ; and of Brazil, in woods at the river St. Francisco. Melas- 

 toma longif 61ia, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 4S2. t. 170. Fbwers white. 



Long-leaved Miconia. 



Clt. 1817. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



42 M. Lambertia'na. (D. C. prod. 3. p. 185.) branchlets 

 8-ribbed, and are, as well as the petioles and peduncles, rather 



Wtnged'Stemmed Miconia. Shrub 3 to 4 ft. 



S7 M. ciNCHON^FOLiA (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, scabrous from scattered stellate down, but at length becoming 



as well as the petioles, nerves of leaves, peduncles, and calyxes, terete and glabrous ; leaves on short petioles, oblong, attenuated 



densely clothed with rufous stellate tomentose down ; leaves pe- at both ends, quite entire, 3-nerved, glabrous above, beset with 



tiolate, oval, quite entire, triple-nerved, glabrous above except dots of stellate down beneath; panicle terminal, pedunculate, 



on the nerves, but velvety beneath; raceme terminal, simple, much branched, with its axis tetragonal, and its branchlets an- 



spicate ; tube of calyx oblong, a little longer than the 5 oblong 

 lobes. ^. S. Native of Brazil, in dense woods in wet places 

 at the river Tapura. Melastoma cinchonsefolium, Mart. herb. 

 M. leucandrum, Schrank, mss. Leaves 8-10 inches long, and 

 2-3 broad. Anthers oblong, with hardly evident connectives. 

 \ Peduncles usually bearing 8 approximate sessile flowers each. 

 Style filiform, longer than the stamens. Petals linear, white. 

 Seeds small, trigonal, with a linear hylum. 



Cinchona-leaved Miconia. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



38 M. SPONDYLA^NTHA (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, 

 as well as the petioles, covered w^ith adpressed villi ; leaves on 



gular and in whorls ; calyx scabrous from stellate down, with 5 

 short hardly evident teeth, Pp . S. Native of the Island of St. 

 Vincent. Anthers linear, biauriculate at the base, and opening 

 by one pore at the apex. Style filiform. Fruit unknown. 

 This species differs from M. longifbUa in there being an in- 

 terval between the ultimate whorls of leaves, and the branches 

 of the panicle, and in the flowers being smaller. 

 Lambert's Miconia. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



* * * * Leaves pettolaley opposite, 3-5-nerved. 

 43 M. calve'scens (D. C. 1. c.) branches nearly terete, and 



short petioles, broad-lanceolate, cuneated at the base, acumi- are, as well as the petioles, panicles, and calyxes, white from 

 nated, villous beneath, but only on the nerves on the upper sur* short crowded stellate down, which at length falls off*; leaves 



face, the rest being beset with scattered pili, quite entire, quin- 

 tuple-nerved, with the nerves distant; thyrse racemose, termi- 

 nal, nearly simple; peduncles short, very hairy, 3-flowered; 

 tube of calyx globose, bluntly 10-ribbed. ^2 . S. Native of 

 Brazil, on the edges of woods, at Ega and Coari ; and of French 

 Guiana. Melastoma spondylanthum, Mart. herb. Leaves 9- 



Flowers unknown. Fruit the size of a corian- 



10 inches Ions:, 

 der seed. Seeds 



pctiolate, oval, abruptly and shortly acuminated, crenated, ob- 

 tuse at the base, triple-nerved, besides the marginal nervules, 

 Laving the nerves rising near the base ; when young velvety, but 

 glabrous in the adult state except the nerves ; panicle terminal, 

 dense, many-flowered, having the flowers crowded on its branch- 

 lets, h . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Rio Negro. 



Allied to M. 



T2. S. 

 Melastoma calvescens, Schrank et Mart. mss. 



hylum. 



numerous, small, trigonal, with a linear auriculata. 



Club-flowered 



Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



Naked Miconia. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



44 M. eriod6nta (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets bluntly tetragonal, 



39 M. DISCOLOR (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets compressed, at length and are, as well as the petioles and panicles, clothed with short 



terete, when young, as well as on the under side of leaves, beset rather rufescent hoary tomentose down ; leaves petiolate, ovate, 



with silvery scale-like dots ; leaves oval-oblong, cuneated, ses- obtuse at the base, short-acuminated at the apex, quite entire, 



sile, quintuple-nerved, quite entire, glabrous above ; thyrse ter- ^ — — " t-„„:,i.„ .i.„ . :«.i 1.. „.,:.. «i„i 



minal, lepidotted when in a young state, but glabrous in the 

 adult state, as well as the calyxes ; fruit ovate, a little striated. 

 b • S. Native of Brazil, near Rio Janeiro. This species ap- 



pears to be intermediate between the second and third sections short, woolly, conniving above the ovarium. Fj . S. 



S-nerved, besides the two marginal nervules, quite glabrous 

 above, rather purplish on the nerves beneath ; thyrse terminal, 

 rather racemose, with its branchlets bearing 5 or 6 flowers at the 

 apex ; fruit globose, 5-furrowed, pubescent ; teeth of calyx 5, 



Native of 



M, tomentose 

 Two-cohured-leaved Miconia. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



40 M. puncta'ta (D. Don, in soc. wern. mem. 4. p. 315.) tive of Cayenne. 



Cayenne. Fruit the size of a small pea, probably dry. Seeds 

 angular, with a linear hylum. 



Far. /3, oblongifolia (D. C. 1. c.) leaves oblong. Tj . S. Na- 



branches tetragonal, and are, as well as the peduncles, petioles, 

 and under side of leaves, clothed with small rufous purplish 



Hairy-toofhed'CalyKed Miconia. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



45 M. auricula'ta (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as 



down* leaves on short petioles, oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at well as the panicles, clothed with rufous stellate down, inter- 

 both ends, quite entire, triple-nerved, glabrous above, but rusty 

 and dotted beneath ; thyrse terminal, panicled ; calyx globose, 

 usually 5-toothed. T2 . S. Native of the West Indies, in moun- 

 tain woods. Melastoma punctata, Desr. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 50. 

 Rich, in Bonpl. mel. t. 40. Berry 3-celled, few-seeded. Petals 

 5, white, rather orbicular. 



Doited Miconia. Shrub 4 to 8 ft. 



• • * Leaves on short petioles, disposed in whorls. 



mixed with bristles ; leaves on short petioles, cuneated at the 

 base, curled, oval-oblong, acuminated, ciliately serrated, sca- 

 brous on both surfaces from down, which is for the most part 

 simple, quintuple-nerved, besides the submarginal nervules, hav- 

 ing the upper nerves rising a little above the base ; panicles ter- 

 minal, having the flowers crowded on the tops of its branches. 

 ^2 • S. Native of Brazil, in the province of St. Paul. Melas- 

 toma auriculatura, Mart. herb, 

 lobes. Petals obovate. 



Calyx hairy, with 5 short blunt 

 Anthers linear, bluntly auricled at the 



41 M. LONGIFOLIA (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets 8-ribbed, but at base, opening by one pore at the apex. Style filiform, exserted, 



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