MELASTOMACEiE. LXXVL Miconia. LXXVII. Oxymeris. LXXVIII. Cremanium. 



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neue. enttl. 3. p. 63. and syst. 2. p. 296. Flowers small, beset with small, rather resinous dots; bricteas small, linear; 

 Branches of panicle disposed in whorls. 



Starry Miconia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



78 M. lanceolaVa (D. C. 1. c.) branches somewhat tetra- 

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

 panicles velvety from short, rufous, stellate down ; leaves petio- 

 late, oblong-lanceolate, denticulated, 3-nerved ; panicles ter- 



panicle. 



minal ; flowers sessile, on the tops of the branches of the 



t . S. Native of St. Domingo. Melastoma lanceo- 

 lata, Desr. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 43. Flowers small. 

 Zanceo/o/e-leaved Miconia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



79 M. macrosta'chya (D. C. L c.) branches nearly terete, 

 and are as well as the petioles, tetragonal rachis, and under 

 side of leaves velvety from rufescent, short, soft down ; leaves 

 petiolate, oblong-linear, attenuated at the base, bluntish, but 

 mucronate at the apex, 3-nerved, quite entire, quite glabrous 

 above ; thyrse spicate, terminal, very long ; flowers crowded, 

 in wliorls ; tube of calyx obovate, scurfy, with 5 short obtuse 

 lobes. Ij , S, Native of Brazil. 



Long-spiked Miconia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



80 M. pulverule'nta (Ruiz et Pav. syst. 1. p. 104.) branches 

 bluntly tetragonal, and are as well as the petioles, panicles, ca- 

 lyxes, and under side of leaves white from soft, scurfy, stellate 

 down ; leaves oval, obtuse at the base, 5-nerved, somewhat 

 acuminated at the apex, and rather serrulated, glabrous above 

 in the adult state ; thyrse terminal, panicled ; flowers with 5-8 

 petals ; tube of calyx turbinate. Tj , S. Native of Peru, in 

 woods. PomereWa tomentosa, Domb. herb. Ovarium gla- 

 brous at the base. Calyx drawn out beyond the ovarium. 

 Petals 5, obtuse, obovate. Stamens short. 



Powdery Miconia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



81 M. triplene'rvis (Ruiz et Pav. 1. c. p. 105.) leaves ob- 

 long, triple-nerved, acuminated, quite entire. Tj . S. Native of 



calyx obovate, with 5 short teeth ; petals lanceolate, ending in 

 a callous acumen. Tj • S. Native of Brazil, in the province 

 of Minas Geraes. Melastoma oxypetalum, Schrank et Mart, 

 mss. Habit of a species of GentianUf and of a yellowish hue 



when dried. 



Five'toothed-leaved Oxymeris. Shrub. 



2 O. quinque'nodis (D. C. 1. c.) quite glabrous ; branches 

 bluntly tetragonal or compressed ; leaves petiolate, long-lanceo- 

 late, acuminated at both ends, quite entire, 3-nerved ; panicle 

 terminal ; bracteas linear-subulate ; tube of calyx globose, with 

 5 grain-formed callous lobes. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in 

 woods in the province of Minas Geraes, at Mount Serra da 

 Carassa. Melastoma quinquenode, Schrank et Mart. mss. 

 Flowers small, white, numerous. Nodes or grain-formed lobes 



of calyx yellowish. 



Five-knotted-calyxed Oxymeris. Shrub. 



Cult, For culture and propagation see Meldstomay p. 764. 



LXXVIII. CREMA'NIUM (icpefiao}, hemao, to suspend; 

 because most of the plants containedin this genus climb on trees). 

 D. Don, in mem. soc. wern. 4. p. 310. D. C. prod. 3. p. 191. 



Lin. syst. Decdndrta, Monogynia. Tube of calyx campa- 

 nulate or obovate, adhering to the ovarium ; limb permanent, 

 4-5-toothed. Petals 4-5, obovate. Stamens 10, equal. An- 

 thers short, rather cuneated at the base, without auricles ; open- 

 iuf^ by 2 pores at the apex. Style filiform ; stigma orbicularly 



peltate, 

 with 



Capsule baccate, 3-5-celled. 



American, branched shrubs. 



Seeds angular or ovate, 



Leaves 



iwiig, iripie-nerveu, acumiimieu, quue cutuc. ^ • - ./;''''', V prove to belong to Micdnia 

 Peru, on mountams towards Cuchero, and m the tract ot Uuayabal. ^ ♦ r; 



a linear hylum. 

 petiolate, rather coriaceous, quite entire, or somewhat serrated. 

 Panicle terminal. Bracteas small, at the base of the branchlets. 

 Flowers for the most part white, small, and bractless. — Some of 

 the species of this genus will perhaps, on future investigation, 



Triple-nerved-lea.ved Miconia. Tree 20 feet. 



82 M. LANUGINOSA (Ruiz et Pav. 1. c.) leaves oblong, 5- 

 nerved, quite entire, bluntly acuminated. ^2- S. Native of 

 Peru, at Cuchero, in groves near Cassape and Cassapillo. 



Woolly Miconia. Tree 18 feet. 



83 M. emargina'ta (Ruiz et Pav. 1. c. p. 106.) leaves cor- 

 date, emarginate, 5-nerved. Tj . S. Native of Peru, in groves 

 at Chinchao. Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. ined. 4. t. 394. 



Emarainate-\e?i\ediM\Qoi\\?L. Shrub 10 to 18 feet. 



Flowers octandrous* 



1 C. ROTUNDiFOLiUM (D. Don, mem. soc. wern. 4. p. 311.) 

 stem creeping ; branches tomentose ; leaves cordate, orbicular, 

 quite entire, green, hispid on both surfaces ; flowers usually 4 

 together, on short pedicels. ^2 . S. Native of Peru. Flowers 



Cult. 



Meldstoma, Many 



of the species are worth cultivating for the sake of their fine 

 foliage, but none of them for their flowers, which are always 

 insignificant. 



LXXVII. OXYME^RIS (from o^yc, oxijs^ sharp, and ^epic, 

 fneris^ a part ; in reference to the pointed petals and calycine 

 teeth). D. C. prod. S. p. 190. ^ 



Lin. syst. Decdndfia, Monogynia. Calyx quite glabrous, 

 with an obovate, turbinate tube : anTi 5 very short, callous teeth. 

 Flower-bud conical. Petals lanceolate, acuminated. Stamens 



large, white. 



Round-leaved Cremanium. Shrub creeping. 



2 C. ni'tidum (D. Don, 1. c.) stem rooting ; branches gla- 

 brous, spreading; leaves ovate, acute, glabrous, shining, with 

 rather winged, toothed margins ; racemes glabrous, nodding ; 

 filaments beset with glandular hairs. ^2 • ^* Native of Peru. 

 Flowers white. 



Shining Cremanium. Shrub creeping. 



3 C. tuyrsoi'deum (D. Don, 1. c.) stem rooting; branches 

 tomentose ; leaves lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved, quite entire, 

 glabrous, shining, pilose on the nerves beneath ; flowers droop- 

 ing, crowded into a compound thyrse. ^ . S. Native of Peru. 

 Flowers white, not half the size of those of C. niiidum. 



Thyrsoid-Aowered Cremanium. Shrub creeping. 



4 C. latif6lium (D. Don, 1. c.) branchlets pilose; leaves 



10, equal • anthers oval-oblong, obtuse, opening by 1 pore at ovate, cordate, acute, serrulated, naked, and shining above, but 



the apex, but tapering to the base : each furnished with a short 

 filiform connective, which is rather bigibbous at the base. Style 

 filiform, crowned by a dot-formed stigma. Ovarium quite 

 glabrous. Capsule baccate, 3-4-celled. Seeds unknown. — 

 Quite glabrous, Brazilian shrubs. Leaves petiolate, oblong, 

 quite entire, 3-nerved. Panicle terminal. Bracteas subulate. 



Flowers whitish or yellowish. 



1 O. qui'nque-denta'ta (D. C. prod. 3. p. 190.) quite gla- 

 brous^ branched, between terete and compressed, sulcately 

 subtetragonal at the tops ; leaves petiolate, oval-oblong, atte- 

 nuated at both ends, 3-nerved, quite entire ; panicle terminal, 



Na- 



pilose beneath ; panicle terminal, many-flowered. ^ 

 tive of Peru. Flowers small, white. 



Broad'leaved Cremanium. Shrub. 



5 C. VACCiNOiDES (D. Don, 1. c. p. 312.) glabrous ; branchlets 

 tetragonal, slender ; leaves oval, obtuse, quite entire, hardly 3- 

 nerved, the lateral nerves being so slender as hardly to be dis- 

 cernible ; racemules 5-flowered, terminal, drooping a little, 

 simple; pedicels solitary, 1 -flowered, lower ones axillary ; limb 

 of calyx repand, 4-toothed, obtuse. ^ . S. Native of Peru, 

 on the Andes above Caxamarca. Melastoma vaccinoldes, Bonpl. 

 mel. t. 8. Leaves pale beneath. Petals white, spotted with 



