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MELASTOMACEiE. LXXVIII. Cremanium. 



yellow. Filaments short, flat. Anthers opening by 2 pores. 

 Berry 3-celled. 



Whortle-herry-like Cremanium. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



6 C. ru'bens (D. C. prod. 3. p. 191.) quite glabrous.; 

 branchlets tetragonal, furrowed ; leaves petiolate, ovate-lanceo- 



late, acuminated, denticulated, 3-nerved ; panicle terminal, some- hispid from long, stiff, spreading bristles ; 



stamens, I? . S. Native of Peru. Melastoma serrulatum, 

 Pav. in herb. Lamb. Flowers small, milk-coloured. 



Serrulated-Xe^xedi Cremanium. Shrub. 



15 C. HispiDi'ssiMUM (D. C. prod. 3. p. 192.) branchlets 

 terete, and are as well as the petioles, peduncles, and calyxes 



petiolat 



what racemose ; branchlets tetragonal, opposite ; flowers dioe- 

 cious, octandrous, and decandrous, crowded. ^2 • S, Native of 

 the south of Jamaica, on the hills. Melastoma rubens, Swartz, 



ovate, short-acuminated, 5-nerved, ciliated, pilose on both sur- 

 faces ; thyrse panicled, terminal ; having its^branches spreading. 

 Tj . S. Native of Peru. A very showy species. Lobes of 



fl. ind. occ. p. 797. Branches blood-red. Berry small, blue, calyx feathered by bristles. Petals 5, oval, obtuse, yellow in a 

 The parts of flowers are quaternary or quinary, but most fre- dried state. Filaments and style beset with glandular bristles^. 

 quently quaternary. Petals roundish, small, white. 



Reddish'Siemxned. Cremanium. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



7 C. el^ode'ndrum (D. C. 1. c.) quite glabrous ; branchlets 

 from compressed to terete; leaves petiolate, oblong, elongated, ta- 



{)ering to both ends, triple-nerved, and as if they were appendicu- 

 ated beneath at the origin of the lateral nerves ; panicle terminal, 

 much branched ; lobes of calyx 4, obtuse, short. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil. Flowers small ; petals oval. Anthers narrowed 

 at the base, and opening by 2 wide pores at the apex. Stigma 

 peltate. 



Olive-tree Cremanium. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



8 C. GLANDULosuM (D. C. 1. c) branches bluntly tetragonal, 

 clothed with whitish tomentum while young ; leaves ovate, 3- 

 nerved, entire, strigose above, and beset with glandular rough 

 hairs beneath ; racemes terminal ; flowers crowded, almost 

 sessile, octandrous, minute. T2 • ^» Native of Jamaica, on the 

 mountains. Melastoma glandulosa, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 799. 



Glandular Cremanium. Shrub 3 to 6 ft. 



* Flowers decandrous. 



ending in 2 short bristles at the base. 



Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



Very-Mspid Cremanium. 



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well as the petioles and rachis velvety from rather flocky, short, 

 stellate, crowded down ; leaves ovate, bluntish, 7-nerved, cili- 

 ately crenulated, beset with bristles above, which are swollen at 

 the base, but reticulated and covered with hairs beneath ; pa- 

 nicle terminal, many-flowered ; calyx velvety, hardly 5-toothed ; 

 stigma peltate; anthers 2-celled? T? . S. Native of Peru. 



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Pajnllose Cremanium. Shrub 4 to 5 ft. 



17 C. reclina'tum (D. C. 1. c.) quite glabrous and bushy; 

 branchlets reclinate at the apex ; leaves petiolate, oval, ^-5- 

 nerved, quite entire ; thyrse terminal, few-flowered ; calyx cam- 



. S. Native of Peru, on Mount 



panulate, hardly 5-toothed. 



Saraguru, in temperate places, 

 mel. t. 48. 



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Petals small, white, oLovate. 



Anthers wedge- 



9 C. ME^DiUM (D. Don, in mem. wern. soc. 4. p. 313.) stem Berry 3-celled. 



shaped, furnished with a simple, membranous appendage behind 

 and opening by 2 pores at the apex. Stigma capitate, depressed 



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erect ; branciilets pilose ; leaves elliptic, acute, serrulated, naked. 



TJecZmaie-branched Cremanium. Shrub 3 to 5 feet. 



and shining above, 



^ , but pilose beneath; thyrse compound; 18 C. quadrangula're (D. C. 1. c.) branches smoothish, te- 



flowers drooping. ^ . S. Native of Peru. Flowers small, tragonal ; leaves petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, entire 

 white. 



Intermediate Cremanium. Shrub. 



10 C. calophy'llum (D. Don, 1. c.) stem erect; leaves cu- 

 neate-oblong, coriaceous, glabrous, quite entire, marginate, shin- 

 ing above, but feather-nerved, and finely reticulated beneath ; 

 Sanicle terminal, much branched. Tj. S. Native of Peru, 

 lelastoma obovata, Pav. in herb- Lam. Leaves like those of 

 a myrtle. Flowers very small, white. Style twice the length 

 of the stamens. 



leaved Cremanium. Shrub. 



3-nerved, stiff, glabrous above and rusty beneath ; thyrse pa- 

 nicled, terminal, straight, with its branches opposite and angular; 



calyx ovate, cinereous from stellate down, with its lobes ovate^ 



obtuse, and membranous ; stigma capitate, b • ^; . o!!It*T 



Melastoma quadran 



Jamaica, on the mountains. xTitAc*^^^*"^ ^ o , 



fl. ind. occ. p. 770. The branches, and probably the pedunci^^ 

 are clothed with minute velvety down when young. Leav 

 yellowish above ; nerves thick, the lateral ones almost marginal. 

 ' Anthers opening by 2 pores, according to Swartz. 



Quadrangular-hranched Cremanium. Shrub 3 to 6 teet. 



Beautiful-'leaved Cremanium. 

 11 C. lau'rinum (D. Don, 



pilose ; leaves lanceolate, obtuse, quite entire, 3-nerved, gla- gonal, and are as well as the 



brous above and pilose beneath ; panicle racemose ; flowers of leaves densely clothed with rusty, powdery 



) stem erect; branchlets 19 C? grakulosum (D. C. 1. c.) branches ^J^^^J^ ^^^[^ 



ite entire, 3-nerved, cla- gonal, and are as well as the petioles, panicles, and """^^ , 



drooping. I2 



Native of Peru. Flowers small, white. 



Laurel-like Cremanium. Tree. 



12 C. cceru'leum (D. Don, I.e.) stem climbing? branchlets 



down ; leaves 

 margins, hardly 



ely clothed with rusty, powaex>, t^x.-v^ , - 

 petiolate, oblong-oval, with somewhat revoiu 

 y toothed, 3-5.nerved, glabrous above; panici 



ith the flowers 



12 C. cceru'leum (D. Don, I.e.) stem climbing? branchlets terminal: having its branchlets opposite, with tne ^^ 



very pilose; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, quite entire, 3-nerved, crowded at their tops. T2 . S. Native of New Orana^ 



rough above, but very pilose beneath ; panicle brachiate, hispid. 

 Tj . S. Native of Peru. Melastoma coerulea, Pav. in 

 Lamb. Flowers small, white. Berry small, globose, blue. 

 ^Zue-berried Cremanium. Shrub cl. 



shady woods near 



mel. t. 12. Limb of calyx 5-toothed, drawn o 

 ovarium ; having the teeth spurred on the outside, 

 white. Anthers bearing 2 short auricles at the t>a 



Melastoma granul6suni, ^Bonpl^ 



Petals ovalf 



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13 C. ccele'ste (D. Don, 1. c.) stem erect; branchlets pow- bluntish and opening by 2 pores at the apex. Stigma j^^^^. 

 ry ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, crenulated, 3-nerved, Ovarium a little toothed at the apex. Allied to t. 2 



dery ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, crenulated, 3-nerved, 

 powdery on the under surface ; panicle brachiate; flowers glo- guldre. 



tnerate. ^ . S. Native of Peru. Melastoma 



in herb. Lamb. Flowers small, white. Style twice the length 

 of the stamens. 



Sky-blue-herrxed Cremanium. Shrub. 



^ 14 C. serrula'tum (D. Don, 1. c.) stem erect ; leaves ellip- 



panicle 



Granular Cremanium. Shrub 10 to 15 feet. 



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terete, and are as well as the petioles, panicles, and ^ ^^ ^^^^ 



abote 



chiate ; flowers glomerate ; style about half the length of the ing the flowers in tufts 'at their tops, h • S. 



of leaves clothed with rufous stellate tomentum ; leaves 

 petioles, oblong-oval, serruiaiea, o-iici»t", b—t -nd bear 

 panicle short, thyrsoid ; having its branches opposite^ ^^ ^^.^^ 



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