MELASTOMACEiE. LXXVIIL Cremakium. 



799 



between Delay and Cuenca. Meldstoma aspergillaris, Bonpl. 

 mel. t. 19. Calyx bluntly 5-toothed. Petals roundish, white. 

 Anthers oval, opening by 2 pores ? at the apex. Stigma by 2 wide pores at the apex. Stigma peltate. Berry or cap- 



Peruvians. Calyx bluntly 6-toothed. Stamens rather shorter 

 than the petals. Anthers short, cuneated, very blunt, opening 



thickish. Berry 3 -celled. 

 Roiighish Cremanium. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 

 21 C. LEDiFOLiUM CD. C- 1. c.) brauclilets 



sule hardly baccate. Seeds ovate, angular, with a linear hylum. 

 Dyer^s Cremanium. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 

 27 C. CROCEUM (D. C. prod. 3. p. 194.) branches terete, 



well as the petioles, peduncles, and under side of leaves densely glabrous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, a little serrated at the apex, 

 clothed with stellate down; leaves hardly petiolate, oblong, with 5-nerved, glabrous, 3 of the nerves are larger than the other 



revolute edges, and hence nearly linear, obtuse, coriaceous, 1- 



nerved, glabrous on the upper surface, except on the nerve ; 



thyrse spike-formed, axillary, and terminal, few-flowered ; 



calyx campanulate, rather velvety, bluntly 5-toothed. Tj . S. 



Native of Chimboraco. Petals small, obovate. Anthers 2- 



celled. Stigma hardly dilated. 



Ledum-leaved Cremanium. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 

 22 C. 



1?. S. 



'rrimum (D. C. 1. c.) quite glabrous ; branches 

 nearly terete ; leaves oval or obovate, triple-nerved, quite entire, 

 beset with glandular dots above, each terminating in a very 

 sliort acumen ; panicle terminal ; bracteas small, linear ; calyx 

 globose, with 5 short, acute teeth. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in 

 woods between Lorena and St. Paul. Melastoma dimorphum, 

 Schrank et Mart. mss. Habit of C. millefibrum. Dots on leaves, 

 elongated, yellow, small, and scattered. Flowers small, white. 

 Anthers oblong, obtuse, opening by 2 pores at the apex, each 

 furnished with a slender connective. Style dilated and rather 

 tube-formed at the apex. 



f^ery smooth Cremanium. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



23 C. MiNUTiFLORUM (D. C. 1. c.) glabrous, except in the 

 young parts, which are furnished with scattered dots of white 

 flocky down ; branches obscurely tetragonal ; leaves elliptic- 

 oblong, acuminated, rather serrulated, 3-nerved, besides the 



niarginal nervules ; panicle terminal. ^. S. Native of Brazil, ^^T/ra/wicfa/e, Bonpl. t. 21. but the crenae of the leaves are broad 

 in woods at Capoeira. Melastoma minutiflorum, Schrank et and beardless, not acute and ciliated. Melastoma pyramidale, 

 Mart. mss. but not of Bonpl. The leaves are yellowish when Mart, et Schrank, mss. 



two, and bearded at their origin ; petioles rather pilose ; panicles 

 terminal, trichotomous ; calyx turbinate, 5-toothed. 

 Native of Peru. Melastoma crocea, Desr. in Lam. diet. 4. 

 p. 55. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 302. exclusive of the variety from 

 Hispaniola. 



Copper-coloured Cremanium. Shrub. 



28 C. The^ezans (D. C. 1. c.) quite glabrous; branchlets 

 terete ; leaves petiolate, lanceolate-oval, a little toothed, 5- 

 nerved ; thyrse terminal, having its branchlets crowded with 

 flowers ; calyx campanulate, hardly erose. Jp • S. Native of 

 temperate places about Popayan. Melastoma Theezans, Bonpl. 

 mel. t. 9. Flowers white, scented in the evening. Petals 5, 

 oval. Anthers opening by 2 pores, and minutely appendiculated 

 at the base. At Popayan the leaves of this plant are infused 

 and drank in place of tea by the inhabitants. 



Tea Cremanium. Tree 12 to 20 ft. 



29 C. latecrena'tum (D. C. 1. c) smoothish ; branches 

 nearly terete ; leaves petiolate, broad-lanceolate, acuminated, 

 broadly and bluntly crenated, 5-nerved, beset with stellate 

 powdery down on the nerves beneath ; panicle terminal, clothed 

 with powdery tomentum ; calyx with a globose tube and a 5- 

 toothed deciduous limb. ^2 • ^' Native of Brazil, in the 

 province of Bahia, in bogs on hills. Very like Melastoma 



in a dry state. Anthers oval, obtuse, opening by 2 pores. 

 Style short, dilated at the apex. Flowers small ; petals oval. 

 Habit of the following species. 



Cremanium. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



Broad'Crenated-lesived Cremanium. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



30 C. in^equa'lis (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets from compressed 

 to terete, and are as well as the panicles velvety from short, 

 deciduous, stellate down when young, but at length becoming 



Minute-Jlowered 



24 C- MiLLEFLORUM (D. C. 1. c.) quitc glabrous ; leaves pe- glabrous; leaves petiolate, oblong, acuminated, sharply and 



tiolate, obovate, short-acuminated, 3-rierved, quite entire at the 

 base, but serrulated in the upper part ; panicle terminal, much 

 branched. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of St. 

 Paul, in marshes. Melastoma milleflorum, Schrank et Mart. 

 niss. Branches tetragonal. Leaves 1| inch long. Herb yel- 

 lowish when dried. Flowers hardly the size of those of a 

 Galium, white or red. Calyx with a hemispherical tube, and 

 5 small teeth. Petals obovate, obtuse. Genitals exserted a 

 little; articulation of connective hardly evident. Anthers 10, 



clavate, truncate, beakless, opening by 2 pores. 



Thousand-florverjed Cremanium. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



unequally serrated, but entire at the base and apex, 3-nerved ; 

 panicle terminal, much branched ; branches opposite. Tj . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in dark woods in the province of St. Paul, 

 Melastoma biserratum, Schrank ct Mart. mss. Fruit globose, 

 furrowed, a little larger than a mustard seed. Style short, 

 crowned by an orbicular peltate stigma. Seeds angular. 



Unequal-\e^\edi Cremanium. Shrub. 



31 C. pusiLtiFLORUM (D, C. 1. c.) brattchlcts at first rather 

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

 and under side of leaves rather scabrous from distant, deci- 

 duous tufts of small, stellate down, the rest glabrous ; leaves 



25 C. OLiGOTRiCHUM (D. C. 1. c.) branches bluntly somewhat petiolate, oblong, acuminated, membranous, nearly quite entire, 



tetragonal ; leaves oval, acute, 3-nerved, besides the marginal 

 nervules, glabrous on both surfaces in the adult state, and very 

 bluntly crenated, ciliated from bristles, which rise from the 

 notches ; petioles bearing a few bristles at the apex ; panicle 

 terminal, many-flowered. ^2 . S. Native of Mexico. The leaves, 

 when young, are covered with scattered, stellate down on the 

 under surface. Petals retuse, nearly emarginate. Calyx dotted, 

 when examined by a lens, with the teeth very short. 

 Ff^v-Jiaired Cremanium, Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



3-nerved, besides the marginal nervules, glabrous ; panicle ter- 

 minal, divaricate, much branched ; lobes of calyx 5, short, 

 acute, deciduous. T2 • ^* Native of Brazil, in woods. Me- 

 lastoma pusilliflorum, Mart, et Schrank, mss. Flowers small, 

 white. Anthers oblong, obtuse, each with a slender connective. 

 Style filiform. Fruit globose. Seeds smooth, angular. 



SmalUJlowered Cremanium. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



32 C. ? panicula'tum (D. C. I.e.) branchlets compressed, at 

 length terete, and are as well as the petioles and nerves of leaves, 



26 C. TiNCTORiUM (D. C. 1. c.) quite glabrous ; branches when young, rather scabrous from small, distant, stellate tufts 

 nearly terete, furnished with crowded bristles at the knots ; of down ; the rest glabrous ; leaves petiolate, oblong, acumin- 



leaves petiolate, oval-oblong, rather acuminated, serrulated, 3- 

 nerved, coriaceous, shining ; thyrse panicled, terminal, crowded ; 



ated, nearly quite entire, almost glabrous, 3-nerved, besides the 

 marginal nervules ; panicle terminal, loose, oblong ; calyx beset 



petal 



Jl . S. Native of Peru. The leaves are with rather scabrous down : the lobes 5, acute, narrowed, erect. 



yellowish, and the whole shrub is used for dyeing yellow by the permanent. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, near Villa Ricca. Me- 



