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MELASTOMACE^. LXXVIII. Cremanixjm. LXXIX. Blakea. 



lastotna paniculatum, Schrank et Mart. mss. Very like C* 2)ii^ 

 slUiflbrum. Petals seen but not tlie genitals. 



PawicZerf-flowered Cremanium. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



peduncles usually S together ; scales longer than the calyx. 

 T? . S. Native of Mexico. Flowers large, rose-coloured. 

 Mexican Blakea. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 

 33 C. LiGUSTRoiDEs(D. C. 1. c.) smoothish, or the parts while 3 B. rosea (D- Don, 1. c.) leaves oval-lanceolate, acuminated 



young are beset with small, stellate tufts of down ; branchlets 

 compressed; but at length becoming terete ; leaves on short pe- 



glabrous ; peduncles twin ; scales longer than the calyx ; petals 

 mucronate. T2 . S. Native of Peru. Valdesia r6sea, Ruiz et 



tioles, rather coriaceous, ovate, hardly acuminated, quite entire, or Pav, fl. per. ined. t. 408. Flowers rose-coloured. 

 rather repand at the apex, 3-nerved, besides the marginal ner- iJo^e-coloured-flowered Blakea. Shrub or tree. 



vules ; panicle terminal, much branched ; lobes of calyx 5, 



(D 



very short, blunt, and deciduous ; berry globose. T2 . S. Na- on both surfaces, shining, 3-nerved; peduncles twin; scales 

 tlve of Brazil, in the province of Bahia, among bushes. Me- longer than the calyx ; petals obtuse. Tj . S. Native of Peru. 



Valdesia ovalis, Ruiz et Pav. syst. 121. fl. per. ined. t. 406. 

 Flowers red. 



lastoma densifrons, nitens, ligustrinum, and repandulum, Schrank 

 et Mart. Limb of calyx very short. Petals obovate. An- 

 thers obtuse, opening widely at the top, with the opening separ- 

 ated by a dissepiment into 2 divisions. Stigma capitately pel- 

 tate. Seeds few, angular. 



Privet'like Cremanium. Shrub 4 to G feet. 



OtaMeaved Blakea. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



5 B. re'pens (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves lanceolate, acuminated, 

 S-nerved, pilose beneath ; peduncles twin ; scales shorter than 

 the calyx ; petals mucronulate. h . S. Native of Peru. Val- 



34 C. cinnamomifolium(D. C. I.e.) quite glabrous; branches desia repens, Ruiz et Pav. syst. p. 121. fl. per. ined. t, 405 

 bluntly tetragonal, but at length terete ; leaves petiolate, oval. Roots issuing from the branches. Flowers red. 



or somewhat ovate, acuminated, 3-nerved, quite entire; thyrse 

 contracted, terminal, with its branches angular and opposite ; 

 teeth of calyx 5, very short, or almost wanting. T2 . S. Native 

 of Brazil. Meldstoma cinnamomif olium. Mart. herb, but not 



Creeping Blakea. Shrub. 



6 B. LATiroLiA (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves large, oval, 3-nerved, 

 acuminated, glabrous ; peduncles solitary ; scales longer than 

 the calyx. T2 • S. Native of Peru. Valdesia latif olia, Ruia 



of Jacq. This species is very nearly related to C ruhens, but et Pav. fl. per. ined. t. 407. Flowers red. 

 differs in the flowers being 5-cleft, not 4-cleft, and in the leaves 



being less attenuated at the base. Stamens seen but not the 

 style. • 



Cinnamon-leaved Cremanium. Shrub. 



CulL For culture and propagation see Meldstoma^ p. 764. 



Broad-leaved Blakea. Shrub or tree. 



§ 2. Calyx Q-toothed, girded by 4 scales. 



7 B. quinquene'rvis (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 525. t. 210.) leaves 

 TYvrv nr tM^i-A /i v . j ht • t^i 1 n a . elliptic, acuminated, naked, and shining on both surfaces, 5- 



1 1? i ; • 1 « (^^edicated to Martin Blake, of Antigua, nerved, the 2 outer nerves near the margin of the leaf, and the 



by Dr. Patnck^Browiie, a great promoter of^ useful knowledge). other 2 rising above the base of the leaf; peduncles twin. 



shorter than the petioles ; scales longer than the calyx ; anlbcrs 

 16-18; filaments much dilated at the apex; stigma peltate. 

 ^2 . S. Native of Guiana and Trinidad, as well as of Brazil, m 

 woods. B. triplenervia, Lin. fil. suppl. Apatitia blakeoides, 

 Desv. in Hamilt. prod. no. 42. Flowers large, flesh-coloured, 

 with white disks. Petals 8-9, unguiculate. Berry large, round, 



Lin. gen. no. 810. Juss. gen. 328. 



D. Don, in mem. wern. 

 soc. 4. p. 323. D. C. prod.3. p. 195.— Topobea, Aubl. guian. 

 1. p. 476.— Valderia, Ruiz et Pav. prod. p. 67. t. 11. syst. 1. 

 p. 121. — Bellucia, Neck. elem. 2. no. 833. ^ ' ' 



Neck. elem. no. 793. ? 



Drepanandrum, 



Lin. SYST. Dodecdndria, Afonogynia. Calyx campanulate, ^^^^^^ v^mtcuia 

 girded by 4-6 broad scales, which are either disposed in a cru- yellow e^^ 



Five-nerved-\eaved Blakea. CIt. 1820. Sh. 10 to 16 ft. 

 n««n.tnnnto^ : ♦ " I,. .1 J . ,°" 8 B. MULTiFLORA (D. DoD, 1. c. D. 326.) leaves oval-oWong, 



m5n ^orf . JS ? V^g' «^t"f ^t l^'\ ^V^^' «"d opening by a short-acuminated. 5-nerved, pilose beneath ; peduncles usually 

 twin pore, each furnished with a short snur-like nrocess at the. o .-__.i--_ ...i' « .• ,' ^ . .r .i.. ' if.„ u S. Na- 



ciate manner or in 3 series ; limb permanent, membranous, 6- 

 lobed or 6-toothed. Petals 6. Stamens 12. Anthers large, 



twin pore, each furnished with a short spur-like process at the 



base. Capsule baccate, crowned by the calyx, 6-celled. Seeds. 



ovate, angular. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves petiolate, 8-5-nerved, 



coriaceous, glabrous above and shining, but usually densely 



clothed with rusty tomentum beneath. Peduncles axillary, 



terete, 1 -flowered, naked, opposite, or solitary, shorter than the gg „„ 



leaves, usually clothed with brown tomentum. Flowers laree. „.i ,^ 

 s>invvv. rf^A. ° * caiyx. 



3 together ; scales 3-times shorter than the calyx 



^ 



tive of Peru. Flowers red. 



Many-Jlowered 



Shrub. 



showy, red. 



§ 1. Calyx 6-lobcdf girded at the base by 4, rarely by 6 

 scales* 



9 B. ROTUNDiFOLiA (D. Dou, 1. c.) leavcs large, roundish, > 

 nerved, densely clothed with rusty tomentum beneath, as we 

 as on the branches ; peduncles solitary ; scales longer than 

 calyx, h . S. Native of Peru. Leaves 4-7 inches long ana 



4-6 broad. Flowers red. 



Round-leaved Blakea. Shrub. 

 10 B. macrofhy'lla 



) 



nerved, naked on both surfaces ; peduncles solitary ; 



oval» 5- 

 scales 



1 B. TRINE RviA (Lin. spec. 635.) leaves oval-oblong, 3-nerved, longer than the calyx. ^i . S. Native of Mexico. Leaves 



glabrous, and shining on both surfaces in the adult state, and 

 when young serrulated ; petioles and branchlets clothed with 



foot long and 7 inches broad. Flowers red. 



rusty tomentum ; peduncles solitary, longer than the petioles • 

 sP»U, Inn.o.. fKo. .K. ..1,,.. u Q Native of Jamaica; 



Long-leaved Blakea. Shrub or tree. 



scales longer than the calyx. 



^^. s. 



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very 



the 



common on the Port Royal mountains, along with various spe- 

 cies of Meriariia. Sims, hot. mag. t. 451. — P. Browne, jam. 

 p. 323. t. 35. Roots issuing from the branches and stems. 



FWrs large, of a rose colour. climbing and rooting on trees. 



Thrce-ncrvedAe^ycA Bhkea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1789. Paralific Blakeaf Shrub < 



Shrub 4 to 8 feet. 



(P 



) 



calyx. T2- w i^- Native of Guiana and 



Topobea parasitica, Aubl. guian. 1. p- ^7^' *• 



Flowers red. 



) 



3 roundish, cor- 

 above; ped«n- 



al in length to 



ranna"'- 

 Shrub 



189. 



leaves elliptic, acute, 5-nerved, denticulated, pilose beneath; 



and are as well as the branches glabrous , y^ ^^^ 



cYi/^«-f A^ fhoTi fiio T^ofi/^lfiQ • crales connate ai "* 



