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MELASTOMACEiE. LXXXII. Ch^nopleura. LXXXIII. Ewyckia. LXXXIV. Astronia. 



ovarium; limb bluntly 5-toothed. Petals 5, roundish. Sta- 

 mens 10, hardly longer than the petals. Anthers opening lon- 

 gitudinally by 2 chinks : having their connectives biauriculate at 

 the base. Style clavate, crowned by an orbicular, somewhat 

 urabilicate stigma. Berry ? 3-4-celled. Seeds unknown. — 

 Glabrous shrubs, with the habit of the section Leosphce'rice of 

 Miconia* Leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse at the 

 base, acuminated at the apex, denticulated from hair-formed, 

 distant serratures, 3-nerved or almost triple-nerved. Thyrse 

 terminal, elongated, having its branchlets opposite and almost 

 racemose. Flowers from white to flesh-coloured. Bracteoles 

 and segments of calyx ciliated. 



1 C. sTENOBOTRYs (D, C. prod. 3. p. 197.)* ^ • S. Native 

 of Hispaniola, on the mountains, and probably of Jamaica. 

 Melastoma stenobotrys, Rich, in Bonpl. mel. t. SO. exclusive of 

 the synonym of Swartz. 



Narrorv-racemed Chaenopleura. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



Cult* For culture and propagation see Meldsloma, p. 764. 



LXXXIIT. EWY'CKIA (dedicated by Dr. Blume to Van 

 Ewyck, a patron of natural history). Blum, in bot. zeit. 1831. 

 no. 30. p. 524. 



Lin. syst. Ocldndria^ Monogynta, Tube of calyx hemis- 

 pherical, adhering to tlie ovarium ; limb continuous with the 

 tube, obsoletely 4-toothed. Petals 4, ovate, acute. Stamens 

 8, equal. Anthers oblong, obtuse at both ends, opening by a 

 double chink, furnished behind at the base with a fleshy con- 

 nective. Style filiform ; stigma acute. Berry globose, crowned 

 by the limb of the calyx, 4-celled. Seeds cuneated, angular. 



A smooth shrub or small tree. Branches terete, but thick- 

 ened at the knots. Leaves opposite, on short petioles, elliptic, 



3-nerved. Racemules 



Papetaria Astronia. Shrub. 



(Blum. 1. c.) 



with fugaceous scattered down beneath. 



^ 



Native of 



Var.p 

 Java. 



Molu 



) 



same colour on both surfaces, beset with very small dots be- 

 neath and on the branchlets. ~ ... - - 



^ 



Long-leaved Astronia. Tree. 



A. concolor, Zippel, ined. 



Cult* For culture and propagation see BlaJcea^ p. 801, 



■f The structure of the following Melastomnceous 'plants is 

 t knowrit and therefore they are ranged here according to the 

 mes they havefrst received. 



§ 1. Plants referred hy authors to Rhexia^ from the fruit 



being capsular. 



4t 



Flowers decandrous. 



1 R. fu^'lva (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 308.) shrubby; branches 

 dichotomous, pubescent ; leaves oblong, minute, almost nerve- 

 less, beset with hispid bristles ; flowers decandrous, terminal, 



solitary ; calycine lobes subulate. 

 Fulvous Rhexia. Shrub. 



Tj . S. Native of Brazil. 



2 R. FAscicuLA^TA (Sprcug. neue. entd. 3. p. 62. et syst. 2. 

 p. 308.) racemes rather dichotomous, terminal ; leaves linear- 

 oblong, in fascicles, quite glabrous, nerveless, with 1 tooth on 

 each side; corolla blood-coloured; calyx 10-striped, strigose. 

 \ . S. Native of Brazil. Perhaps a species of Cambessedesia. 



Fascicled']eaved Rhexia. PI. 



acuminated at both ends, quite entire 



axillary, few-flowered ; pedicels bibracteate in 



Flowers small, blue. 



• « 



Flowers octandrous. 



the middle. 



3 R. he'lvola (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 309.) suffruticose ; leaves 

 crowded, sessile, oval, quite entire, nerved, beset with pale red, 



1 E. cya'nea (Blume, 1. c. p. 524.). T2 . S. Native of gtiff* hairs or bristles on both surfaces; peduncles axillary, 



Amboyna. Melastoma azureum. Zippel, ined. 

 2?/«n2e-flowered Ewyckia. Shrub. 

 Cultn For culture and propagation, see Blakea^ p. 801. 



LXXXIV. ASTRO'NIA (from aarpov^ astron, a star ; 



flowers and fruit). Blume, bijdr. p. 1080. bot. zeit. 1831. no. 

 30. p. 256. 



Lin. syst. Deca-Dodecdndria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx 

 hemispherical, adnate to the ovarium ; limb 5-6-toothed. Petals 

 5-6, obovate, obtuse. Stamens 10-12, equal. Anthers linear- 



oblong, opening by a double chink, inappendiculate, adnate to corymbose ; flowers octandrous ; calyxes hairy, h • S. 



the thick, triangularly-compressed connectives. Style filiform ; 

 stigma peltate. Capsule dry, 2-4-celled, crowned by the limb 

 of the calyx, opening irregularly lengthwise. Seeds straight, 

 paleaceous, enwrapped in fine aril. — Glabrous trees. Branches 

 tetragonal, beset with small, brownish scales or dots at the tops 

 as well as on the petioles, peduncles, and calyxes. Leaves op- 



cymose ; flowers octandrous ; calyxes very hispid. ^2 . S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil. 



Pale-red-haired Rhexia. Shrub. 



4 R. TRicHOTOMA (Rottb. dissi pi. rar. 9. t. 5.) shrubby ; 

 branches tetragonal ; angles hairy ; leaves sessile, lanceolate, 

 hairy ; flowers sessile, axillary, and terminal. Tj . S. Native 01 

 Surinam. Vahl. symb. p. 48. 



Trichotomous Rhexia. Shrub. 



5 R. sTRiGOSA (Willd. herb, ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 309.) suf- 

 fruticose ; leaves ovate, 3-nerved, strigose ; peduncles axillary, 



" Native 



of Cayenne. 



Strigose Rhexia. Shrub. 



§ 2 Plants referred by authors to Meldstoma, from their fruit 

 heingfleshy. 



* Flowers octandrous. 



posite, on longish petioles, oblong, acuminated, quite entire, 3- 1 M. melanophy'llum (Spreng. neue. entd. 2. p. 171.; 



nerved or triple-nerved, discoloured. Inflorescence panicled, 

 terminal, and axillary. Flowers small, purplish, unisexual from 

 abortion. 



acu- 



branches knotted, nearly terete, glabrous ; leaves ovate, a« 

 minated, quite glabrous on both surfaces, 3-nerved, quite entire, 

 , shining above ; panicles lateral ; flowers octandrous ; calyx wi 



1 A. SPECTA BiLis (Blum. 1. c.) leaves 3-nerved, oblong, acu- 4 minute teeth, covered with stellate scales. \ . S. Native 01 



minated, obtuse at the base, thickly beset with rust-coloured 

 scales or dots beneath. 



Brazil. 



^ 



Native of Java, in woods on 



the higher mountains, where it is called Kiharienduns . 



Showy 



Tree. 



Black-leaved Melastoma. Shrub. 



2 M. 



SE SSILE 



) 



oblong, acuminated, attenuated at the base, thickly beset with 

 rufous dots beneath. '- '-^ ^^-^' /• » i • 



. (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 303.) branches^ twiggy. 



leaves half stem-clasping, roundish-cordate, acute, quite entire, 

 obsoletely triple-nerved, beset with glandular villi on both sur- 



h 



faces; flowers almost sessile, axillary, octandrous. 



Native of Amboyna. A. spec- Native of Brazil. Perhaps a species of Sagrce'a. 



tailis, Zippel ined. PharmJlcum papetarium, Rumph. amb. 4. ASewife-flowered Melastoma. Shrub. 



p. 134. t. 69, Oehat papeba is the Malay name of the tree. 



3 M. virga'tum (Swarta, prod. p. 72. fl. ind. occ. 2. P 



. 816.) 



