MELASTOMACEiE. 



805 



calyx turbinate, 10-ribbed, bluntly 5-toothed, scaly; petals 

 roundish, yellow ; berry furrowed, villous. Tj . S. Native of 

 New Granada. Perhaps a species oi Davya. 



Scaly Melastoma. Shrub. 



'67 M. LiGu'sTRiNUM (Smith in Rees' cycl. vol. 23.) stem and 

 branches glabrous ; leaves oval, obtuse, entire, 3-nerved, gla- 

 brous, petiolate, shining above, yellowish beneath ; flowers ter- 

 minal, panicled, dense ; calyx hemispherical, glabrous, striated, 

 broadly and bluntly toothed ; petals obtuse, small, white or red- 

 dish ; anthers obtuse ; style obtuse ; stigma hollow ; berry 

 small, yellow. ^ . S. Native of New Granada. Allied to M. 

 sguamulosa ex Smith. 



Privet'hke Melastoma. Shrub. 



38 M. GRossuM (Lin. fil, suppl. 2SQ.) branches stiffish, terete, 

 hispid; leaves quite entire, 5-nerved, rather cordate, covered 

 with scabrous tomentum ; flowers large, terminal ; calyx stri- 



Native of 



racemes simple; pedicels 3-flowered ; flowers almost sessile, 

 decandrous; calyx 5-toothed ; teeth minute; petals 5, oblong; 

 style length of the stamens. ^2 • S. Native of South Ame- 



rica. 



Scurfy Melastoma. Shrub. 



the follow 



of stamens and ^mrts of thefli 



44 M. MYRicoiDEs (Desr. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 51.) smoothish ; 

 branches tetragonal, knotted at the joints; leaves ovate, smooth- 

 ish, somewhat acuminated, denticulated, 3-5-nerved, small, 

 almost sessile, rather villous beneath ; flowers trichotomously 

 panicled ; fruit globose, glabrous, granular. ^2 • S. Native of 

 the Antilles. 



My 



Shrub. 



gose; petals rather pilose on the outside. 

 New Granada. 

 Large Melastoma. Shrub. 



Tj. S. 



39 M. IbagueW (Humb. et Bonpl. mel. 1. p. 105. t. 45.) „3r t ^;^ 



stems weak, flexuous ; leaves lanceolate, awnless, ciliated, 3- fe^«»ose, truncate. rj.jj. 



nerved, clothed with scurfy down and rufescent hairs beneath, as 



• well as on the branchlets ; raceme terminal, loose, few-flowered ; ii- .- . ^. u . . ' i ^ 



flowers decandrous ; calyx rather globose, wi.h 5 little teeth , 1t!^^,:;1t^"2^:±:''\J!^^^^b^ .T.?°*.'?'- 



45 M. tiiyrsoi'deum (Vahl, eclog. fasc. 3. p. 13.) glabrous ; 

 leaves oblong-ovate, attenuated at both ends, glandularly denti- 

 culated, 3-nerved ; racemes terminal, decompound ; peduncles 

 tetragonally compressed ; flowers small ; bracteas linear ; calyx 



Native of Montserrat. 

 Tliyrse-Uke-^owereiSi Melastoma. Shrub. 



46 M. cu'PREUM (Smith in Rees* cycl. vol. 23.") leaves oval- 



berry small, globose, 3-celled. Tj . S. Native of New Granada, 

 on Mount Quindiu, near Ibague. Genitals unknown. Perhaps 

 a species of Clidemia or Tschudya. 

 Ibague Melastoma. Shrub 10 feet. 



40 M# GLOBITT.ORTTM ( CM^VCi . Pf Srlilpphf. in Tiinnam A n 



above, but clothed with rufous tomentum beneath, as well as the 

 petioles and peduncles; flowers dichotomously panicled, very 

 numerous, and very minute ; calyxes glabrous. \i . S. Native 

 about the Caraccas ? 



Copper- coloured Melastoma. Shrub. 



47 M. adsce'ndens (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 772.) shrub 



564.) clothed with hairy tomentum ; branches terete; leaves pe- '' T ^^^"^.^^^^^ (.^wartz fl. md. occ. 2. p 772.) shrul 



tiolate, 5-nerved, ovate-elliptic, acuminated, hairy above, but ,7^^"^^^^; ^^^"^^g' \^o''^Sl branches tetragonal, pubescent; 



yellowish beneath ; racemes terminal ; its branches bearing bun- 1^^' ^ •' T ' glabrous, 3.nerved, denticulated; raceme 



dies of flowers at their tops ; calyx urceolate, 5-toothed ; petals ^!f '"V 'I'T Kl'^'.^Tu u""^ '^' ^?T'/ ?? ^^ /'^.\' 



5, emarginate ; stamens 10 ; anthers opening by one porL, with- ""'^^ '"^"^"'^ ""'^^ ''' ^'^'^ membranous and 4.5-sided, and with 



out appendages ; ovarium glabrous ; style thickish ; stigma dot- 

 formed ; berry 5-celled, many-seeded, crowned by the teeth of 

 the calyx; seeds yellowish, 3 -sided, with a blackish hylum. 

 ^ . S. Native of Mexico, in woods about Jalapa. Tomentum 

 on the stem, tops of branches, and under side of the leaves 

 stellate, and on the upper side simple. Berry hairy. 



Globe-flowered Melastoma. Shrub 4 to 6 feet? 



41 M. scoRPioiDEs (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 5. p. 564.) 



4-5 truncate teeth ; petals oblong, obtuse; stamens 8-10; an- 

 thers opening by 2 pores at the apex, and sheathed at the base ; 

 fruit oblong, 5-celled. P^ . ^. S. Native of Jamaica, in moun- 

 tain %voods. M. scandens, Swartz, prod. p. 69. but not of 

 Aubl. Perhaps a proper genus allied to Meriania, 



Ascending Melastoma. Shrub cl. 



48 M. nod6sum (Desr. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 55.) blackish ; 

 branches somewhat tetragonal, knotted; leaves elliptic, serru- 

 lately ciliated, 5-nerved, coriaceous ; flowers in trichotomous 



leaves on short petioles, membranous, obovate, acuminated, gla- '^^'^^ ^''T \ T a ^^'^'^^.^^^^ «7^^^ ^" trichotomous 

 brous above, buf clothed with scurfv down beneath. .'J-nPrvpH nr <^o ymbs, bracteate ; peduncles hispid; calyx campanulate, an- 



brous above, but clothed with scurfy down beneath, 5-nerved or 

 tnple-nerved ; racemes terminal, elongated, constantly composed 

 of twisted cymes ; flowers almost sessile, secund, small, decan- 

 drous ; anthers opening by one pore, shortly auricled at the base ; 

 stigma peltately funnel-shaped. Fj . S. Native of Mexico, at 

 Cuesta Grande de Chiconquiaco. Down on the branches and 



gular at the base, crenated, length of the corolla. Tj . S. Native 

 of the Antilles. 



Knotted Melastoma. Shrub. 



49 M. PARADoxuM (Mart. herb, ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 202.) 



shrubby, quite glabrous ; branches much compressed between 



lower surface of leave, rather scurfy, intermixed with a few fine ^, "iTl 'f 1!^?!," t f .ZZT^th ."ll 'ri" '« ^f't'^ 



Stellate down. 



Melastoma. Shrub. 



42 M. coRNOiDES (Cham, et Schlecht. Linnasa. 5. p. 5Q3,) 

 glabrous ; branches terete ; leaves petiolate, oval-lanceolate, 

 acuminated, 5-nerved, puberulous, ciliated, membranous ; cymes 

 axillary, or bearly terminal, trichotomous, loose, and few-flow- 

 ered, having the branches filiform, bibracteolate ; berries globose, 

 5-ribbed ; ribs running down from the teeth of the calyx. ^ . S. 

 Native of Mexico, near Jalapa in woods. Habit of Clidemia 

 agrhtis. Seeds small, yellowish, with a black nearly linear 

 hylum. Stamens 10; anthers not appendiculated, opening by 



at the base, 5-nerved, with the margins nerve-formed, pale be- 

 neath ; panicle terminal ; fruit globose. P? . S. Native of Bra- 

 zil, on Mount Arara-coara. Seeds 3-sided, smooth. Habit of 

 Tococa, but the bladders on the petioles are wanting. The calyx 

 is 4-sided. 



Paradoxical Melastoma. Shrub. 



§ 3. Alternifolice. The leaves being alternate 

 lowing species^ it is therefore evident that it should 

 from the order altogether. 



in the foU 

 be excluded 



pore 



Perhaps a species of Clidemia. 



Dogwood-like Melastoma. Shrub 2 to 3 ft. ? 

 43 M. FURFURA^CEUM f Vahl. eclocr. fasc. 3. 1 



long, glabrous, smooth, quite entire, petiolate, 3-nerved, acumi 

 nated ; branches and peduncles clothed with scurfy tomentum 



1 Rhe'xia Jussi^oiDES (Lin. fil. suppl. 215.) pubescent; 

 leaves lanceolate, alternate? ribbed, with the margins scabrous 

 from very minute serratures ; flowers solitary, axillary, octan- 

 drous ; calycine segments 4, lanceolate, acute ; petals ovate, ex- 

 ceeding the calyx, yellow; genitals incHnate, shorter than the 

 corolla; filaments short; stigma warted ; capsule somewhat 



