24fi MELASTOMACE.E. 



4. H. succosa, DC. Leaves oval or obovate, bluntish at the base ; calyx-tube enlarged 

 at the top, much longer than the ^-parted limb ; anther-cells thickened towards the base and 

 twice as thick as the connective ; style hairy. — Aubl. t. 162. — An arborescent shrub, 15'- 

 20' high : down yellowish-rusty ; leaves 4"-10" long, triplinerved, pointleted, strigosc, with 

 short hairs on both sides, glabrescent above, pale beneath ; fascicles 5-1-flowered ; calyx 

 strigose : tube 4"'-5'" long, divisions roundish and bearing minute exterior teeth below the 

 top; petals downy beneath, obovate, mucronate ; ovary 5-locular; berry violet. — Hab. 

 Trinidad !, Crueg. ; [Guiana, Brazil]. 



5. H. ramiflora, DC. {non Macf.). Leaves obovate, tapering towards the base; calyx- 

 tube at length contracted at the top, as long as the 5-lobed or repand limb ; anther-cells at 

 1 he base as thick as the connective; style glabrous. — Plukn. Aim. t. 249./". 2: a single 

 leaf. — Melastoma, Sw. Henriettea grandifolia, Macf. {exclus. syn. Br.). — A tree ; leaves 4'' 

 10" long, triplinerved, pointleted, glabrescent above, rough and yellowish with appressed 

 hairs beneath ; fascicles 5-1-flowered ; calyx strigose : tube scarcely 2'" long, lobes rounded ; 

 petals downy beneath, obovate, mucronate ; ovary 5-locular. — Hab. Jamaica !, March, iu 

 woods. 



4. OSSjEA, DC reform. 



(Sagrfese sp., Naud.) 



Calyx shortly campanulate : limb short, spreading, repand. Anthers 8(-10), oblong, 

 blunt, inflexed above the ovary, opening with a single pore : filaments articulated at the 

 knee with the inflexed, connectival tail : cells distinct, each with a longitudinal furrow. 

 Ovary adherent, crowned with a glabrous, furrowed neck : style slender, with a small, capi- 

 tate stigma. Seeds obovate. — Shrubs, rough with a short hispid down, or scattered bris- 

 tles on the younger, tetragonal branchlets ; leaves comparatively large, petioled ; flowers 

 lateral, fascicled: pedicels simple; petals 4 (-5), pointed, forming a conical body in the 

 bud. 



6. O. fascicularis, Gr. Branchlets rusty -hispid ; leaves elliptical, ' tapering at the 

 base, pointed, rusty-hispid on the ribs beneath ; fascicles many -flowered ; anthers oblong- 

 linear, tapering upwards ; tail thickish, much shorter than the cells ; ovary 4-5-locular. — 

 Melastoma, Sw. I Sagrsea, DC. Staphidiastrum, Naud. Sagrfca acutiflora, Naud. par- 

 lim. Henriettea ramiflora, Macf! {non DC): a glabrescent form. — A shrub, 6'-10' feet 

 high, leafy at the top of branches ; leaves 4"-6" long, eminently triplinerved, entire, cili- 

 ated and roughish on both sides with scattered minute hairs : petiole 6'"-12"' long ; pedi- 

 cels 2"'-3'" long, about the length of the flower; calyx glabrous, IV" long; petals of the 

 same length, white, ovate-lanceolate, taper-pointed. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Al. t in damp 

 woods of the central and western districts. 



7. O. lateriflora, DC. Branchlets glabrous; leaves elliptical, tapering at the base, 

 pointleted, at length glabrous: fascicles 3-many-flowered ; anthers oblong, blunt : tail as long 

 as the cells; ovary 4-locular. — Melastoma, Fa hi. O. sparsiflora, DC. Sagrrea, Naud. 

 Clidemia, Gr. — Leaves 2i"-3" long, triplinerved, subentire, subciliated, iu the adult state 

 quite glabrous : petiole 4"'-8'" long, pedicels 2"' long, as long as the berry ; calyx glabrous ; 

 petals pointed. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr.; Montserrat, in mountain-woods; [Guadeloupe!, 

 Venezuela!]. 



5. CLIDEMIA, Don; Naud. (1. c. 17. p. 338. reform.). 



(Staphidium, Naud.; 17. p. 305. Staphidiastrum, Naud.; 17. p. 325. Sagrtea, DC, Naud). 



Calyx campanulate or sem globose : lobes 5-4 (-6), subulate, usually spreading (rarely 

 reduced, with a point). Anthers 8-10 (-12), linear, sometimes broader, opening with 1 (-2) 

 terminal pores : cells connected. Ovary bearing usually terminal bristles or a minute down. 

 Seeds oval, or sometimes pyramidal. — Shrubs, usually hispid ; cymes or clusters axillary, 

 chiefly towards the top of branchlets {or terminal). 



Sect. 1. Stephanotrichum. — Anthers linear, inflexed to the bottom of the calyx. 

 Bristles on the insertion-line of the stamens. Cymes axillary. 



8. CI. hirta, Don. Branches and petioles pilose with long, rusty hairs ; leaves ovate- 

 oblong or ovate ; cymes subsessile, corymbiform, equalling the petiole ; calyx densely pilose : 



