258 MELAST0MACEJ3. 



down ; leave9 oval or ovate, bluntish, rounded at the base, subtriplinerved, glabrous, glabre- 

 scent on the ribs beneath ; panicle contracted, interrupted : clusters of flowers 3-1 -flowered 

 on the 'primary branches and equalling them ; calyx-tube obsoletely furrowed, glabrescent ; 

 petals clawed ; anthers 10, with the terminal pore not partitioned ; ovary . . . : stigma mi- 

 nute. — Melastoma, Vahl, — Leaves 6"-8" long, papery, entire or repand : petiole 1"— 2" long ; 

 panicle shorter than the leaves : the axis rusty-tomentose ; calyx campanulate, 3"'-4'" long : 

 the limb entire or obsoletely lobed ; anthers without appendages at the base : cells exceeding 

 the connective. — Bonpland's Melastoma cordato-ovalis {Mel. t. 49), a species neglected by 

 subsequent authors, gives an idea of the habit of our plant, though differing in its more 

 compound inflorescence. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. 



Sect. 2. Arkhenotoma. — Anthers ovate-oblong -. cells separated by a longitudinal furrow : 

 pores 2, terminal. — Panicle corymbiform, with the central flowers stalked. 



59. M. ang-ustifolia, Gr. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, trinerved, glahrescent 

 above, white beneath with powdery down, as are the branchlets ; primary branches of the 

 panicle 7-3 r flowered : the alar flowers as long as their pedicel ; calyx-tube not furrowed, 

 powdery; anthers 8, nodding; ovary 4-locular : stigma minute. — Vahl, Ic. Amer. t. 26. 

 Bonpl. Mel. t. 10. — Melastoma, Sw. Tetrazygia, 1)C. — A shrub ; leaves 1 £"-2" long, 

 crowded, entire ; petiole 2"'-6"' long ; panicle shorter than the uppermost leaves ; calyx 

 about 1"' long : tube ovate : teeth triangular ; petals whitish, equalling the length of the 

 calyx ; style exserted. — Hab. Jamaica {Sw.) ; Montserrat, Dominica !, Imr. ; Trinidad !, 

 Sieb. Tr. 127 ; Lockh. ; [French islands]. 



Sect. 3. Hartiqta. — Anthers oblong .- cells separated by a longitudinal furrow : pore par- 

 titioned or single, anterior on the obliquely truncate top. Seeds obovate. — Panicle in- 

 terrupted, subcontracted : flowers serial, on subscorpioid branchlets; bracts blunt, fringed ; 

 stigma included. 



60. M. racemosa, DC. Leaves glabrous or glabrescent, elliptical or oblong, trinerved, 

 ciliate, petioled ; panicle interrupted : flowers unilateral on the branchlets ; calyx-tube at 

 length furrowed ; anthers 10, with the pore partitioned; ovary 3(-5)-locular : stigma mi- 

 nute. — Bonpl. Mel. t. 27. — Melastoma, Aubl., Mey. Fl. Esseq. ! Hartigia spectabilis, Miq. 

 Mic. circumsecta, verticillata, et serrulata, Macf.—A shrub, 3'-10' high, very variable in 

 the form of the leaves : branchlets obtuse-angled, at length cylindrical, very glabrous, but 

 usually setose at the nodes ; leaves 4"-6" long, papery, polished (but the nerves impressed 

 on the upper and prominent on the under side), denticulate or repand ; calyx-tube semiglo- 

 bose, glabrous : teeth minute ; petals white or red, l"'-2"' long : anthers tumid at the base ; 

 berry purple or black. 



a. Leaves elliptical-oblong, or oval. 



P. ciliata, DC. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, usually bluntish on both ends. — Bonpl. Mel. 

 t. 28. — Hartigia oblongifolia, Miq. Micon. calophylla, Crueg. ! — The common, West In- 

 dian form. 



Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., A I., to Trinidad!, Lockh., Sch., Pd., Cr., in open and woady situ- 

 ations; [Haiti and Mexico to Guiana!, Brazil ) and Peru]. 



61. M. lacera, Naud. Branches bearded ; leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolate, trinerved, 

 crenate, ciliate and with scattered hairs on the surface, petioled ; panicle interrupted, 

 bearded and downy : flowers unilateral on the branchlets; calyx-tube not furrowed .- limb 

 spreading, with the duplicated teeth triangular and ion, fringed with long hairs; anthers 

 10-12; ovary 3 (-5) -locular:_ stigma minute. — Bonpl. Mel. t. 5. — Clidemia, DC. Mic. 

 villosissima, Crueg. ! — A shrub, 6-8' high : the hairs, which cover the branchlets and the 

 panicle, soft, very long (usually 4"'-5'"), somewhat scattered, rusty or "almost black;" 

 calyx-tube semiglobose ; petals white, l'"-2'" long, exceeded by the hairs of the calyx. — 

 Hab. Trinidad !, Lockh., Pd., Cr., in open and moist situations ; [Martinique; Mexico! to 

 Ecuador I and equat. Brazil I]. 



12. EURYCH^NIA, Gr. 

 (Miconise sp., DC, Naud.) 

 Calyx turbinate or semiglobose: limb reduced; teeth short, bluntish or obsolete. An- 



