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fis. Melaftoma with oblongs heart-Jhaped^ acute-poinfed 

 leaves^ having fawed indentures^ and flowers growing 

 thinly in long bunches. 

 12. Melastoma (Verlicillaia) foliis ovato-lanceolatis, 

 quinquenervibus, fubtus aureis, floribus vcrticillatis, 

 caule tomentofo. Melaftcma with oval fpear-fiaped 

 leaves having five veins, which are of a gold colour on their 

 under Jide^ and flowers growing in whorls y with a woolly 



I?, Melastoma (Acuta) foliis lanceolatis acutis denti- 

 culatis inferne incanis trinervibus, floribus racemofis. 



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having three veins, which join before they reach the 

 bafe ; they are entire, and are of a fattin colour on 

 their under fide, butof a light green on their upper; 

 thefe are placed by pairs on the branches. 

 The fifth fort feldom grows more than fcven orei^ht 

 feet high, fpreading out^ into many branches, whtch 

 are covered with a fmooth purple bark •, they arc Hcn- 

 der, and are garnilhed with fpear-fhaped leaves, five 

 inches long and two broad in the middle, where th^v 

 are broadeft ; they are fmooth on both fides, their 

 edges are entire, and they terminate in acute joints. 



^elajioma with acute Jpear-Jhaped leaves which are in- I The flowers are produced in pceicy long hanging 

 dented on their edges, hoary on their under fide, have three I bunches, of an herbaceous colour, with long ftylcs 

 veins, and flowers growing in bunches. 



14. Melastoma {Glabra) foliis ovato-lanceolatis acu- 

 minatis integerrimis, utrinque glabris trinervibus, flo- 



■ ribus racemofis. Melafioma with entire, oval, fpear- 

 fhaped leaves ending in acute points, having three veins, 

 and fmooth on both fides, with flowers growing in long 

 bunches. Arbor Syrinamenfis, canells folio utrinque 

 o-labro. Pluk. Phyt. tab. 249. fol. 5. 



15. Melastoma {^inquenervia) foliis ovatisquinque- 

 •■' nervibus fcabris, floribus racemofis alaribus. Melaftoma 



with oval rough leaves having five veins, and flowers I The flowers are produced in a loofe panicle at the 



which are fl:retched out a good lensith beyond the pe- 

 tals, and are permanent 5 the fruit is fmall, and black 

 when ripe. 



The fixth fort rifes four or nve feet high^ dividing 

 into many flender branches, which are fmooth, and 

 garniflied with fpear-ftiaped leaves three inches long, 

 and one and a quarter broad, of a lucid green on the 

 upper fide, but white on the under, having three lon- 

 gitudinal veins which join before they reach the bafe ; 

 thefe are entire^ and placed alternately on the branches. 



growing in bunches from the fides of the branches. 

 16. Melastoma {05fandria) foliis lanceolatis trinervi- 



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bus glabris, marginibus hifpidis. Melaftoma with fmooth \ : pie fruit. 

 fpear-fhaped leaves having three veins, and hairy ^prickles 

 on the border. 



end of the branches J they are fmall, white, and have 

 pretty long tubes ; thefe are fucceeded by fmall pur-: 



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17. Melastoma {Afpera) foliis bvatis qulnquenervibus { garniflied 



, The feventh fort rifes with an anMlar fl:alk fix or feven 

 'feet high, fending out branches oppofite, which are 



with Ipear-fliaped, 



oval. 



rough 



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glabris, 



marginibus hifpidis. ' Mi?/^i?»2^ with oval \ placed by pairs ; they are hairy, of a' dark green oni 



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 i'8V Melastoma [Scatfofa) foliis ovatd-lanceolatis Ica- 

 bris acuminatis quinquenervibus, floribus racemofis. 

 : ' ' Melaftoma with oval, fpear-fhaped, acute-pointed leaves, 

 ^^aving five vetnsl^ and flowers growing in long bunches. 



■ The title'bf this genus of plants was given to it by 



■ Profeflbr Burman, of Amfterdam, in the Thefaurus 

 Zeylanicus j fome of thefe plants have been titled 

 Sambucus, others Chrifl:ophoriana, and'to fome of 

 thefpecies Dr. Plukenet gave the title of Acidendron ; 

 but Sir Hans Sloane and Father Plumier, gave them 

 the title of Grofliilaria, from whence I have applied 



' -' 'the Englifli name of Goofeberry to them, which is 



' the iiame by which fome of the forts are known in 



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The firft fort rifes about four or five feet high, the 

 ■ * item and branches being covered with long^ ruflet 

 "^ hairs -, the leaves are placed on the branches oppofite ; 



they are five inches long and two broad, and are alfo 

 •"' covered with the fame ruflTet dowp, having five ribs 

 ■^"or veins running through the leaves from end to end. 



but the three inner join before they reach the bafe, with 



imall tranfverfe ribsV the If iiltV produced at the end 



^ . of the ihobts, 'which is a pulpy blue berry, as large as 



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Thejecond fort grows to be a large tree, having ma- 

 ny crooked branches, covcfed with^'a brown bark, 



; ' ^l!h6 leaves placed oppofite on'the brahclies ; th6fe are 

 fmooth,^ fehtire,' and above five inches long, arid two 

 Broad in the middle, with three deep veins running 



/". through them ; both fides of tKefe leaves are of a 



\\ ^ght" green and fmooth, and are fharply indented on 

 - jheir edges*)* ending in actite., joints.. .sThe fruit 



•• grows in loofe fpikes at the end of th? branches ; 



,;^they are thinly placed on the fpikes, and are of a 



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"' The third fort grows to the height of twenty feet, with 

 a large trunk, covered with a ruflet bark : the leaves 

 of this tree are very large, being above feven inches 

 , long, and three and a quarter broad, of adark rufl^et 

 colour on their upper fide, but of a yellowifla ruflTet on 

 their under, foft to the touch, having a fofc down over 



their upper fide, but of a pale green on their under. 

 The flowers arc produced at the end of t\it Branches, 

 . .two or "three fl:anding together j they are large, and, 

 of a Rofe colour, inclining to purple, fitting in large 

 hairy empalcments 5 thefe are fucceeded hy roundifli 

 purple fruit crowned by the empalement, which' are 

 filled with a purple pulp furrounding the feeds. 

 The eighth fort grows to the height of twenty feet^ 

 with a large fl:rait ilem, covered with a gray bark, 

 and at the top divides into many angular branches ; 

 thefe are garnifl:)ed with oblong oval leaves near a 

 foot long, and fix inches broad in the middle, of a 

 dark green on their upper fide, but filky on their un- 

 der, with five fl:rong longitudinal veins •, they are in- 

 dented on their edges, and placed oppofite. , The 

 \ flowers are produced in loofe long bunches at the end 

 ; of the branches -, thefe are white, and are fucceeded 

 ^ By roundifli purple fruit, filledwith pulp, in which 





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them J the ftalks are covered with rough hairs, and the 

 leaves are placed by pairs on tlie branches, which 

 niake a beautiful appearance when the trees are viewed 

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 The fourth fort feldohi grows more than eight or ten 

 feet high, the leaves are" about four inches long, 



rvthe feeds are lodged. 



-The ninth fort rifes witji" a^'Srbrig'icreft ftalk near 



Uthjrty fe,e^ high, covered with a gray bark, diviciing 



■* at the top into feveral angular comorefl^ed branches, 



which are garniflied with oval leaves indented oh their 



,; ledges"-, they are feven inches Idrig'and alniofl: five 



broad, fl:anding by pairs oppofite on very longfoot- 



. ftalks, of a lucid green on their upper fide, but of a 



pale gold colour and fattiny on their urider^^'with five 



fi;rong longitudinal veins, and a gf^atVnurnber of 



• fmaller tranfverfe ones. The flqvvers are produced in 



r loofe panicles at the end of the branches j they are 



-White, and are fucceeded by purple fruit, about the 



r: i fame fize as thofe of the former. ;. .,...;•. .., ^ X- 



The tenth fort rifes with a flirubby ftalk ten or twelve 



feet high, covered with a hairy baj^k, and divides in- 



. tQmany branches toward j:he too, which arc gafnifli- 



-^ed with heart-ftiaped leaverendihg in^acute points ; 



-'■they are five inches long and three broad toward their 



^^bafe, entire in their borders, of .a dark green on their 



..upper fide, but hoary ox\ their under^ with five lon- 



-:gitudinal veins, and^^manyTmalkr'tranf ones-, 



''ithefc are placed oppolTte, and fiand upon hairy foot- 



ftalks, two inches and a half in length. The flow- 



:. ers are produced at the end of the branches, in a 



fort of umbel -, they are of a pale Rofe colour and 



pretty large, fitting on hairy empalemcnts ; thefe are 



"fucceeded by fmall black fruit, a little larger than 



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- eiffht or nine feet high, cOYere4 whh. a^ d^rk brown 



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