456 LVII. MELASTOMACEE (HOOKER). [ Amphiblemma, 
Leaves sparsely hairy above, toothed. Calyx puberulous . . . . 1. A. cymosum. 
Leaves, stems, and calyx densely pubescent. Bc 2. A. molle. 
Leaves subglabrous, almost entire. Calyx setose. . . . . . « 3. A. setosum. 
1. A. cymosum, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 3, xv. 51, et xiv. t. 7.f. 2. 
Herbaceous; branches and inflorescence puberulous or hoary. Stem 
stout, obtusely 4-gonous, glabrous. Leaves 38-7 in. by 1}—4in., ovate- 
cordate, acuminate, denticulate, 5—7-nerved, sparsely hairy above, still 
more sparsely beneath, nerves and transverse nerves slender, distant; 
petiole }-3in. Flowers in small, spreading, panicled cymes, shortly 
pedicelled, 3-1 in. diameter, rose-purple. Calyx }in., obconic or 
funnel-shaped, 5-angled; lobes 5, short, triangular, obtuse, tips pu- 
bescent at the back. Petals elliptic-ovate. Amnthers of long stamens 
}in., incurved, equalling the connective, appendage clavate-lobed ; 
anthers of short stamens much smaller, connectives shortly produced, 
2-lobed at the base. Capsule urceolate, strongly reticulately ribbed.— 
Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5473. Melustoma cymosum, Vent. Hort. Malm. 
t.14; DC. Prod. iii. 147. M. corymbosa, Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 904. 
Don in Mem. Wern. Soe. iv. 292. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Barter! 
2. A. molle, Hook. f. A small annual 6—10in. high, softly pu- 
bescent all over with spreading, often purplish hairs. Stem flexuous, 
terete, sparingly branched. Leaves 2—34in. by 14-l}in., ovate oF 
ovate-cordate, subacute or obtusely acuminate, 3—5-nerved, obscurely 
denticulate, nerves obscure ; petiole }-2in. Flower 4 in. diameter, 
shortly peduncled unilateral cymes, subsessile. Calyx-tube ¢ 1n., sub- 
campanulate, villous; lobes 5, subulate, about equalling the tube. 
Petals oblong, ciliate at the tip. Anthers of long stamens 1-12th in., 
longer than the stout connective, appendage short, 2-fid; anthers. of 
smaller stamens rather shorter, but stouter; connective spurred behind 
at the base, and 2-tubercled in front. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal, Gaboon district, Fl. May. Mann! 
3. A. setosum, Hook. f. Stem 6-10 in., slender, woody, terete, 
flexuous; branches obscurely 4-gonous, leaves beneath petioles and 
calyx minutely puberulous. Leaves 24—34in. by 14-2in., membra- 
nous, ovate-cordate, acuminate, obscurely denticulate, 5-nerved, gla- 
brous above with a very few scattered sete, transverse nerves distinct 5 
petiole very slender, 1-2in. Flowers lin. diameter, in terminal, sub- 
sessile, few-flowered corymbs, shortly pedicelled. Calyx }in., funnel- 
shaped, hoary, with a few spreading gland-tipped bristles ; lobes very 
short, triangular. Petals oblong, margin with a few long gland- 
tipped hairs. Anthers of long stamens }in., incurved, rather longet 
than the slender connective, appendage clavate ; anthers of short sta- 
mens smaller ; connective spurred behind, tumid in front. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal, in the Gaboon district, Mann! Fl. May- 
