Tab. 5473. 

 AMPHIBLEMMA cymosum. 



Cymose Amphiblemma. 



Nat. Ord. Melastomace^e. — Decandria Monogynia. 



Gen. Char. Flos pentamerus. Calycis tubus oblongo-carapanulatus ; limbus 

 dilatatus, membranaceus, mollis ; deutibus triangularibus subacutis paulo infra 

 apicera denticulo externo minuto instructis. Petala ovata aut obovata, apicu- 

 lata. Stamina 10, alternatim insequalia et heteromorpka ; antheris lineari- 

 subulatis 1-porosis, 5 majorat* connectivo infra loculos longe producto arcuato 

 gracdi ultra filamenti insertionem in appendicem truncatarn aut saltern obtusani 

 porrecto, minormn infertilium infra loculos nullo aut subnullo. Ovarium toto 

 arabitu et fere usque ad apicem adhserens 5-loculare, apice merabranula margi- 

 natum. Stylus fdiformis, stigmate obtuso puuctiformi. Placenta product*, fa- 

 melliformes. Naud. 



Amphiblemma cymosum. 



Amphiblemma cymosum. Naud. Melastom. in Ann. des Sciences Nat. 3d Ser. 

 v. 15. p. 51. 



Melastoma cymosum. Be Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p. 147. Vent. Hort. Malm. 1. 14. 

 Melastoma corymbosum. Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 904. 



A very handsome tropical African Melastomaceous plant, which 

 we believe to be identical with the Melastoma corymbosum of 

 Sims, 1. c. ; but there being no analysis of flowers there, and the 

 fact of its now constituting a distinct genus, are circumstances 

 which may justify us in giving a more perfect figure and descrip- 

 tion. It is a stove-plant, and has been sent to us by the late 

 Mr. Barter, Government Botanist in the last Niger Expedition, 

 under Commander Baikie. 



Descr. Our living plant has attained a height of five feet, 

 moderately branched, the branches terete, the young ones her- 

 baceous, all of them glabrous. Leaves large and handsome, five 

 to six inches long {on petioles two to three inches long), cordate- 

 ovate, shortly acuminate, glabrous, seven- to nine-nerved, rich 

 satiny green, paler beneath, the margins sharply dentate-serrate. 

 Corymbs terminal, branching, spreading; pedicels thickened. 

 Calyx suburceolate, five-lobed, lobes thick, ovate-triangular, 



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