Tas. 4421. 
HETEROTRICHUM macropon. 
Long-toothed Heterotrichum. 
Nat. Ord. Menastomace®.—Decanpria Monoeynia. 
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Gen. Char. Calyx tubus ovato-globosus, limbus 5—8-fidus lobis persistentibus 
basi late dilatatis apice subulatis elongatis. Petala 5-8 ovalia. Stamina 10-16 
equalia, filamentis glabris, antheris oblongis basi vix gibbis apice 1-porosis. 
Ovarium glabrum apice umbilicatum. Stylus cylindraceus. Stigma punctum 
pruinosum. Capsula baccata 5-8-locularis globosa calyce coronata,—Frutices 
America tropice. Rami teretes petioli panicule ef calyces setis vel pilis hispidi 
et pube stellato-tomentosa inter setas intermixta velutini. Folia petiolata superne 
setosa subtus in nervis hispida, inter nervos velutina. Cyma terminalis trichotoma 
umbellata. Flores albi aut purpurei. De Cand. 
Hereroreicuum macrodon ; octomerum, ramulis petiolis cymisque pilis longis 
fulvis copiose vestitis, foliis oppositis ineequalibus cordato-ovatis acuminatis 
serratis 7-nerviis, cymis plurifloris, staminibus 16, petalis obovato-cuneatis. 
Hererotricuum macrodon. Planch. in Hook. Herb. 
Octomerts macrodon. Naudin in Ann. des Sc. Nat. Ser. 8. p. 53. 
A remarkable and very handsome Melastomaceous plant, the 
leaves beautiful from their velvety clothing, and the large white 
flowers in terminal corymbs, which are produced in succession 
for many weeks together. M. Funck’s original specimen from 
Caraccas is in my Herbarium, and Mr. William Lobb sent seeds 
of the same species from New Grenada to Messrs. Veitch and 
Sons of Exeter, to whom we are indebted for the possession of 
it at Kew. The genus Octomeris, established by Naudin, seems 
in no way different from Heterotrichum, DC. The species 
flowers in the autumn in the stove. ; 
Descr. A shrub, seven to nine feet high, but flowering 
readily when scarcely one-fourth of that size. Branches terete ; 
younger ones herbaceous, everywhere, as well as the long petioles, 
peduncles, pedicels, and calyx, clothed with spreading, long, 
tawny, or rufous hairs. eaves opposite, ample, but very un- 
equal (one large and one small in each pair), cordato-ovate, 
acuminate, regularly dentato-serrated, seven-nerved, the veins 
united by transverse ones, and these again by transverse veinlcts ; 
JANUARY Ist, 1849. 
