79'^ Decandria. 



aiigujli' MELASTOMA, foliis trinerviis li- 



folia. neari- lanceolatis integris fubtus in- 



canis, ramis virgatis ; paniculis ter- 



minalibus, floribus ercflis odandris. 



Prodr. p. 71. 



Crefcit in jfamaica^ in Infidis Carihaeis 

 (de P o N T H I E u.) Inf, St, jfohan- 

 nis, (Ryan). ij. , -^ 



JtJruttx. 



..; i^flmi. oppofiti , virgati, eredi, teretes, laeves. 



Folia petio.Iata, decuflato - oppofita , iineari - lari- 

 ceolata , trincrvia , 1-2 pollicaria, ncrvofa, fii- 

 pra rugofa, glabra, inferne albido - incana. 



Fetioli mediocres, teretiufculi. 



Fanicidae terminales, parvae, ovatae , pedunculo 

 /^^communi longiOre credlo, ramis paucioribus 

 oppofitis, brevibus, florihus pedicellatis, con- 

 iertis, parvis, lutefcentibus, oclandris. 



CaL 4-dentatus. jHmnVw/f fubrotunni , coloratr. 



Fetala fijbrotunda , luteo . aiba 1. flava. 



Filamenta refrada. Antherae iineares, apice ob- 

 tufo poUiniferac. ,i,^>^^ 



^ Cermen fubrotundum. Stylus filiformis, flam, 

 longior. Stigma fimplex. 



Bacca coroRata, fubrotunda 



