Monogynia, 819. 



pilofa. MELASTOMA, foliis 5-nerviis 

 fubdenticulacis oblongis acucis, ner. 

 vis fubcus, ramulis racemisque la. 

 teralibus pilofo - hirfuris, floribus 

 8-andris. Prodr, p. 72. 



Habitat in fylvis montium Jamaicae, ii* 



X^nitex 1. Arhufciila ramofa, cortice fcabrofo. 



Rami longi, debiles, terctes, patentes, inpri- 

 mis verfus apices hlrfuti 1, pihs ferruglneis 

 tedi. 



Folia petiolata, oppofita, femipedaha, 5-nervia, 

 ( excepto ncrvo marginaii,) vix denticulata, 

 oblonga, acuta, nervofa, reticulato - venofa , 

 fupra glabra, fubtus, inprimis nervi, pilofo- 

 hirta. 



Petioli pollicares, hirfuti, ferruginei, 



Racetni laterales in ramis infra foh'a, rarius 

 axillares, oppofiti, eredli, petiohs parum 

 longiores , tripartito . 3 - fidi , patuH , hirfuti ', 

 floribus breviflime pediceilatis , difiindis, mi- 

 nutis, albidis. 



Calyx 4.dentatus. Dentes minutiflimi, hirfuti, 



Petala 4. minuta , fubrotunda , refiexa , patentia, 

 bafi rubro . maculata. 



Ggg a 



