Monogynia. 821 



hifpula. MELASTOMA , foliis 5-nerviis 



fubdenticulacis ovatis acutis, fuper. 



nc ftrigofo-hirfutis, fubtus reticu- 



lato-tomentofis; paniculis termina- 



libus divaricatis; floribus ottandris, 

 Prodr. p. 72. 



Crefcit in Jamaicae montibus % 



Jtv 



rutex. 





ob 



Rami teretiufculi , laeves. 



Ramuli incani. 



Folia petiolata, oppofita, ovata, acuminata, 

 folete denticulata , 5 - nervia , absque nervo 

 marginali , crafliufcula, ftrigofo - hirfuta, fubtus 

 reticulate - uervofa , venofa , incano - tomentofa, 

 fafcicuiis minutis pilofis pallentibus iu flnu ner- 

 vorum. (Forte glandulae.) 



Petioli mediocres hirfuti. 



Panicalae terminales ramofae: ramis oppofitis 1 , 



divaricatis , patentibus, laxis^ fubdiviiis, hir- 

 futo - ftrigofis ; fioiibus diftin&is majufculis, pur- 

 pureis. 



Periantbium 4-dentatum. Dentes fuhulati, bre- 



ves, eredli, hirti. 



G &S * 



