Monogynia. 781 



tlm. MELASTOMA, foliis 5-nerviis 

 ferrato ■ denticulatis oblongis coria- 

 ceis, fubtus ferrugineo-tomentofis; 

 paniculis terminalibus patentibus, 

 floribus feflilibus. Prodr. p, 70. 



Incolit montes elevatiores Jamaicat 

 aliarumque infularum Indiat occideu' 

 talis, ii- 



j^rhor. Triincus go.^o.pedalis. 



Rami erediufcuJi , incani. 



Ramuli angulati fulcati , ferruginco • tomen- 

 tofi. 



Folia petiolata , oppofita, oMonga, acuta , ferra- 

 to - dcnticulata , |--i-pcdaiia, 5-nervia (prac- 

 ter nervum marginalem) , coriacca, fupra glabra 

 obfcure viridia, fubtus ferrugineo-tomentofa, 

 nervis venisque elevatis. 



Petioli longi, pollicares, angulati, ferruginei, 



Paniculae terminales, eredae: ramis braehiatis 

 fubdivifis patentibus : ramulis oppofitis muJti. 

 ^ons^ floribus feflilibus confertis parvis, albidis. 



Calyx 5 -denticulatus, minutus. 



Petala 5. 



