Monogynia. gi^ 



pilofa. MELASTOMA, foliis s-nerviis 

 fubdenticulatis oblongis acijtis, ner. 

 vis fubtus, ramulis racemisque la- 

 teralibus pilofo . hirfutis, floribus 

 8-andris. Prodr. p. 72. 



Habitat in fylvis montium Jamaicae. \. 



J^rutex 1. Arhiifcida ramofa, cortice fcabrofo. 

 RamiXongx., debiles, teretes, patentes, inpri- 

 mis verfus apices hirfuti 1. piljs fcrrugineis 

 tedi. 



Folia petiolata, oppofita, femipedaiia, ^-nervia 

 (excepto nervo marginali,) vix denticulata , 

 oblonga, acuta, nervofa, reticulato - venofa , 

 fupra glabra, fubtus, inprimis ncrvi, pilofo- 

 hirta. 



Petioli poUicares, hirfuti, ferruginei. 



Racemi laterales in ramis infra foJia, rarius 



axiljares, oppofiti , eredi, pctioh's parum 



longiores, tripartito.s-fidi, patuli, hiriuti; 



florikis brevifiime pedicellatis , diflindis, mi- 



nutis, albidis. 



Calyx 4 - dentatus. Dentes minutiilimi , hirfuti. 



Petala 4. minuta , fubrotunda, reflexa, patentia 

 bafi rubro . maculata. 



Ggg 2 



