772 Decandria. 



adfcen. MELASTOMA , foliis trinerviis 



dens, dcnticulatis ovatis acutis glabris, 



racemo ovato tenninali, racemulis 



floribus fubfecundis , caule fcan- 



dente. 



Melaitoma fcandens. Prodr. p. 69. 



Habitat in fylvis montium Jamaicae. ij. 



jTrutex fai-mcntofus fcandcns , volubilis , 10 - 20. 

 pcdalis , radicans , ramofus , caule tercti 

 glabro. 



Rami oppofiti, fimpliccs, horizontalcs, fub. 

 hcrbacci, tetragoni , pubcfccntes, verfus api- 

 ces ferruginei. 



Folia petiolata oppofita, inferiora faepe pcdalia, 

 fupeiiora 3 ^.pollicaria lato - ovata , acumina- 

 ta, denticulata, trinervia (praeter nervum mar- 

 ginalem,) nervofa, crailiufcula, glabra , nervis 

 fubtus interdum fetofa. Petioli poliicares, te- 

 retiufculi, glabri. 



Racemus terminalis , ovatus, compofitus; pedim- 

 culo communi tetragono, felrugineo -pabefcen- 

 tc. Fy.acemidi oppofiti, iemunciales, jioribiis 

 terminalibus, numerofi., majufculis, carnco- 

 albidis, pedicellatis, fccundum torfionem cau- 

 lis fecundis j pedicellis 3-4-linearibus. 



