79^ Decandria. 



m^gujli- MELASTOMA, foliis trinerviis li- 



folia, neari-lanceolatis integris fubtus in- 



canis, ramis virgatis; paniculis ter- 



minalibus, floribus ere6lis odandris. 



Prodr. p. 71. 



Crefcit in Jamaica^ in Infuli^ Carihaeis 

 (de PoNTHiEu.) Iiif, Sl Joban- 

 nis. (Ryan). k' 



Jrnitex. 



Ravii oppofiti , virgati , eredl , teretes, laeves. 



Folia petiolata, decufTato - oppofita , liiieari-lan- 

 ceolata , trincrvia , 1-3 pollicaria, nervofa, fu- 

 pra rugofa, glabra, inferne albido- incana. 



PetiQli mediocres, teretiufculi. 



Paniciilae terminales, parvae, ovatae , pedunculo 

 communi lon^iore eredo, ramis paucioribus 

 oppofitis, brevibus, floribus pedicellatis, coii- 

 fertis, parvis, luteicentibus, odandris. 



Cal. 4-dentatus. Z)ew^/cu/z fubrotundi , colorsti, 



Petala fubrotunda , luteo . alba 1. flava. 



Filamenta refracfla. Atitherae lineares, apice ob- 

 tulo polliniferae. 



Germen fubrotundum. Stylus filiformis, flam. 

 longior. Stigma fimplex. 



Bacca coronata , fubrotunda 



