466 lvii. melastomace^ (hooker). [Amphiblemma. 



Leaves sparsely hairy above, toothed. Calyx puberulous .... 1. A. cymoswm. 



Leaves, stems, and calyx densely pubescent 2. A. molle. 



Leaves subglabrous, almost entire. Calyx setose .3. A. setomm. 



1. A. cymosum, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. skr. 3, xv. 51, et xiv. t. 7.f. 2. 

 Herbaceous ; branches and inflorescence puberulous or hoary. Stem 

 stout, obtusely 4-gonous, glabrous. Leaves 3-7 in. by l|-4in., ovate- 

 cordate, acuminate, denticulate, 5-7-nerved, sparsely hairy above, still 

 more sparsely beneath, nerves and transverse nerves slender, distant ; 

 petiole J-3in. Flowers in small, spreading", panicled cymes, shortly 

 pedicelled, j-1 in. diameter, rose-purple. Calyx J in., obconic or 

 funnel-shaped, 5-angled ; lobes 5, short, triangular, obtuse, tips pu- 

 bescent at the back. Petals elliptic-ovate. Anthers of long stamens 

 J in., incurved, equalling the connective, appendage clavate-lobed ; 

 anthers of short stamens much smaller, connectives shortly produced, 

 2-lobed at the base. Capsule urceolate, strongly reticulately ribbed. — 

 Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5473. Melastoma cymosum, Vent. Hort. Malm, 

 t. 14 ; DC. Prod. iii. 147. M. corymbosa, Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 904. 

 Don in Mem. Wern. Soc. iv. 292. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Barter! 



2. A, molle, Hook. f. A small annual 6-10 in. high, softly pu- 

 bescent all over with spreading, often purplish hairs. Stem flexuous, 

 terete, sparingly branched; Leaves 2-3Jin. by l|-ljin., ovate or 

 ovate-cordate, subacute or obtusely acuminate, 3-5-nerved, obscurely 

 denticulate, nerves obscure ; petiole J— 2 in. Flower ^ in. diameter, in 

 shortly peduncled unilateral cymes, Subsessile. Calyx-tube \ in., sub- 

 campanulate, villous ; lobes 5, subulate, about equalling the tube. 

 Petals oblong, ciliate at the tip. Anthers of long stamens l-12th in., 

 longer than the stout connective, appendage short, 2-fid; anthers of 

 smaller stamens rather shorter, but stouter j connective spurred behind 

 at. the base, and 2-tubercled in front. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal, Gaboon district, Fl. May. Mann ! 



3. A. setosum, Hook. f. Stem 6-10 in., slender, woody, terete, 

 flexuous; branches obscurely 4-gonous, leaves beneath petioles and 

 calyx minutely puberulous. Leaves 2|-3j-m. bylj-2in., membra- 

 nous, ovate-cordate, acuminate, obscurely denticulate, 5-nerved, gla- 

 brous above with a very few scattered setae, transverse nerves distinct ; 

 petiole very slender, 1-2 in. Flowers 1 in. diameter, in terminal, sub- 

 sessile, few-flowered corymbs, shortly pedicelled. Calyx | in., funnel- 

 shaped, hoary, with a few spreading gland-tipped bristles ; lobes very 

 short, triang-ular. Petals oblong, margin with a few long gland- 

 tipped hairs. Anthers of long stamens \ in., incurved, rather longer 

 than the slender connective, appendage clavate ; anthers of short sta- 

 mens smaller ; connective spurred behind, tumid in front. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal, in the Gaboon district, Mann! Fl. May. 



