MELASTOMACEjE. IX. RIIYNCHANTIIERA. 



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tive of the province of Minas Geraes, in moist meadows. Me- 

 lastoma cordatum, Schrank et Mart. mss. Flowers purple. 

 Capsule 3-celled. 



Cordate-]ea.\ed Rhynchanthera. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



5 R. H/ENKEA'NA (D. C. 1. c.) shrubby ; branches terete, 

 hairy, densely clothed with glandular down at the apex ; leaves 

 on short petioles, cordate, somewhat peltate, acuminated, ser- 

 rated, 7-nerved, rather pilose above, and hairy beneath, having 

 the serratures ciliately serrated ; flowers cymosely corymbose, 

 terminal ; tube of calyx ovate, pilose, shorter than the lobes, 

 which are 5, and setaceous, 5 of the anthers furnished with long 

 beaks. J? . S. Native of Peru. Melastoma grandiflora, Schrank, 

 mss. Melastoma Haenkeana, Mart. mss. Leaves 3 inches long. 

 Petioles 2 lines long. Flowers large, purple, like those of R. 

 grandiflora. Five of the anthers are hardly longer than their 

 elongated beak, but a little longer than their connective, which is 

 tumid at the articulation ; the others abortive, and changed into 

 ligulae. Ovarium free. 



Hcenke's Rhynchanthera. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



6 R. SCHRANKIA'NA (D. C. 1. c.) shrubby ; branches terete, 

 hispid from unequal glandular stiff hairs ; leaves petiolate, cor- 

 date, acuminated, serrated, 5-nerved, hairy on both surfaces ; 

 pedicels axillary, 1 -flowered; tube of calyx ovate, hairy, shorter 

 than the lobes, which are 5 and linear ; anthers 10, 5 of which 

 are short and castrated, the other 5 bearing long beaks. ^ . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, in marshes on 



the mountains. Rhexia Schrankiana, Mart. herb. Very like 

 R. grandiflora and R. Hcenkeana ; from the first it differs in the 

 pentantherous flowers, and from the last in the petioles being 

 twice the length, and from both in the flowers being axillary and 

 solitary. 



Sclirank's Rhynchanthera. Shrub. 



7 R. MONODY'NAMA (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, hispid from 

 long spreading bristles, as well as the petioles, peduncles, and 

 calyxes ; leaves petiolate, cordate, ovate, acuminated, toothed, 

 pilose on both surfaces, 7-nerved; pedicels axillary, 1-3-flow- 

 ered ; lobes of calyx setaceous, longer than the tube ; five of 

 the stamens are antheriferous, one of them twice the size of 

 the others. Jj . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Para, in 

 woods, and along the river Amazon. Melastoma fothergilloides, 

 Schrank et Mart. mss. Capsule 5-celled. A very distinct 

 species. The specific name is derived from ^ovoe, one, and 

 cvvctfiic, power ; in reference to the long stamen. 



Monodynamous Rhynchanthera. Shrub. 



8 R. VENTANTHE'RA (D. C. 1. c.) shrubby ; branches rather 

 tetragonal, beset with glandular pili ; leaves petiolate, ovate, 

 acuminated, rather cordate at the base, ciliately serrated, 7- 

 nerved, rather pilose above, but hairy on the nerves beneath ; 

 panicle loose, terminal ; calyx rather pilose, at length glabrous, 

 with an ovate tube : and 5 subulate lobes, which are broadest at 

 the base, and longer than the tube ; the 5 barren stamens filiform, 

 the 5 fertile ones having the anthers bearing long beaks. (7 . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, in marshes and 

 woods. Rhexia pentanthera, Ser. mss. Flowers purple. An- 

 thers oval, hardly longer than the beaks. Capsule 5-celled. 

 Allied to Heenkeana. 



Five-anlhered Rhynchanthera. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



9 R. MEXICA'NA (D. C. 1. c.) shrubby ; branches tetragonal, 

 hairy ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acuminated, somewhat cordate at 

 the base, ciliately serrated, 7-9-nerved ; pedicels axillary, oppo- 

 site, longer than the petioles, hairy, 1-flowered, each bearing 2 

 lanceolate-linear leaves ; anthers 5, equal. ^ . S. Native of 

 Mexico. Thenardia rosea, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 

 Flowers elegant, rose-coloured. Petals mucronate. Capsule 

 4-valved. 



Mexican Rhynchanthera. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



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* * Leaves shorter than those of the preceding dhisiun, not 

 cordate at the base, petiolate or sessile. 



10 R. IIMOSA (D. C. 1. c.) shrubby, erect, branched ; branches 

 nearly terete, clothed with glandular hairs ; leaves lanceolate, on 

 short petioles, acuminated, bluntly subcordate at the base, serru- 

 lated, 5-7-nerved, puberulous on both surfaces, paler beneath ; 

 thyrse terminal ; calyx puberulous, with a globose tube : and 5 

 setaceous lobes, which are a little shorter than the tube ; anthers 

 5, with long beaks ; capsule 3-celled. T? . S. Native of Bra- 

 zil, in the province of Bahia, in muddy places near Caitete. 

 Meriania violacea, Schrank, mss. Rhexia limosa, Mart. herb. 

 Leaves like those of Cistus Monspellacus. Flowers purple, like 

 those of R. grandiflora. Capsule globose. Seeds numerous, 

 angular. 



Muddy Rhynchanthera. Shrub. 



1 1 R. ROSTRA'TA (D. C. 1. c.) shrubby ; branches nearly terete, 

 clothed with glandular bristles ; leaves petiolate, oblong, blunt- 

 ish at the base, acuminated at the apex, ciliately serrulated, 5- 

 nerved, pilose above, and rather hairy on the nerves beneath ; 

 cymes axillary and terminal ; calyx liairy, with an oblong tube : 

 and 5 setaceous lobes, which are a little shorter than the tube ; 

 stamens 10, 5 of which are barren, and 5 bearing long, beaked 

 anthers. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, on the sides of the moun- 

 tains called Serra St. Antonio. Rhexia rostrata, Schrank et 

 Mart. mss. Flowers violaceous. Filaments glabrous. 



Beaked Rhynchanthera. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



12 R. FoTHERGiLLjE (I). C. 1. c.) shrubby ; branches some- 

 what tetragonal ; petioles and pedicels densely clothed with bris- 

 tles ; leaves petiolate, oblong, cuneated at the base, acuminated 

 at the apex, 5-nerved, quite entire, beset with adpressed bristles 

 above, but with villi beneath ; racemes short, terminal ; flowers 

 pedicellate, when young involved in 2 bracteas ; calyx strigose, 

 with a campanulate tube, and 5 triangular acute lobes ; anthers 

 dissimilar. I? . S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces of St. 

 Paul and Minas Geraes, in low woods. Rhexia Fothergillae, 

 Schrank et Mart. mss. Allied to R. grand/flora. Petals large, 

 nearly orbicular, purple. Anthers arched, wrinkled transversely, 

 5 with a drawn out connective, and the other 5 with a short 

 hardly tumid connective each. Filaments rather pilose. 



leather gill's Rhynchanthera. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



13 R. STACHYDIMORPHA (B.C. 1. c.) suffruticose ; branches 

 tetragonal, rather hairy ; leaves on short petioles, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acute, quite entire, 5-nerved, clothed with adpressed pili 

 on both surfaces ; peduncles axillary, few-flowered, disposed 

 into an elongated leafy thyrse ; flowers decandrous ; calyx with 

 an ovate tube, and setaceous ciliated lobes. Jj . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in high grassy fields about Minas Novas. R. stachy- 

 oides, Schrank et Mart. mss. but not of Humb. et Bonpl. Pe- 

 tals red. The 5 stamens, with the long filaments, bear elon- 

 gated anthers, which have their connectives not drawn out, but 

 with their beaks dilated at the apex. Seeds irregular, usually 

 oblong-conical, truncate at the base, and reticulated from la- 

 cunae. 



Spike-formed Rhynchanthera. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



14 R. SERRULA'TA (D. C. 1. c) plant herbaceous, erect, 

 clammy ; branches bluntly tetragonal, rather hairy ; leaves almost 

 sessile, attenuated at both ends, linear-lanceolate, serrulated, 5- 

 nerved ; flowers axillary and terminal, solitary, on short pedi- 

 cels ; tube of calyx rather hairy, with rather longer linear lobes ; 

 5 of the stamens sterile; capsule 3-celled. O- H. Native of 

 Guiana, in meadows. Rhexia serrulata, Rich, in Bonpl. rhex. 

 t. 28. but not of Nutt. Flowers deep purple. 



Serrulated-leaved Rhynchanthera. PI. | foot. 



15 R. SALICIFOLIA (Mart. herb. Schrank, mss. ex D. C. prod. 

 3. p. 109.) plant herbaceous; stem nearly simple, puberulous, 



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