MELASTOMACEvE. XXXI. LASIANDRA. 



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Pleroma ochypetala, D. Don, 1. c. Bracteas ovate, deciduous, 

 bristly. Petals large, obovate, refuse, nearly obcordate, with a 

 mucrone in the recess. Ovarium free. 



Sharp-petallcd Lasiandra. Shrub 10-12 feet. 



8 L. KUNTHIA'NA (D. C. 1. c.) branches tetragonal, and are 

 as well as the petioles clothed with adpressed villi ; leaves pe- 

 tiolate, oblong, acute, 5-nerved, quite entire, scabrous above 

 from little bristles, but white from adpressed silky villi beneath ; 

 pedicels hispid, axillary, 1-flowered, and terminal ; tube of calyx 

 campanulate, beset with stiff bristles, but with the lobes deci- 

 duous ; filaments and style hispid. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. 

 Petals very blunt. Ovarium bristly at the apex, rather longer 

 than the tube of the calyx. Bracteas large, deciduous. 



Kunth's Lasiandra. Shrub 4 to 8 feet. 



9 L. * V MULA (D. C. 1. c.) shrubby ; branches, petioles, and 

 peduncles clothed with hairy tomentum ; leaves petiolate, ovate, 

 mucronately acute, 5-nerved, quite entire, scabrous from bristles 

 above, but densely clothed with adpressed villi beneath ; pedicels 

 rising from the upper axils of the leaves, and solitary at the tops 

 of the branches, disposed in something like racemes ; calyx 

 bristly, with a globose tube ; and 5 lanceolate deciduous lobes, 

 which are glabrous inside. 1? . S. Native of Brazil, in the 

 province of Minas Geraes. Meriania se'mula, Schrank and 

 Mart. mss. Ovarium bristly at the apex. Filaments and style 

 hairy. Very like L. Jiygrophila, 



Emulous Lasiandra. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



10 L. HYGROPHILA (D. C. 1. c.) shrubby ; branches terete, 

 hispid from bristles ; leaves sessile, ovate, acute, 5-7-nerved, 

 ciliately serrated, rough from stiff bristles above, but hairy be- 

 neath ; pedicels axillary, 1-flowered, disposed in racemose cymes ; 

 calyx bristly : with 5 subulate lobes, which are a little longer than 

 the tube. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of St. 

 Paul, in bogs in woods. Rhexia hygropbila, Mart. mss. Leaves 

 hardly an inch long and 8-9 lines broad. Like L. Tonnesii, but 

 differs in the anthers being shorter, and in the filaments bearing 

 a few subglandular hairs. 



Water-loving Lasiandra. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



11 L. TIBOUCHINOIDES (D. C. 1. c.) shrubby ; branches 

 bluntly tetragonal, beset with bristly pili ; leaves petiolate, el- 

 liptic-oblong, mucronate, quite entire, 3-nerved, bearing a few 

 scattered bristles above, but clothed with villous tomentum 

 beneath ; flowers terminal, bracteate, usually twin ; calyx 

 bristly, with 5, ovate, acute, ciliated lobes. Tj . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in the province of St. Paul, in marshes. Rhexia tibou- 

 chinoides, Schrank and Mart. mss. Leaves an inch long and 

 5-6 lines broad. Calyx ovate, red ; lobes 5. Petals large. 

 Anthers linear, falcate, acuminated by the beaks, a little longer 

 than the connectives, which are tumid at the base. Stamens 

 exserted, rather unequal, glabrous, and bearing a few glands at 

 the very base. Habit of Tibouclima of Aublet or Chcetogdstra 

 lepidbta. 



Tiboucltina-like Lasiandra. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



12 L. IIOSPITA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 129.) shrubby, much 

 branched, scabrous in every part from adpressed bristles ; 

 branchlets somewhat tetragonal ; leaves on short petioles, el- 

 liptic, 3-nerved, quite entire, acute ; pedicels axillary, 1 -flowered ; 

 calyx globose, scarcely 5-toothed ; capsule 5-celled. f? . S. 

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

 mountains, in cold places. Rhexia hospita, Schrank and Mart, 

 mss. Leaves an inch long. The bristles on the leaves regu- 

 larly disposed between the veins. Bracteas deciduous. Sta- 

 mens unknown. The branches becoming tumid from a species 

 of cynips. 



Stranger Lasiandra. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



13 L. MACROCHI'TON (D. C. I.e.) shrubby; branches tetra- 

 gonal, beset with adpressed little bristles ; leaves petiolate, oval, 

 3-nerved, beset with adpressed bristles above, but with dot-like 



setae beneath ; thyrse terminal ; bracteas 2, rather villous, in- 

 volving the flower in its young state ; calyx bristly, with an ovate 

 tube, and 5 ovate, ciliated, longer lobes ; filaments hispid ; 

 anthers long, nearly similar. Jj . S. Native of Brazil. Rhexia 

 macrochiton, Mart. mss. Petals ciliated when young. Anthers 

 falcate, beaked. 



Long-coated Lasiandra. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



* Calyx clothed with adpressed, rather silky villi. 



14 L. THEREMINIA NA (D. C. 1. c.) shrubby ; branches terete, 

 clothed with adpressed short villi; leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, 

 quite entire, 7-nerved, clothed with canescent villi beneath, vil- 

 lous above ; flowers solitary, terminal ; bracteas 2, ovate ; villi 

 on calyx silky and adpressed ; calycine lobes longer than the 

 tube, which is very villous ; filaments villous ; appendages of 

 the connectives of the anthers bearing scattered glands. Tj . S. 

 Native of Brazil. Very like Chcelog&stra muricata, but differs 

 in the longer petiolate 7-nerved leaves ; the flowers are also 

 larger, and bibracteate and the anthers shorter. 



Thereminian Lasiandra. Shrub 8 to 10 feet. 



15 L. SEMIDECA'NDRA (Schrank et Mart. mss. ex D. C. 1. c.) 

 shrubby ; branches tetragonal, villous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, 

 acute, quite entire, 5-nerved, rough from stiff bristles above, 

 but villous beneath ; flowers solitary, terminal, and axillary, 

 pedicellate ; bracteas bristly, deciduous, involving the flower- 

 bud before they fall off; calyx clothed with silky villi : with 5 

 acuminated lobes, which are glabrous inside and longer than the 

 tube. Fj . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas 

 Geraes, on the mountains. Rhexia semidecandra, Schrank et 

 Mart. mss. Bracteas silvery. The rest as in L. hygrophila. 

 Flowers as in L. Fontenesiana. The 5 alternate stamens larger ; 

 anthers falcate: having their connectives knotted at the base, and 

 twice the length of the anthers. Style pilose. 



Semidecandrous Lasiandra. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



16 L. CANDOLLEA'NA (D. C. 1. c.) shrubby ; branches nearly 

 terete, rough from small adpressed bristles ; leaves petiolate, 

 oval-oblong, attenuated at both ends, triple-nerved, membranous, 

 quite entire, clothed with adpressed bristles on both surfaces ; 

 pedicels axillary, solitary, tern ; bracteas oval, oblong, acute, 

 deciduous ; calyx white from adpressed villi, having its lobes 

 longer than its tube, which is ovate ; style and filaments hispid. 

 Tj . S. Native of Brazil, at Rio Grande de Belmonte. D. C. 

 Coll. 1. f. 6. Rhexia Candolleana, Mart. herb. Allied to L. Fon- 

 tanesiana, but differs in the lateral nerves of the leaves being 

 simple, not bifid. Petals violaceous, ciliated when young. 

 Stamens 10, alternate ones rather the smallest. 



De Candolle's Lasiandra. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



17 L. RADDIA'NA (D. C. I.e.) shrubby; branches somewhat 

 tetragonal, furnished with a few adpressed bristles ; leaves pe- 

 tiolate, oblong, acuminated at both ends, quite entire, smoothish, 

 but bearing a few adpressed bristles, 3-nerved ; flowers ter- 

 minal, usually solitary ; calyx densely clothed with adpressed 

 silky villi. Jj . S. Native of Brazil. Rhexia uniflora, Raddi. 

 mem. 1. c. p. 9. but not of Vahl. Rhexia Raddiana, Moricand. 

 herb. Ser. mss. Flowers large. Style and filaments hispid. 

 Lobes of calyx deciduous. 



Raddi' s Lasiandra. Shrub 4 to feet. 



18 L. FONTANESIA'NA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 130.) branches te- 

 tragonal ; angles winged ; petioles, peduncles, and upper sur- 

 face of leaves beset with adpressed bristles ; leaves petiolate, 

 oblong, acute, 5-nerved, beset with adpressed bristles beneath 

 on the nerves and on the margins, the rest clothed with white 

 stellate velvety down ; racemes terminal ; pedicels opposite, 1-3- 

 flowered ; calyx very villous, white ; filaments very hairy. 



(j . S. Native of Brazil, about Rio Janeiro and St. Paul. 

 Rhexia Fontanesii, Bonpl. rhex. t. 3G. Rhexia alata, Raddi. 

 mem. p. 8. Melastoma granulosa, Desr. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 



