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MELASTOMACE/E. XXXVI1T. MELASTOMA. 



Tail Melastoma. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



8 M. AFFINE (D. Don, in mem. vvern. soc. 4. p. 288.) shrubby ; 

 branches scaly ; leaves lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved, pilose on 

 both surfaces ; flowers usually 3 together ; calyx densely clothed 

 with scales. fj . S. Native of the East Indies and the Straits 

 of Sunda. Very like the preceding and following species, and 

 probably only a variety of one or the other ; from the follow- 

 ing it differs in the leaves being longer and narrower, 3-nerved, 

 and more rough. 



Allied Melastoma. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



4 M. MALABA'THRICUM (Lin. spec. p. 559.) shrubby ; branches 

 tetragonal, rough from striga; ; leaves elliptic-oblong, obtuse at 

 the b;ise, acute at the apex, quite entire, green on both sur- 

 faces, and scabrous from strigae ; corymbs 1-5-flowered ; calyx 

 clothed with adpressed strigose scales : with ovate, acute lobes ; 

 alternate stamens barren, according to Blume ; connectives of 

 the anthers short or very long. fj . S. Native of the East 

 Indies ; frequent in the Indian Archipelago. Rheed. mal. 4. t. 

 42. Rumph. amb. 4. t. 72. Flowers large, purple. 



Malabar Melastoma. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1793. Sh. 6 to 8 ft. 



5 M. ERE'CTUM (.lack, in Lin. soc. trans. 14. p. 5.) shrubby; 

 branches terete, or obscurely tetragonal ; leaves ovate, 5-nerved, 

 acute at both ends, villous ; flowers corymbose, terminal, few ; 

 bracteas small ; calyx scabrous from long, erect pili, with linear 

 deciduous segments ; fruit 5-celled. T? . S. Native of Sumatra 

 and Java. Petals large, purple. Probably distinct from M. 

 Maldbathricum, according to Blume, bijdr. p. 1076. 



Erect Melastoma. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



6 M. CA'NDIDUM (D. Don, in mem. soc. wern. 4. p. 228.) 

 shrubby ; branches scaly ; leaves oval, acute, 7-nerved, densely 

 clothed with silky white down on both surfaces ; calyxes covered 

 with soft, white, linear-elongated, adpressed scales. Jj . S. 

 Native of China and the Straits of Sunda. Flowers purple. 



White Melastoma. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1822. Sh. 4 to C ft. 



7 M. MACROCA'KPUM (D. Don, 

 in mem. soc. wern. 4. p. 289.) 

 shrubby ; branches nearly te- 

 rete, clothed with adpressed stiff 

 hairs, as well as the petioles ; 

 leaves oval-oblong, acuminated, 

 5-nerved, quite entire, green on 

 both surfaces, scabrous from 

 scattered bristles above, as well 

 as on the nerves beneath, and be- 

 tween them puberulous ; flowers 

 terminal, usually solitary ; calyx 

 roundish, densely clothed with 

 long stiff hairs ; stamens alter- 

 nately dissimilar. ^ G. Na- 

 tive of China. Melastoma Ma- 

 labathricum, Sims, bot. mag. t. 



529. D. Don, in bot. reg. t. 672. Flowers large, reddish 

 purple. 



Large-fruited Melastoma. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1793. Sh. 

 4 to 6 feet. 



8 M. SANGUI'NEUM (D. Don, 1. c.) shrubby ; branches terete, 

 very rough from red bristles ; leaves on short petioles, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminated, 5-nerved, green above and shining, but 

 red at the nerves beneath and on the petioles ; flowers few, ter- 

 minal ; calyx covered with very long incurved bristles ; petals 

 6, large. Jj . S. Native of the Straits of Sunda. Sims, bot. 

 mag. 2241. Flowers large, purple. Very like M. macro- 

 curpum. 



Bloo(ly-\e'med Melastoma. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt. 1818. Sh. 

 4 to 6 feet. 



9 M. FOLYA'NTHEMUM (Blume, in bot. zeit. 1813. no. 28.) 



FIG. 



branches, petioles, and under side of leaves rough on the nerves, 

 from little scales ; leaves elliptic or ovate-oblong, acute at both 

 ends or obtuse at the base, quite entire, 3-nerved, besides 2 little 

 marginal nervules, scabrous from strigae above, but clothed with 

 silky pubescence beneath; flowers 7-11 or more, disposed in a 

 corymbose panicle ; calyx covered with adpressed, scale-like 

 strigsc : having short, triangular, ovate, acute segments ; each of 

 the alternate stamens has its connective elongated. V} . S. 

 Native of Java and Sumatra in bushy places. M. Malabathri- 

 cuin, Jack, in Lin. trans. 14. p. 4. Blum, bijdr. p. 1070. 

 Rumph. amb. 4. t. 72. Flowers purple. 



I'ar. ft ; scales of the calyx spreading. 



Far. 7 ; leaves on short petioles; flowers smaller, white; 

 segments of the calyx bluntish. 



Many-flowered Melastoma. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



10 M. TIDORE'NSE (Blum. 1. c. p. 482 ) branches, petioles, 

 and nerves on the under surface of the leaves rough from scaly 

 strigae ; leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, rounded at the base 

 or obtuse, denticulated, rough from strigaa above, but very hairy 

 beneath, 5-nerved ; flowers subcorymbose, terminal ; calyx beset 

 with adpressed bristles : with broad, subulate segments ; each 

 alternate stamen has its connective elongated. 17 . S. Native 

 of the Moluccas, on the top of Mount Tidor. M. Malabath- 

 ricum, Reinwd. ined. Flowers purple. 



Tidor Melastoma. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



11 M. ROYE'NII (Blum. 1. c. p. 483.) branches, petioles, and 

 nerves of leaves on the under surface, rough from little scales ; 

 leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends or 

 bluntish at the base, slightly denticulated, 3-nerved, as well as 

 having 2 marginal, hardly distinct nervules, rough from strigas ; 

 flowers 5-7, disposed in a terminal kind of corymb ; calyx beset 

 with scale-like adpressed strigae: having short, broad- subulate seg- 

 ments ; each alternate stamen has its connective elongated. Tj . S. 

 Native of Ceylon. Burm. thes. 2. p. 154. t. 72. Flowers purple. 



Royen's Melastoma. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



12 M. A'SPERUM (Blume, bijdr. p. 1076. but not of Lin.) 

 branches, petioles, and nerves of leaves on the under surface, 

 rough from little scales ; leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, ob- 

 tuse at the base, quite entire, sub-5-nerved, rough from strigao ; 

 flowers 3-7, in a terminal fascicle ; calyx beset with adpressed, 

 scale-like strigae, with linear elongated segments ; stamens 

 equal, each with an elongated connective. Pj . S. Native of 

 Java, in woods on the higher mountains. M. Malabathricum, 

 flore albo, Reinwd. ined. Flowers white. Stamens all equal 

 and fertile. 



Rough Melastoma. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



13 M. SYLVA'TICUM (Blum, bijdr. p. 1077.) branches, pe- 

 tioles, and nerves of leaves on the under surface, rough from 

 little scales ; leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated, acute at the 

 base, quite entire, 5-nerved, scabrous ; flowers 3-5, in terminal 

 fascicles ; calyx beset with scale-like strigae : with linear-elon- 

 gated segments ; stamens equal, each having a short connective. 



(7 . S. Native of Java, where it is called Harendong-Gunung. 

 Flowers whitish. Stamens 10, yellowish: 



Var. /3, tmiflorum (Blum. 1. c. in bot. zeit. 428.) stems de- 

 cumbent, rooting; leaves smaller; flowers terminal, solitary. 

 Jj . S. Native of Java, in the province of Bantam. 

 Wood Melastoma. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



14 M. SETI'GERUM (Blum, bijdr. p. 1077.) branches, petioles, 

 and nerves on the under surface of the leaves, thickly beset 

 with chaffy bristles ; leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, rounded 

 at the base, 5 nerved, bristly above, roughish and hairy beneath. 

 J? . S. Native of Java, on Mount Salak. 



Var. /3, angusto-bractealum (Blum, in bot. zeit. 1831. no. 

 28.) leaves ovate-oblong, rounded at the base, nearly 5-nerved ; 

 flowers in terminal corymbs ; bracteas linear, acuminated ; calyx 



