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the peduncles and petioles, densely clothed with rusty villi ; 

 leaves oval-lanceolate, acuminated, ciliately serrated, quintuple 

 nerved, scabrous from bristles above, but clothed with silky 

 soft villi beneath ; lateral nerves distant from the margin of the 

 leaf; racemes terminal, very villous ; heads on short pedun- 

 cles ; bracteas concave, ovate. fj . S. Native of Brazil, in the 

 province of Rio Janeiro. Osbeckia Brasila, Schrank, herb. 

 Leandra Raddii ? Mart. herb. Petals lanceolate. Tube of 

 calyx very villous ; lobes double, outer ones tooth-formed, inner 

 ones ovate. 



Silky Leandra. Shrub 8 to 6 feet. 



6 L. VILLOSA (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as well 

 as the petioles and peduncles, densely clothed with short hairs ; 

 leaves petiolate, elliptic-oblong, acuminated, attenuated at the 

 base, quintuple-nerved ; (lateral nerves approximating the mar- 

 gins,) denticulated, scabrous above from short scattered bristles, 

 which are bulbous at the base, villous beneath, and rather foveo- 

 late ; flowers in dense heads ; the heads disposed in a thyrse ; 

 bracteas glabrous on the outside ; inner lobes of calyx membra- 

 nous, exceeding the outer ones. Pj . S. Native of Brazil, at 

 Rio Janeiro. Intermediate between L. sericea and L. scabra. 



bilious Leandra. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



7 L. SCA'BRA (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as well as 

 the peduncles and petioles, beset with longish retrograde stiff 

 hairs ; flowers in dense heads ; bracteas glabrous inside ; heads 

 disposed in a crowded thyrse ; inner lobes of calyx membra- 

 nous, shorter than the outer ones. I? . S. Native of Brazil, in 

 the provinces of St. Paul and Rio Janeiro, in woods on the 

 mountains. Melastoma acutiflorum, Schrank et Mart. herb. 

 L. melastomoides, Raddi, 1. c. p. 7. t. 8. Tube of calyx ob- 

 long, campanulate, hairy. Petals very acute. Style filiform, 

 exserted. 



Scabrous Leandra. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



8 L. ANGUSTIFOLIA (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as 

 well as the petioles, clothed with short rufous down ; leaves ob- 

 long-linear, 3-nerved, acuminated, ciliately serrated, scabrous 

 from bristles above, villous beneath ; heads axillary, sessile, 

 few-flowered ; bracteas linear ; outer lobes of calyx subulate, 

 villous : inner ones very short or hardly any. P? . S. Native 

 of Brazil. Flower-bud conical. Petals acuminated. Style ex- 

 serted. Perhaps a species of Clidemia, belonging to section 

 Ax'Maria. 



Narrow-leaved Leandra. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



9 L. DU BIA (D. C. 1. c.) branches rather tetragonal, and are, 

 as well as the panicles, petioles, and leaves, rather hispid from 

 scattered bristles ; leaves petiolate, oblong, acuminated both at 

 the base and the apex, ciliated, and triple-nerved ; nerves aris- 

 ing from about the sixth part of the length of the leaves ; pani- 

 cle short, terminal ; flowers crowded on the tops of the branches. 



Fj . S. Native of Brazil, in woods between Rio Janeiro and 

 Lorena. Melastoma dubium, Schrank et Mart. mss. Lobes of 

 calyx double, very short, hardly distinguishable. 

 Doubtful Leandra. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



10 L. SYLVE'STRIS (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as 

 well as the panicles, petioles, and leaves, hispid ; leaves petio- 

 late, oval-oblong, acuminated at both ends, ciliated, entire, quin- 

 tuple-nerved ; panicle terminal, trifid at the base, divaricate ; 

 flowers bractless, approximating by threes ; calyx ovate, hispid. 



fj . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, in 

 woods. Melastoma silvestre, Schrank et Mart. mss. Seeds 

 small, angular, attenuated, shining. Lobes of calyx so short as 

 hardly to be distinguishable. 



Wild Leandra. Shrub 3 to C feet. 



11 L. III'RTA (Raddi, 1. c. p. 8.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 acuminated, crenulated, 3-nerved, pilose beneath ; flowers in 

 terminal bractless racemes. T? . S. Native of Brazil, on Mount 



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Mancliocca near Rio Janeiro. Perhaps distinct from L. syl- 

 vestre. 



Hairy Leandra. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



SECT. II. LEANDROI'DES (so named from the plant being like 

 Letindra in habit, but whether it is a true species of the genus is 

 doubtful). B.C. prod. 3. p. 155. Calyx 4-cleft ; lobes double. 

 Bracteas and calyxes clothed with stellate tomentum. Petals 

 and genitals unknown. 



12 L. ? RACEMI'FERA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 155.) branches 

 terete, and are, as well as the petioles, densely clothed with 

 branched tomentum ; leaves on short petioles, oblong, acumi- 

 nated, repandly subserrated, 5-nerved, or almost quintuple- 

 nerved, glabrous above in the adult state, but scabrous from 

 stellate down beneath ; panicle terminal, elongated, racemose, 

 oppositely branched ; flowers crowded on the branchlets ; calyxes 

 very hairy, 4-cleft. T? . S. Native of Brazil. Melastoma 

 racemifera, Schrank et Mart. mss. Anthers 8, oblong, obtuse. 



Raceme-bearing Leandra. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



Cult. See J\leldstoma for culture and propagation, p. 764. 



XLVII. TSCHU'DYA (dedicated to M. le Baron de Tschudy, 

 author of Traite des Arbres coniferes et resineux). D. C. 

 prod. 3. p. 155. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx globose ; 

 lobes 5, bristle-formed, small, permanent. Petals 5. Stamens 

 10; filaments flattish ; anthers oblong, without auricles, open- 

 ing by one pore at the apex. Ovarium free, bristly at the apex. 

 Style filiform, usually pilose at the base. Capsule globose, 

 membranous, perhaps indehiscent, 4-5-celled. Seeds numerous, 

 small, Innately incurved, crowned by a cellular acute curve:! 

 appendage. Shrubs, with the habit of Clidemia, clothed with 

 rufous hairs in every part. Branches terete. Leaves on short 

 petioles, 5-nerved, oval, acuminated, toothed, having the nerves 

 hairy on both surfaces. Thyrse panicled, terminal. Flowers 

 small, very hispid, sometimes 4-cleft and octandrous. 



1 T. VERTICILLA'TA (D. C. 1. c.) branches of panicle unequal, 

 6 in a whorl. fj . S. Native of French Guiana, in woods at 

 Yueri. Melastoma verticillata, Rich. herb. Panicle loose, 

 beset with dark purple pili. Young fruit whitish. Flowers 

 small, white. 



Whorled Tschudya. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



2 T. RUFE'SCENS (D. C. 1. c.) branches of panicle opposite, 

 rarely furnished with a small short branchlet ; leaves serrulated. 



17 . S. Native of Brazil and Guiana. Melastoma heterocar- 

 pum, Schrank et Mart. herb. Melast. rufidula, Rich. herb. 

 Fruit whitish, smaller than a grain of pepper. 

 Rufescent Tschudya. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



3 T. ASPERIU'SCULA (D. C. 1. c.) branches of panicle oppo- 

 site, short ; leaves nearly quite entire. Tj . S. Native of Ca- 

 yenne, in woods. Melastoma asperiuscula, Rich. herb. Flowers 

 white. Thyrse narrower than in T, rufescens. Down short, 

 rufous. Seeds not seen. Ovarium and base of style hairy. 



Roughish Tschudya. Sh. 3 to 6 feet. 



4 T. PULVERULE'NTA (D. C. 1. c.) branches of panicle op- 

 posite, 3-5-flowered ; leaves quite entire, and rather ciliated ; 

 down on the branches of the panicle and on the leaves stellate. 



T? . S. Native of Guiana, at Yuera, in woods. Melastoma 

 pulverulenta, Rich. herb. Flowers small, 4-cleft, and some- 

 times the lower ones are 3-cleft. Seeds like those of the rest of 

 the genus, but the habit of the plant is by no means similar. 

 Ovarium hardly villous at the apex. Stamens not seen. Leaves 

 membranous. Flowers white. 



Powdery Tschudya. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Melastoma, p. 764. 



