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flowers aggregate, almost sessile, few, hispid. fj . S. Native 

 of Guiana. Melastoma petiolata, Rich. herb. Easily distin- 

 guished from the other species in the leaves being cordate, and 

 in the petioles being 1-2 inches long. 

 Petiolate Clidemia. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



14 C. III'RTA (D. Don, in mem. wern. soc. 4. p. 309.) brandies 

 terete ; petioles and panicles clothed with rufous villi ; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, somewhat attenuated at the base, and acumi- 

 nated at the apex, denticulated, 5-nerved, densely pilose on the 

 nerves, but sparingly so on the rest of the leaf; panicles axil- 

 lary, trichotomotis, few-flowered, hardly the length of the pe- 

 tioles ; calyx hispid, with an ovate tube and setaceous lobes ; 

 petals obovate. 17 . S. Native of Jamaica. Melastoma hirta, 

 Lin. spec. p. 559. Swartz, obs. p. 175. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1971. 

 but not Desr. Melast. rustica, Forst. mss. There is a variety 

 of this plant with C-petalled dodecandrous flowers. 



Hairy Clidemia. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



15 C. PETIOLA'RE (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnsea. 5. p. 562.) 

 branches terete, silky at the apex ; leaves ovate, acuminated, 

 acute or obtuse at the base, 5-nerved, crenulately denticulated ; 

 cymes axillary, nearly sessile, trichotomous, beset with spread- 

 ing hairs, shorter than the petioles ; tube of calyx hispid, hemis- 

 pherical, longer than the lobes, which are setaceous ; petals 

 elliptic. T? . S. Native of Mexico, among bushes near Ha- 

 cienda de La Laguna, &c. Leaves 4 inches long, and 2 broad. 

 Like C. hirta. 



Petiolar Clidemia. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



16 C. PAUCIFLORA (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as 

 well as the panicles, petioles, and leaves, beset with long spread- 

 ing stiff" hairs ; leaves on short petioles, ovate, acutish, rather 

 cordate at the base, 5-nerved, ciliated, hardly crenulated ; pa- 

 nicles terminal, few-flowered, oppositely branched ; lobes of 

 calyx 5, setaceous, shorter than the tube ; calyx interspersed 

 with bristles and short starry down, fj . S. Native of Brazil, 

 in the province of Bahia. Melastoma pauciflora, Desr. in Lam. 

 diet. 4. p. 49. Melast. cryptodon, Schrank et Mart. Allied to 

 C. elegans, but certainly distinct. 



Few-flowered Clidemia. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



17 C. CRENA V TA (D. C. I.e.) branches from compressed to 

 terete, and are, as well as the panicles, petioles, and both sides 

 of the leaves, hairy from long spreading pili ; leaves petiolate, 

 rather cordate at the base, broadly ovate, acuminated, crenated, 

 ciliated, 5-nerved ; panicle axillary, trichotomous, few-flowered, 

 wideish, a little longer than the petiole : tube of calyx ovate, 

 with subulate lobes ; petals oblong, fj . S. Native of Porto 

 Rico, Brazil, Cuba, Trinidad, &c. Melastoma crenata, Vahl. 

 eel. amer. 3. p. 41. icon. pi. amer. 2. t. 22. Melast. aristatum, 

 Mart. mss. Clid. hirta, D. Don, 1. c. ? There is no down be- 

 tween the hairs on the plant. Petals crenated, ex Rich. Per- 

 haps not distinct from Clid. crenata, D. Don. 



CVenate-petalled Clidemia. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



18 C. E'LEGANS (D. Don, 1. c. p. 309.) branches from com- 

 pressed to terete, and are, as well as the petioles, panicles, and 

 both sides of the leaves, beset with long scattered stiff bristles ; 

 leaves cordate, acuminated, 5-nerved, ciliated, broadly crenated, 

 crense rounded and crenulated ; panicles axillary, trichotomous, 

 few-flowered, longer than the petioles ; calyx hispid, with an 

 ovate tube, and setaceous lobes ; petals obovate. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of Cayenne, on walls ; and in Brazil. Melastoma elegans, 

 Aubl. guian. 1. p. 425. t. 167. Flowers small, white. 



Elegant Clidemia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1822. Shrub 1 to 

 2 feet. 



19 C. TILUEFOLIA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 158.) branches from 

 compressed to terete, rather hispid, but at length glabrous ; pe- 

 tioles clothed with brown hairs ; leaves ovate, cordate at the 

 base, acuminated at the apex, doubly crenated, ciliated, rather 



VOL. II. 



pilose on both surfaces, 7-nerved ; panicles axillary, trichoto- 

 mous, few-flowered, longer than the petioles, loose, and are, as 

 well as the calyxes, smoothish. Jj . S. Native of Brazil, at 

 Para, in woods. Melastoma tiliaef olium, Schrank et Mart. mss. 

 Leaves crenated, as in C. elegans. 



Lime-tree-leaved Clidemia. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



20 C. BLEPHARODES (D. C. 1. c.) shrubby ; branchlets terete, 

 and are, as well as the petioles, hispid ; leaves petiolate, ovate, 

 acuminated, quite entire, 3-nerved, ciliated, rather bristly ; ra- 

 cemes somewhat capitate, lateral, pedunculate, hispid ; bracteas 

 ciliated ; lobes of calyx setaceous, longer than the tube, which is 

 campanulate and hispid; anthers oblong-linear. Ij . S. Native 

 of Brazil, near Bananal and elsewhere. Melastoma blepharodes, 

 Mart. herb. Melast. Bananale, Schrank, mss. Style long, 

 filiform, not dilated at the apex. Petals of a rose purple-colour. 

 Fruit unknown. Perhaps a proper genus. 



Eye-lash-bractead Clidemia. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



21 C.URCEOLATA (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as 

 well as the panicles, covered with glandular bristles and branched 

 down ; leaves petiolate, cordate, acuminated, serrately ciliated, 

 5-nerved, setose above, but clothed with stellate tomentum be- 

 neath ; panicles terminal, oppositely branched ; calyx hairy, ur- 

 ceolate, 5-cleft. Tj S. Native on dry mountains about Rio 

 Janeiro. Melastoma urceolatum, Schrank et Mart. mss. Petals 

 obovate, rose-coloured. Allied to C. umbonata. 



Urceolate-ca\y\ed Clidemia. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



22 C. BULLOSA (D. C. 1. c.) shrubby ; branches terete, and 

 are, as well as the petioles, calyxes, and peduncles, clothed with 

 rough stellate down ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acuminated, some- 

 what cordate at the base, 7-nerved, ciliately serrated, covered 

 with bullate bristles on the upper surface, and tomentum be- 

 neath ; panicles axillary, terminal, loose-flowered ; bracteas bris- 

 tle-formed under the flower. (? . S. Native of Brazil, at Para, 

 in hedges. Melastoma bullosum, Schrank et Mart. mss. and 

 perhaps the same as Melast. bullosum of Spreng. neue. entd. 2. 

 p. 172. Calyx campanulate, short, with 5 short bristly teeth. 

 Anthers oval, obtuse, opening by 1 pore. Flowers small, pur- 

 ple. Fruit unknown. 



fllistered-brist\e<\ Clidemia. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



23 C. BISERRA'TA (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as 

 well as the panicles and petioles, clothed with branched stellate 

 down, mixed with stifFglandular bristles ; leaves petiolate, ovate, 

 somewhat cordate at the base, acuminated at the apex, 5-nerved, 

 doubly and unequally serrate-ciliated, beset with bristles on the 

 upper surface, which are tumid at the base, but covered with 

 branched down beneath, intermixed with foveolate bristles ; 

 panicles axillary, and nearly terminal, with opposite divaricate 

 branches ; calyx ovate, acutely 5-lobed. fj . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in woods about Rio Janeiro. Melastoma biserratum, 

 Schrank et Mart. mss. Very like C. urceolata and C. umbonata. 

 Petals ovate, purple. 



Biserrate-]eaved Clidemia. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



24 C. UMBONA'TA (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as 

 well as the panicles, petioles, and under side of the leaves, 

 clothed with stellate branched soft down ; leaves petiolate, ovate, 

 somewhat cordate, acuminated, ciliately serrated, covered with 

 hairs on the upper surface, which are tumid at the base ; pa- 

 nicle terminal, oppositely branched ; calyx urceolate. Tj . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in hedges at Nogueira. Melastoma umbona- 

 tum, Schrank et Mart. mss. Petals ovate, purple. 



Umbonate-triuted Clidemia. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



25 C. PURPU'REA (D. Don, mem. soc. wern. 4. p. 308.) 

 branches terete, hispid from spreading bristles, as well as the 

 petioles ; leaves broadly elliptic, acuminated, crenulated, 5-nerved, 

 villous on both surfaces, but especially beneath, and when young 

 they are purple, as well as the calyxes ; peduncles axillary, 



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