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MELASTOMACE.E. XLVIII. CLIDEMIA. 



trichotomous, 3-flowered. \i . S. Native of Peru. Melas- 

 tonia purpurea, Pav. in lierb. Lamb. M. purpurascens, Domb. 

 yry>/e-leaved Clklemia. Sli. 2 to 3 feet. 



26 C. DENTA'TA (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves oval, crenated, acumi- 

 nated, 5-nerved, covered with rough hairs on both surfaces, as 

 well as the stem ; peduncles short, axillary, trichotomous, many 

 flowered, h . S. Native of Peru. Melastoma dentata, Pav. 

 in herb. Lamb. 



Toothed-leaved Clidemia. Sh. 2 feet. 



27 C. JAPURE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 3. p. 159.) branches nearly 

 terete, and are, as well as the petioles and panicles, hispid ; 

 leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated, quite entire, membranous, 

 rather pilose on both surfaces, and on the margins, 7-nerved ; 

 lateral nerves somewhat feathered from the middle to the base ; 

 panicles axillary, loose, shorter than the leaves ; teeth of calyx 

 setaceous, very short. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the woods 

 of Japura. Melastoma Japurense, Schrank et Mart. mss. 

 Flowers small. Fruit globose, crowned by the teeth of the 

 calyx. Seeds small, angular. Anthers nearly terete, obtuse, 

 hardly tumid at the base. 



Japura Clidemia. Sir. 2 feet. 



28 C. PLUMOSA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 159.) branches, petioles, 

 peduncles, and calyxes woolly from rufous pili ; leaves oval, 

 rather cordate at the base, acuminated, crenulated, 5-7-nerved, 

 pilose beneath, but especially on the nerves ; panicles axillary, 

 trieliotomous ; bracteas and calycine lobes plumose from purple 

 bristles, ^ . S. Native of St. Domingo. Melastoma plu- 

 mosa, Desr. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 32. Leaves 6-7-inches long and 

 .3 broad, standing on petioles one inch long. 



/Ymo.se-calyxed Clidemia. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



29 C. LATIFOLIA (D. C. 1. c.) branches and petioles hispid ; 

 leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, acuminated, denticulated, ciliated, 

 7 -nerved, pilose on both surfaces, but especially on the nerves ; 

 panicles axillary, usually twin, trichotomous ; bracteas seta- 

 ceous ; fruit spherical, fj . S. Native of the West Indies. 

 Melastoma latit'olia, Desr. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 31. 



H road-leaved Clidemia. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



30 C. DIVERSIFOLIA (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as 

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

 clothed with flocky powdery down ; the leaves opposite each 

 other are different in form, the one is large and broadly ovate, 

 7-nerved, and tapering abruptly into the petiole, the other is 

 smaller and truly ovate, and almost sessile ; panicles axillary, 

 trichotomous, length of the smaller loaves ; calyx with a glo- 

 bose tube, which is urceolate at the apex, and 5 subulate lobes. 

 Tj . S. Native on the banks of the river Magdalena, near St. 

 Bartholomew. Melastoma diversifolia, Bonpl. mel. t. 59. 

 Fruit blue, 5-celled. Seeds cuneated. Petals small, white. 



Diverse-leaved Clidemia. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



* Peduncles axillary, spike-formed. 



31 C. SPICA'TA (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as well 

 as the petioles and panicles, hispid from elongated bristles, in- 

 termixed with stellate down ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acuminated, 

 serrated, obtuse at the base, 5-nerved, beset with stiff' hairs on 

 both surfaces ; peduncles axillary, spicately racemose ; pedicels 

 opposite, short, 1-3-flowered; calyx hispid, with an ovate-glo- 

 bose tube, and setaceously acuminated lobes. I? . S. Native 

 of French Guiana, Brazil, Trinidad, &c. Melastoma spicata, 

 Aubl. guian. 1. p. 423. t. 165. Vahl. eel, 3. p. 20. Meyer in 

 act. bonn. 13. p. 792. Flowers white. Berry red. 



Spicate-rncemeA Clidemia. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



32 C. PUSTULA'TA (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as 

 well as the petioles, hairy from short glandular down ; leaves 

 ovate, acuminated, obtuse at the base, and nearly cordate, 

 ciliately subserrated, 7-nerved, scabrous from bristles above, 



and rather pustulate at the base of the bristles, but beset with 

 foveolate fascicles of hairs beneath; panicles elongated, axillary, 

 with their branches twice trifid or 3-flowered ; calyx hispid, with 

 lanceolate lobes, which are shorter than the tube. Jj . S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil, in the provinces of Rio Negro and Para, in 

 woods. Melastoma pustulatum, Schrank et Mart. Habit almost 

 of C. spicata, but the thyrse is more loose, the lobes of the 

 calyx are broader, and the hairs are different. Perhaps the 

 same as C. strigulosa ? 



Pustulate-leaved Clidemia. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



33 C. STRIGILLOSA (D. C. 1. c.) branches rather tetragonal, 

 and are, as well as the petioles, pilose ; leaves oblong, rather 

 cordate at the base, acuminated, 5-nerved, 3 times longer than 

 the petioles, rather denticulated, hispid above, and clothed with 

 canescent tomentum beneath ; racemes axillary, with short op- 

 posite 3-4-flowered branchlets ; calyx hairy, with filiform teeth ; 

 petals oblong. Tj S. 'Native of Jamaica. Melastoma strigil- 

 losa, Svvartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 793. Berry roundish, hairy, 5- 

 celled. Like C. spicata, but differs in the leaves being cordate 

 at the base, and in the racemes being compound. 



Strigulose Clidemia. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



3-t C. CAPITELLA'TA (D. Don, in mem. wern. soc. 4. p. 310.) 

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

 with branched down intermixed with a few bristles ; leaves petio- 

 late, ovate, acuminated, 5-7-nerved, serrulated, very hairy above, 

 and woolly beneath ; peduncles axillary, bearing heads of flowers ; 

 lower heads of flowers opposite ; flowers very hairy and 

 crowded. Tj . S. Native of New Granada, in shady woods. 

 Melastoma capitellatum, Bonpl. melast. p. 5. t. 3. Lobes of 

 calyx 5, obtuse, very hispid on the outside, but glabrous inside. 

 Style filiform. Berry blue, rather globose. Flowers white. 



Headed-fiowereA Clidemia. Sh. 6 to 12 feet. 



35 C. NEGLE'CTA (D. Don, 1. c. p. 307.) leaves ample, cor- 

 date, acuminated, crenated, 7-nerved, very hairy on both sur- 

 faces, as well as the stems ; spikes elongated, axillary, droop- 

 ing, simple or compound ; calyx girded by 5 scales at the base. 

 fy . S. Native of Peru. 



Neglected Clidemia. Sh. 3 to 4 feet. 



2. Terminates (from terminus, the end ; in reference to the 

 spikes or panicles of flowers being terminal). D. C. prod. 3. p. 

 160. Spikes or panicles of flowers terminal. Flowers 5-petal- 

 led, decandrous. 



* Thyrse spike-formed, terminal. 



36 C. SPICJEFORMIS (D. C. prod. 3. p. 160.) branches clothed 

 with silky villi ; leaves broadly elliptic, crenulated, triple-nerved, 

 acute at both ends, clothed with silky villi beneath ; racemes 

 terminal, spike-formed ; pedicels 3-flowered. I? . S. Native 

 of Peru. Melastoma spicata, Pav. in herb. Lamb, but not of 

 Aubl. Clid. spicata, D. Don, 1. c. p. 308. Evidently distinct 

 from the species of the same name from Guiana. 



Spike-formed Clidemia. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



37 C. DEPE'NDENS (D. Don, in mem. wern. soc. 4. p. 307.) 

 leaves elliptic, acuminated, crenated, 3-nerved, very hairy on both 

 surfaces, as well as the stem ; spikes terminal, drooping ; calyxes 

 sessile, each girded by 5 bracteas at the base. T? . S. Native 

 of Peru. Melastoma dependens, Pav. in herb. Lamb. 



Dependent-spiked Clidemia. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



38 C. EROSTRA'TA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 160.) shrub densely 

 clothed in every part with stiff ferruginous hairs ; leaves petio- 

 late, broadly ovate, obtuse, crenated, 5-7-nerved ; spikes termi- 

 nating the branchlets ; flowers sessile along the branchlets, in 

 crowded whorles. fj . S. Native of Brazil, at Coari. Melas- 

 toma erostratum, Mart, et Schrank, mss. Allied to C. spicata, 

 but differs in the leaves being obtuse, in the hairs being rufes- 



