MELASTOMACE^E. XLVI1I. CLIDKMIA. 



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cent, in die lobes of the calyx being small and oblong. An- 

 thers oblong, falcate, each with a long connective. Style (ili- 

 form. 



Beakless-antliered Clidemia. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



39 C. CERAMICA'RFA (D. C. 1. c.) branches, petioles, and 

 nerves of leaves on the under surface, clothed with adpressed 

 silky villi ; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, crenated, villous on both 

 surfaces, 7-nerved ; nerves rather feathered at the base ; thyrse 

 subspicate, terminal, shorter than the leaves, and rather hispid 

 from villi ; branches 3-fiowered ; tube of calyx bluntly 8-rib- 

 bed, with a quite entire limb ; petals 5, linear. T? . S. Native 

 of Brazil, in the province of Rio Negro, in the woods of Ja- 

 purn. Melastoma ceramicarpum, Schrank et Mart. mss. An- 

 thers elongated. Seeds small, angular. Fruit globose, a little 

 ribbed, hardly the size of a coriander. 



Jiiltbed-fruitcd Clidemia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



40 C. 1 VERTICILLA'TA (D. C. 1. c.) branches tetragonal, 

 densely clothed with villi; leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong, atten- 

 uated, denticulated, villous, scabrous above ; racemes axillary, 

 whorled along the rachis ; calyx villous, with lanceolate-linear, 

 short, reflexed lobes. Jj . S. Native of South America. Me- 

 lastoma verticillata, Vahl. eclog. 1. p. 14. Berry globose, 

 small. Petals lanceolate. Perhaps belonging to a separate 

 section. 



Whorled-Rowered Clidemia. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



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Thyrse panicled, terminal. 



41 C. ASTROTRICHA (D. C. 1. c.) branches from tetragonal to 

 terete, and are, as well as the petioles, panicles, and leaves, his- 

 pid ; hairs nearly all bristle-formed and stellately branched at 

 the apex, with a very few simple ones on the calyxes and teeth 

 of the leaves ; leaves ovate, acuminated, obtuse at the base, 

 dentately serrated, 5-nerved; panicle terminal, having its branches 

 opposite and elongated ; teeth of calyx setaceous, not half so 

 long as the tube. Ij . S. Native of Brazil, in Para. Melas- 

 toma agreste, Schrank et Mart. mss. but not of Aubl. Petals 

 oval, obtuse. Anthers linear. 



Starry-haired Clidemia. Sh. 3 to 4 feet. 



42 C. BERBICEA'NA (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets tetragonal, and 

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

 woolly deciduous irregularly branched down ; leaves on short 

 petioles, oval, obtuse at the base, and ending in a short abrupt 

 acumen at the apex, 5-nerved, bristly on both surfaces, but with 

 soft velvety down on the nerves beneath ; the margins irregularly 

 and almost doubly crenated ; panicle terminal, oppositely 

 branched ; calyx and bracteas smoothish. Tj . S. Native of 

 Berbice. Leaves crenated, nearly as in C. elegans. Flowers 

 small. Limb of calyx bluntly 5-toothed. Petals oval. Fruit 

 unknown. 



Berbice Clidemia. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



43 C. DICHOTOMA (D. Don, mem. wern. soc. 4. p. 307.) leaves 

 large, ovate, acuminated, serrated, 7-nerved, very villous on the 

 under surface, as well as on the stems; panicle terminal, race- 

 mose. Jj . S. Native of Peru. Melastoma dichotoma, Pav. in 

 herb. Lamb, but not of Desr. 



Dichotomous Clidemia. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



44 C. PILOSA (D. Don, 1. c. p. 308.) leaves cordate, acumi- 

 nated, crenulated, 7-nerved, very pilose on both surfaces, as 

 well as on the stems ; panicle small, terminal ; peduncles usually 

 3-flowered. f? . S. Native of Peru. Melastoma pilosa, Pav. 

 in herb. Lamb, but not of Swartz. 



Pilose Clidemia. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



45 C. TRISTIS (D. Don, 1. c. p. 307.) leaves cordate-oblong, 

 crenulated, acuminated, 5-nerved, rough from pili above, but 

 clothed with fuscous wool beneath ; panicle terminal, woolly. 



fj . S. Native of Peru. Melastoma tristis, Pav. in herb. 

 Lamb. 



Sad Clidemia. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



46 C. AGRE'STIS (D. Don, 1. c. p. 309.) stems and branches 

 terete, and are, as well as the petioles, panicles, and leaves, 

 villous ; leaves on short petioles, ovate-oblong, acuminated, 

 somewhat serrated, 5-nerved ; panicle terminal, oppositely 

 branched ; bracteas none or very small ; calyx with a globose 

 tube, and 5 short acute lobes. fj . S. Native of Cayenne, on 

 the banks of rivulets, and in hedges. Melastoma agrestis, Aubl. 

 guian. 1. p. 425. t. 166. Petals oval, white. Berry blue, villous. 



Field Clidemia. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1822. Sh. 1 foot. 



47 C. REVE'RSA (D. C. 1. c.) branches, petioles, and peduncles 

 densely clothed with reflexed stiff hairs ; leaves petiolate, lan- 

 ceolate-oblong, acuminated, crenulately serrated, hispid, 5- 

 nerved ; panicle terminal ; tube of calyx subglobose, with lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated lobes, which are about the length of the 

 tube. T? . S. Native of Brazil. Melastoma reversum, Ser. 

 mss. Allied to C. agrestis. 



Reverse-hnhcd. Clidemia. Sh. 1 foot. 



48 C. ANISOPHY'LLA (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as 

 well as the petioles, peduncles, and calyxes hispid from long 

 spreading distant hairs ; the leaves that are opposite each other 

 are very unequal in size ; they are petiolate, oval-oblong, acumi- 

 nated, ciliated, toothed, triple-nerved, besides the marginal 

 nervules, beset with a few scattered pili above, hairy beneath, 

 especially on the nerves ; thyrse panicled, terminal, bractless, 

 shorter than the leaves ; lobes of calyx plumose from bristles, 

 fj . S. Native of Guiana, where it is called Tarimoutou. Me- 

 lastoma strigosa, Rich. herb. P'etals, but not the genitals, have 

 been seen. 



Unequal-leaved Clidemia. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



49 C. TRICIIODES (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as 

 well as the petioles, panicles, and leaves densely clothed with 

 long crowded bristles ; leaves petiolate, oval-oblong, 5-nerved, 

 ending each in a long taper-point, quite entire, ciliated, 

 with a few scattered bristles above ; panicle terminal, op- 

 positely branched, furnished with ovate bracteas at the origin of 

 the branches and flowers, which are pilose on the outside, fy . S. 

 Native of Cayenne. Leaves 6-7 inches long and 2 broad. Lobes 

 of calyx 5, short, very pilose. Berry blue, pilose at the apex. 

 Seeds ovate. Petals not seen. 



Hairy Clidemia. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



50 C. DEPAUPERA'TA (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as 

 well as the peduncles and petioles, hispid from long spreading 

 scattered rufous bristles ; leaves on long petioles, oval, acumi- 

 nated, 5-nerved, crenated, pilose on both surfaces ; the crenae 

 blunt and crenulated, ciliated ; panicle terminal, loose, very his- 

 pid, few-flowered ; fruit hispid. (7 . S. Native of Guiana, in 

 woods. Melastoma depauperata, Rich. herb. Leaves soft, 

 spreading. 



Depauperated Clidemia. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. 



51 C. LIMA (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets terete, and are, as well as 

 the peduncles, petioles, and calyxes, hispid from short thick ad- 

 pressed scale-like strigse ; leaves petiolate, oval, acutish, 3-5- 

 nerved, toothed, beset with bristles above, which are bullate at 

 the base, and reticulately foveolate beneath ; the nerves rough 

 from bristles ; thyrse terminal, short ; branches 3-flowered ; 

 calyx 5-toothed ; petals lanceolate, short, acute. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of the West Indies. Melastoma Lima, Desr. in Lam. 

 diet. 4. p. 47. Style filiform, acutish. Ovarium bristly. Seeds 

 unknown. 



Wrasp Clidemia. Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 



52 C. A'PTERA (D. C. 1. c.) branches bluntly tetragonal, and 

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

 hairy from short, bristly, crowded, rufous down ; leaves petiolate, 



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