MELASTOMACE.&. XLVIII. CLIDEMIA. 



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from long purplish bristles. Jj . S. Native of Brazil, in the 

 province of Para, in woods. Melastoma rhodopogon, Schrank 

 et Mart. inss. This is a very showy species. Petals purplish 

 or white. Stamens not seen. Style filiform. Lobes of calyx 

 5, narrow, acute, confused with the bristles. 

 Red-bearded Clidemia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



* Panicles terminal. Petals lanceolate. Bristles on 

 the stems spreading, and very stiff. 



64 C. XANTHOLA'SIA (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are as 

 well as the panicles and petioles hispid from long, spreading, 

 stiff bristles ; leaves petiolate, oblong, acute at the base, long- 

 acuminated at the apex, 5-nerved, somewhat serrately ciliated, 

 glabrous, except some bristles on the nerves beneath ; panicle 

 terminal ; calyx urceolate, very hispid, bearing a few stellate soft 

 hairs among the bristles. Jj . S. Native of Brazil, in the 

 province of Rio Janeiro, on the mountains in shady places of 

 woods. Melastoma xuntholasia, Schrank et Mart. mss. Hairs 

 on the panicles and calyx yellow. 



Yellow-haired Clidemia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



GJ C. LONGIBA'RBIS (D. C. 1. c.) branches nearly terete, and 

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

 scattered, stiff, long bristles, intermixed with rufous down on 

 the panicle ; leaves oblong, petiolate, serrately ciliated, acumin- 

 ated, obtuse at the base, 5-nerved ; panicle terminal ; bracteas 

 linear, each ending in a bristle. fj . S. Native of Brazil, 

 in woods. Melastoma longibarbe, Schrank et Mart. mss. Pe- 

 tals lanceolate, acuminated. Anthers oblong-linear. 



Long-bearded Clidemia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



66 C. STENOPE TALA (D. C. 1. c.) shrubby; branches some- 

 what tetragonal, densely clothed with retrograde bristles ; leaves 

 petiolate, ovate, acuminated, serrated, 5-nerved, villous on both 

 surfaces as well as on the margins ; panicle terminal ; calyx 

 clothed with spreading stiff hairs or bristles ; petals 5, linear- 

 lanceolate, very acute. T? . S. Native of the interior of Brazil. 

 Melastoma stenopetalum, Mart, et Schrank, mss. Lobes of 

 calyx 5, narrow, acute. Flower-bud conical. Style filiform, 

 not dilated at the apex, longer than the stamens. Anthers 

 oblong, somewhat tuberculate at the base, obtuse at the apex, 

 either opening by 1 or 2 pores. Fruit unknown. 



Narrow-petalied Clidemia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



67 C. OLOMERA'TA (D. C. 1. c.) branches, panicles, petioles, 

 and under surface of leaves hispid from long stiff" bristles, in- 

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

 short-acuminated, obtuse at the base, 5-nerved, ciliated, some- 

 what crenulated, bristly above ; panicle terminal, capitate, few- 

 flowered. I? . S. Native of Brazil, in woods. Melastoma 

 conglomeratum, Schrank et Mart. mss. Calyx and peduncles 

 beset with black bristles ; upper surface of leaves with yellowish 

 ones, and the branches with retrograde ones. 



Glomerate-ftowered Clidemia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



68 C. ? NIA'NGA (D. C. 1. c.) suff'ruticose ; branches tetra- 

 gonal, and are as well as the petioles, peduncles, and calyxes 

 hispid from deflexed spreading bristles ; leaves on long petioles, 

 ovate, hardly cordate at the base, long-acuminated, denticulated, 

 5-nerved ; thyrse panicled, terminal ; flowers decandrous ; lobes 

 of calyx linear, ciliated with bristles, a little shorter than the 

 tube ; anthers beakless. Pj . S. Native of Brazil, in woods on 

 Mount Cercovado near Rio Janeiro. Rhexia Nianga, Mart, et 

 Schrank, mss. Bristles stiff, purplish, intermixed with down. 

 Petals an inch long. Leaves 4 inches long. Branches of thyrse 

 spreading or deflexed. Petals, according to the mss., white or 

 very pale red. Fruit unknown. Perhaps a species of Melds- 

 tcma. Nianga is the native name of the plant. 



Nianga Clidemia. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



69 C. FOVEOLA'TA (D. C. 1. c.) branches nearly terete, and 



are as well as the panicles, petioles, and leaves hispid from thick, 

 spreading, stiff bristles ; leaves petiolate, oval-oblong, blunt at 

 the base, and somewhat cordate, acuminated at the apex, serru- 

 lated, ciliated, rather blistered above, 5-nerved, but bristly and 

 foveolate beneath ; panicle oblong, terminal ; calyxes bearing 

 stellate down among the bristles, fj . S. Native of Brazil, in 

 the province of Minas Geraes, in irrigated places of woods. 

 Melastoma foveolatum, Schrank et Mart. mss. Hairs on the 

 lower surface of the leaves diverging, disposed in 2 rows at the 

 sides of the nerves. Petals lanceolate, acute. 

 Foveolate-leaved Clidemia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



70 C. BISE'PTENA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 161.) branches from 

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

 clothed with crowded, spreading, somewhat deflexed bristles ; 

 leaves on long petioles, ovate, blunt at the base, acute at the 

 apex, toothed, ciliated, clothed with stiff" villi on both surfaces, 

 7-nerved ; panicles axillary and terminal, with opposite spread- 

 ing branches ; petals 7, linear-lanceolate, acute. I? . S. Native 

 of Brazil. Melastoma biseptenatum, Schrank et Mart. mss. 

 Bristles long, rufous. Calyx hispid, 5-cleft. Style filiform. 

 Anthers oblong, obtuse, said to be allied to A. agreslis. 



lliseptenate-fio\\ere<!i Clidemia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



* Panicles terminal, with the branches spreading, and 

 bearing the flowers on one side only. 



71 C. HETEROBA^SIS (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets somewhat tetra- 

 gonal, and are as well as the panicles, petioles, and leaves, espe- 

 cially on the under surface, clothed with soft hairs or down ; 

 leaves on long petioles, ovate, unequally cordate at the base, 

 acuminated at the apex, 5-7-nerved, acutely and unequally 

 toothed, ciliated; panicle terminal; calyx rather glandular, 

 hispid, with 5 short, acuminated lobes. J? . S. Native of Bra- 

 zil, in the province of Para. Melastoma heterobasis, Mart, 

 herb. Melast. soleniferum, Schrank, descr. Petioles 12-15 

 lines long. Flowers small. Anthers violaceous, obtuse. Allied 

 to C. secunda, but truly distinct from it in the leaves being 

 somewhat cordate at the base, in being toothed, not serrated, 

 and in the hairs being soft, not bristly, &c. 



Unequal-based-]eaved Clidemia. Shrub. 



72 C. INTERMEDIA (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are as 

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

 adpressed bristles ; leaves on long petioles, ovate, acuminated, 

 obtuse at the base and somewhat cordate, ciliately serrated, 5- 

 nerved ; panicle terminal, with its branches spreading and bifid ; 

 flowers sessile, secund. f? . S. Native of Brazil, in woods at 

 Rio Negro. Melastoma hispidum, Mart. herb. Very like 

 C. secunda, but differs in the leaves being of the form of those 

 of C. heterobasis. 



Intermediate Clidemia. Shrub. 



73 C. SECUNDIFLORA (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets terete, and are 

 as well as the calyxes, panicles, petioles, and leaves clothed 

 with adpressed stiff villi ; leaves petiolate, oval, acuminated, 

 ciliately serrated, 5-nerved, or almost quintuple-nerved ; panicle 

 terminal, with its branches spreading and bifid ; flowers sessile, 

 secund. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in woods, at Para, and Rio 

 Negro. Melastoma secundum, Mart, et Schrank, mss. The 

 habit of the plant and the inflorescence agrees with C. lacerum, 

 but differs in the hairs being adpressed, not spreading, in the 

 lobes of the calyx being entire, not ciliately jagged, and in the 

 bracteas being linear-subulate, not almost wanting. Anthers 

 obtuse. 



Secund-Jluwered Clidemia. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



74 C. iNjEauALiFOLiA (D. C. 1. c.) branches from tetragonal 

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

 with spreading hairs ; leaves petiolate, oval, obtuse at the base, 

 ending each in a long, narrow acumen at the apex, serrulated, 



