MELASTOMACE.E. XLVIII. CLIDEMIA. XLIX. MYRIASPORA. L. TOCOCA. 



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S-nerved, bristly above, but clothed with villi beneath those 

 opposite each other usually of a different size; panicles ter- 

 minal b.S. Native of Brazil, in woods, m the province . 

 Para.' Melastoma in^qualifolium, Schrank et Mart mss Leaves 

 sometimes equal in size, sometimes very unequal, the , laiger 

 ones 6-7 inches long, and the smaller ones 1-2 inches. Flowei 

 small, 5-cleft. Style filiform, exserted. Anthers not auncled 



at the base. - 



Unequal-leaved Clidemia. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



75 C. LA'CEHA (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are as well 

 as the petioles and peduncles hispid from long, scattered, spread- 

 iLbmtlV; leaves petiolate, oval-lanceolate, acuminated 5- 



^rvS denticulated, ciliated, hairy on both surfaces; branches 

 of terminal panicle dichotoraous ; flowers sessile, secund ; calyx 

 with a globose tube : and 5 lobes, which are furnished with pal- 

 matelv disposed bristles at the apex. . S. Native of New 

 Granada, on Mount Quindiu, and at the town of ManquUa. 

 Melastoma lacera, Bonpl. mel. t. 5. Petals oval, white. 



'3-ccllcd 



JoW-calyxed Clidemia. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



76 C. SECU'NDA (D. Don, in mem. wern. soc. 4. p. 3 

 leaves oval, acuminated, 5-nerved, crenulated, rounded at the 

 base, very pilose on both surfaces as well as the stems ; pam. 

 terminal/divaricate, with bifid, many-flowered bracteas ; flowers 

 secund. *2 S. Native of Peru. Melastoma secunda, Pav. 

 in herb. Lamb. 



Side-towered Clidemia. Shrub 3 to 4 tt. 



77 C. LAMBEHTIA'NA (B.C. prod. 3. p. 164.) leaves oblong, 

 cordate, acute, 3-nerved, crenulated, very pilose on both sur 

 faces as well as on the stems ; panicle ample ; flowers sessile 

 calyx scaly at the base. I? . S. Native of Peru Melastoma 

 crenata, Pav. in herb. Lamb, but not of Vahl Clidemia cre- 

 nata, D. Don, mem. wern. soc. 4. p. 308. Melastoma Lambe 

 tiana. Ser. mss. 



Lambert's Clidemia. Shrub. 



Cult The species of Clidemia are by no means showy, 

 and on that account are not very desirable. Their culture and 

 propagation are the same as that for Melastoma, see p. 764. 



XLIX. MYRIA'SPORA (from fj.vpia e , myrias, amyriad, and 

 (TTropa, spora, a seed ; in reference to the innumerable seeds 

 contained in the fruit). D. C. prod. 3. p. 165. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx very hispid, with 

 an ovate-dobose tube ; limb closed when in a young state, and 

 therefore constituting an ovate bud, but at length separating into 

 5 irregular broad lobes. Petals 5. Stamens 10 ; filaments 

 short ; anthers thick, rather obtuse, gibbous at the base. Style 

 filiform. Free part of ovarium beset with bristles. Capsule 

 baccate, ovate-globose, 5-celled. Seeds innumerable, ovate, 

 imbedded in the pulp of the fruit. Brasilian shrubs. Branches 

 terete, hispid. Leaves petiolate, rather unequal at the base, 

 quintuple-nerved, acuminated, dentately serrated, hispid on the 

 nerves, the rest beset with scattered bristles. Peduncles axil- 

 lary, 1-3, short. Fruit large, very hispid. 



1 M. EGE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 3. p. 165.) leaves oblong; lobes 

 of calyx hispid on both sides. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in 

 woods, dt Ega, in the province of Rio Negro. Melastoma 

 Egense, Mart. herb. Blackia Egensis, Schrank, mss. 



Ega Myriaspora. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



2 M. PAULE'NSIS (D. C. 1. c.) leaves oval; lobes of calyx 

 glabrous on the inside, tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the pro- 

 vince of Rio Negro. Melastoma Paulense, Schrank, mss. 

 Perhaps only a broad-leaved variety of M. Egensis. 



St. Paul Myriaspora. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



Cult. See Melastoma, p. 764. for culture and propagation. 



L. TOCO'CA (Tococo is the name of T. Guianensis by 

 the Indians of Guiana). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 438. D. C. prod. 

 3. p. 165. Tococa species, D. Don, in mem. wern. soc. 4. p. 

 303. Melastoma species of authors. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogyma. Tube of calyx oblong, 

 glabrous, naked at the base; limb urceolate, permanent, fi- 

 lched : lobes broad, short, obtuse, usually ciliated. Petals 5, 

 obovate. Stamens 10 ; anthers equal, furnished each with a 

 very short or hardly evident connective, which is bianriculate 

 at the base. Ovarium crowned by a circular line of bristles. 

 Style cylindrical, crowned by a large, orbicularly peltate stigma. 

 Capsule baccate, 5-celled. Seeds ovate, angular, with a linear 

 hylum. South American shrubs, hispid from thick hairs or 

 bristles. Branches tetragonal. Leaves opposite, equal, 3-5- 

 nerved. Petioles short, bristly, tumid, or inflated at the apex 

 into 2 bladders, which are open at the apex. Flowers white or 

 rose-coloured, disposed in a thyrse composed of racemes. 



1 T. GUIANE'NSIS (Aubl. 1. c. t. 174.) branches tetragonal or 

 compressed between the nodes, covered with bristles on the angles ; 

 leaves broadly ovate, acuminated, hardly crenulated, 5 -nerved, 

 bristly on the nerves and margins, and beset with scattered 

 bristles above ; petioles inflated above ; panicle terminal ; calyx 

 rather pilose. b . S. Native of Guiana. Melastoma physo- 

 phora, Vahl. eel. 1. p. 45. Poir. suppl. 3. p. 629. Melast. 

 Tococa, Desr. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 39. Petiole hardly 3 lines 

 lone beneath the bladder, which is subglobose. Limb of calyx 

 campanulate, with the teeth broad at the base and acute at 

 the apex, ciliated. Petals concave, rose-coloured. Berry oval, 

 purple. T. Aubletia, D. Don, 1. c. 



Guiana Tococa. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1826. Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 



2 T. FORMICA'TA (Mart. herb, ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 165.) 

 branches somewhat tetragonally terete, beset with long, scat- 

 tered bristles ; leaves equal, oval, acuminated, 5-nerved, ser- 

 rated, beset with bristles on the margins and on the nerves be- 

 neath, but with scattered bristles above ; petioles inflated at the 

 apex ; panicle terminal ; calyx glabrous. \ . i Native of 

 Brazil in the province of Goyaz, in woods. Very like the 

 preceding species. Leaves 10 inches long. Petiole almost an 

 inch long, beneath the bladder, which is ovate and erect. Lobes 

 of calyx awned. 



Insect Tococa. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



3 T. BULLI'FEKA (Mart, et Schrank, mss. ex D. c. 1. c.) 

 branches terete, but tetragonal at the apex as well as the rachis, 

 sparingly pilose; leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated, ciliated, 

 almost quite entire, 5-nerved, membranous, beset with minute, 

 scattered bristles on both surfaces ; petiole inflated into an elon- 

 gated bladder ; calyx rather pilose. 17 S. Native of Brazil, 

 in the province of Para, in woods. The rachis of the simple 

 raceme nearly tetragonal. Petiole 4 lines long, beneath the 

 bladder, which is nearly an inch long. 



Blister-bearing Tococa. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



4 T. VESICULOSA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 166.) stem beset with 

 spreading pili ; leaves hardly unequal, on long petioles, ovate, 

 fl-nerved" acute, bearing 2 bladders at the apex of the petiole; 

 cyme panicled, axillary, pedunculate. Tj . S. Native of Mexico. 

 Melastoma vesiculosa, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. wed. 

 Flowers small, rose-coloured. 



Bladdery-petwleil Tococa. Shrub 2 feet. 



5 T SANGUI'NEA (D. Don, in mem. wern. soc. 4. p. 305.) the 

 whole plant clothed with blood-coloured hairs ; leaves cordate, 

 oval, acuminated, 5-nerved, crenulated, densely clothed with 

 stiff hairs on both surfaces as well as the stem ; calyx furnished 

 with scales at the base ; filaments glandular ; style short. T? . b. 

 Native of Peru. 



#/oodw-haired Tococa. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



Cult The plants of this genus are remarkable for bearing 



