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MELASTOMACEJE. LV. PACHVCENTRIA. LVI. POGONANTIIERA. LYII. ALLOMORPIIIA, &c. 



ilncli/liin. and cue u-or, oits otos, an ear ; but the application is 

 unknown to us). Blum, in bot. zeit. 1831. no. 30. p. 518. 

 Tube of calyx nearly globose ; limb short, nearly quite entire. 

 Style iiinkil by aii annular nectary. A shrub, having its 

 branches, peduncles, and under side of leaves clothed with fur- 

 furaceous tomentum. 



M. BRACTEA'TA (Blnme, I.e. p. 519.) branchlets terete; 

 leaves opposite, almost sessile, oblong, dccurrent at the base, 

 emarginate, finely denticulated, quintuple-nerved ; cymes pe- 

 dunculate, axillary and terminal, twice trifid, bracteate ; flowers 

 decandrous. ^ . S. Native of the Moluccas. Axinae'a brac- 

 teata, Zippel. ined. 



Bracteate Medinilla. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



Cull. The species of Mi-dinilln are very pretty when in 

 flower; their culture and propagation are the same as for Me- 

 lastoma, see p. 764. Vegetable mould is the best soil for them. 



LV. PACHYCE'NTRIA (from 7ra X we, pac/tys, thick, and 

 Kfvrpov, kenlron, a spur ; in reference to the thick fleshy spur- 

 like appendages of the anthers called connectives). Blum, in bot. 

 zeit. 1831. no. 30. p. 519. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx cup- 

 shaped, constricted beneath the middle ; limb obsoletely 4- 

 toothed. Petals 4, ovate, acuminated. Stamens 8, equal. An- 

 thers oblong-linear, straightish, beaked, and opening by one 

 pore at the apex, furnished at the base behind with a thick 

 fleshy spur or connective each. Ovarium half adhering to the 

 calyx, the free part conical and angular. Style filiform, fur- 

 rowed, crowned by a small obtuse stigma. Berry globose, 

 crowned by the constricted tube of the calyx, 4-celled. Seeds 

 oval, smooth. Smooth parasitical shrubs. Branches terete, but 

 compressed at the ends, besprinkled with brown or dark purple 

 dots, as well as the peduncles. Leaves opposite, petiolate, ob- 

 long, 3-nerved or somewhat triple-nerved, quite entire. Flowers 

 in axillary and terminal corymbs, small, rose-coloured ; pedicels 

 bibracteate in the middle. 



1 P. CONSTRI'CTA (Blum. 1. c. p. 520.) leaves oval-oblong, 

 bluntly acuminated, bluntish and rather cordate at the base ; 

 panicles terminal or axillary, corymbosely many-flowered. Jj . 

 S. Native of Java, on the roots of trees at the bottoms of the 

 mountains. Melastoma constrictum, Blum, bijdr. p. 1072. 

 Flowers red. 



Omtfrictat-calyxed Pachycentria. Sh. 



2 P. VARINGLEFOLIA (Blum. 1. c.) leaves oval or elliptic-lan- 

 ceolate, attenuated at both ends ; corymbs terminal, few-flow- 

 ered. T? . S. Native of Java, on trees. Melastoma varingiae- 

 folium, Blume, bijdr. p. 1071. Flowers red. 



Varlngia-leaved Pachycentria. Sh. 



Cult. Being parasitical shrubs the species had better be 

 treated in the manner of parasitical orchideous plants. Their pro- 

 pagation is the same as that for Melastoma, p. 7C4. by cuttings. 



LVI. POGONANTHE'RA (from TTW-/WV, pogon, a beard, and 

 avQnpa, anthera, an anther ; in reference to the anthers being 

 bearded behind). Blum, in bot. zeit. 1831. no. 30. p. 520. 



LIN. SYST. Octandrla, Monogynia. Tube of calyx cup- 

 shaped, somewhat quadrangular, adhering to the ovarinm at the 

 base ; 1mb 4-toothed. Petals 4, lanceolate, acuminated, tumid 

 on both sides in the middle, or furnished with a tooth. Stamens 

 8, nearly equal ; anthers oblong, acute, straight, opening by one 

 pore at the apex, bearded behind. Free part of ovarium conical 

 and hairy. Style filiform ; stigma small, obtuse. Berry glo- 

 bose, crowned by the limb of the calyx, 4-celled, pulpy. Seeds 

 oval, smooth. Shrubs. Branches terete, and are, as well as 

 the peduncles and petioles, dotted from scales or scurf. Leaves 

 opposite, petiolate, ovate-oblong, somewhat auricled at the base, 



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3 or somewhat 5-nerved, quite entire, glabrous. Flowers small, 

 red, covered with resinous powder, disposed in terminal pa- 

 nicles. 



1 P. PULVERULE'NTA (Blum. I.e. p. 521.) leaves ovate, ob- 

 tuse, furnished with 2 tubercles at the base, 3-nerved, coriace- 

 ous ; petals furnished with one tooth on each side. Tj . S. 

 Native of Sumatra, in woods. Melastoma pulverulentum, Jack 

 in Lin. trans. 14. p. 19. but not of Blume. 



Powdery-flowered Pogonanthera. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



2 P. REFLE'XA (Blum. 1. c.) leaves elliptic-oblong, bluntly 

 acuminated, biauriculate at the base, somewhat 5-nerved, mem- 

 branous ; petals tumid on both sides. fj . S. Native of Java, 

 on trees. Melastoma pulverulentum, Blum, bijdr. p. 1072. 

 Melast. reflexa, Reinwdt. ined. 



Rcflexed Pogonanthera. Sh. 



Cult. See Pachycentria for culture and propagation. 



LVII. ALLOMO'RPHIA (from aXXoe, alias, various, and 

 /.lopqtij, morphe, form ; habit in different situations). Blum, in 

 bot. zeit. 1831. no. 30. p. 522. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx oblong, 

 tubular, adhering to the ovarinm at the base ; limb 4-toothed. 

 Petals 4, ovate, acute. Stamens 8, the alternate ones a little 

 shorter than the others. Anthers linear, acute, straight, emar- 

 ginate at the base, inappendiculate. Style filiform ; stigma 

 simple. Fruit dry, ovate-oblong, 4-celled, clothed by the calyx. 

 Shrub erect. Branches 4-sided, covered with ferruginous 

 dots. Leaves opposite, on long petioles, ovate, quite entire, 

 glabrous, 5-nerved. Panicle small, terminal, with divaricate 

 branches. Flowers minute, pale red. 



1 A. EXI'GUA (Blum. 1. c. p. 525.) J; . S. Native of Pulo- 

 Penang. Melastoma exiguum, Jack in Lin. trans. 14. p. 10. 



Small Allomorphia. Sh. -i to 1 foot. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Melastoma, p. 764. 



LVIII. HUBE'RIA (dedicated by De Candolle to Francis 

 Huber, author of memoires sur 1'influence de 1'air dans la ger- 

 mination, 1 vol. 8vo. Geneva, 1801, and other works ; and Peter 

 Huber his son, author of a history of the Formica, and other 

 insects). D. C. prod. 3. p. 167. 



LIN. SYST. Octo-Decandria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx 

 oblong, constricted at the apex ; limb 4-5-lobed. Petals 4-5, 

 obovate. Stamens 8-10; anthers oblong-linear, with 1 or 2 

 spur-formed bristles, rising from the back at the base. Ovarium 

 adnate to the calyx, with the free part conical. Style filiform, 

 acutish. Capsule baccate, 4-5-celled. Seeds unknown. Smooth 

 Brazilian shrubs. Young branches compressed or tetragonal. 

 Leaves petiolate, oval, or oblong, 3-nerved. Cymes terminal. 



1. Anthers furnished with one bristle at the base. 



1 H. SEMISERRA'TA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 167.) branches tetra- 

 gonal ; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, 3-nerved, quite entire at 

 the base, serrated in the upper part ; raceme simple, terminal ; 

 lobes of calyx lanceolate-linear, acute, hardly shorter than the 

 4-winged tube. J? . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of 

 St. Paul, in marshes in woods. Rhexia semiserrata, Schrank et 

 Mart. mss. Petals white, ovate, acuminated. Anthers yellow, 

 equal in length with the filaments. Flowers an inch in diameter. 

 Fruit unknown. 



Half-scrrated-\eaved Hubertia. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



2 H. LAU'RINA (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets compressed ; leaves 

 oblong, quite entire, rather coriaceous, 3-nerved, lateral nerves 

 almost marginal ; cymes corymbose, many-flowered ; tube of 

 calyx with 8 stripes, rather angular ; fruit roundish ; calyx per- 

 manent. Jj . S. Native of Brazil. D. C. coll. mem. 1. t. 9. 

 Melastoma laurinum, Ser. mss. Leaves size and form of those 



