MELASTOMACE/E. LVIII. HUBERIA. LIX. OCHTHOCIIARIS. LX. CALYCOGONIUM. LXI. OSSSA. 



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of Laurus nobilis, and at first sight apparently feather-nerved. 

 The fruit is like that of a clove. Flowers white. 

 Laurel-like Huberia. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



3 H. OVALIFOLIA D. C. 1. c.) branchlets rather compressed ; 

 leaves petiolate, oval, acute, quite entire, 3-nerved, besides the 

 marginal nervules, which are hardly conspicuous ; lateral nerves 

 remote from the margin ; cymes terminal, corymbose ; calyx ur- 

 ceolate, elongated, canescent from rather flocky down ; limb 

 bluntly 4-lobed. 1? . S. Native of Brazil, where it was col- 

 lected by Prince de Neuwied. Petals oblong-obovate, white, 

 according to the dried specimens. Anthers furnished with a 

 bristle-like spur, a little above the base on the back. 



Oval-leaved Huberia. Sh. 3 to 6 feet. 



$ 2. Anthers furnished with 2 bristles at the base, rising from 

 the back. These species probably do not properly belong to 

 Huberia. Maieta, Vent, choix. p. 32. but not of Aubl. 



4 H. ANNULA'TA (Vent, choix. t. 32.) stem and branches 

 terete, and a little striated ; leaves lanceolate, cordate at the 

 base, somewhat acuminated at the apex, petiolate, glabrous 

 above, puberulous beneath ; flowers disposed in panicled co- 

 rymbs, axillary, few, octandrous ; calyx tubular, rather campa- 

 nulate, with 4 oblong segments, which are about the length of 

 the tube. Tj . S. Native of Java. Maieta annulata, Vent, 

 choix. t. 32. Petals obovate. Genitals longer than the corolla. 

 Anthers large, acute, falcate. Style filiform, crowned by a 

 stigma, which is hardly thicker. Berry 4-celled. 



Annular Huberia. Sh. 3 to 6 feet. 



5 H. ARGE'NTEA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 168.) branches from com- 

 pressed to terete, clothed with brown furfuraceous scales ; leaves 

 oblong, attenuated at the base, obtuse at the apex, quite entire, 

 3-nerved, coriaceous, shining above, and covered with white 

 furfuraceous scales beneath ; panicle terminal, coarctate ; 

 flowers small, decandrous ; calyx cup-shaped, 5-toothed, scurfy 

 on the outside. T? . S. Native of South America, near Santa 

 Fe de Bogota. Petals 5, yellow. Berry 5-celled, about the 

 size of a coriander seed. Maieta argentea, Vent, choix. p. 34. 

 in a note. 



Silvery Huberia. Sh. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Melastoma, p. 76 1. 



LIX. OCHTHO'CHARIS (from OX$OQ, ochthos, a river side, 

 and x a 'P w > chairo, to delight in ; inhabits river banks). Blum, 

 in bot. zeit. 1831. no. 30. p. 523. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx obovate, 

 adhering to the ovarium ; limb continuous, with the tube obso- 

 letely 4-toothed, permanent. Petals 5, ovate, acuminated. 

 Stamens 10, equal. Anthers oblong, obtuse at both ends, 

 straight, opening by a pore at the apex, ending in a spur-formed 

 bristle at the base behind. Ovarium truncate and glabrous at 

 the apex. Style subulate ; stigma simple. Capsule globose, 

 broadly umbilicated, dry, 3-celled, opening irregularly. Seeds 

 angular, cuneiform. A glabrous shrub. Branches terete, ex- 

 treme ones compressed. Leaves opposite, petiolate, oval-lan- 

 ceolate, denticulated, triple-nerved. Cymes branched, axillary. 

 Flowers small, of a flesh-colour. 



1 O. JAVA'NICA (Blum. I. c. p. 523.) ^ . S. Native of the 

 west of Java, at the river Panimbang. 



Java Ochthocharis. Sh. 3 to 6 feet. 



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



LX. CALYCOGO'NIUM (from ioaAv, kalyx, a calyx, and 

 yiavia, gonia, an angle ; calyx angular). D. C. prod. 3. p. 

 168.- Calycopteris, Rich herb, but not of Lam. 



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

 subglobose, 4-5-gonal ; angles acute, continuous with the middle 



nerve of the lobes, but rather accrete after flowering ; lobes 4-5, 

 spreading, oblong-linear, longer than the tube. Petals 4-5, ob- 

 ovate. Stamens 8-10, equal ; anthers oblong, opening by one 

 pore at the apex, without any auricles at the base, and with the 

 connectives hardly evident. Stigma dot-formed. Berry round- 

 ish, 1-5-angIed, crowned by the lobes of the calyx, 4-5-celled. 

 Seeds ovate, angular, with a linear hylum. Shrubs, natives of 

 St. Domingo. Brandies terete, clothed with mfescent soft 

 flocky stellate tomentum, as well as the petioles and under side 

 of the leaves. Leaves 3-5-nerved, on short petioles, ovate-ob- 

 long, obtuse and rather cordate at the base, quite entire, glabrous 

 above. Flowers 1-3-tOgether, terminal, white, on short pe- 

 dicels. Calyx beset with stellate down, appearing as if it were 

 dotted. 



1 C. STELLA'TUM (D. C. prod. 3. p. 168.) branches terete, 

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

 clothed with crowded white stellate down. Pj . S. Native of 

 St. Domingo. Melastoma calycoptcris, Rich, in Bonpl. mel. 

 t. 42. Melast. stellata, Vahl. ined. Melast. scabrosum, Bert, 

 in herb. Balb. Leaves 3-nerved, rarely somewhat 5-nerved, the 

 2 inner nerves rising a little above the base, and therefore the 

 leaves are almost triple-nerved. Flowers 4 or 5 cleft in the same 

 specimen. 



Slellatc-hairvd Calycogonium. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



2 C. GLA'BRUM (D. C. 1. c.) branches nearly terete, glabrous ; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate, acuminated at both ends, somewhat re- 

 pandly denticulated, triple-nerved, rather coriaceous, glabrous ; 

 pedicels terminal, 1 -flowered, usually solitary, hardly longer 

 than the petioles ; tube of calyx oblong, bluntly tetragonal, sca- 

 brous from stellate scattered down ; lobes 4, subulate. (? . S. 

 Native of the south of Jamaica, on the high mountains. Melas- 

 toma glabrata, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 806. Berry black, 4- 

 celled, crowned by the calyx. 



Glabrous Calycogonium. Sh. 1 to 2 feet. 



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



LXI. OSS^E'A (dedicated by De Candolle to Don Antonio 

 de la Ossa, formerly director of the botanic garden at the Ha- 

 vanah, in Cuba). D. C. prod. 3. p. 168. 



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

 adhering to the ovarium, but not drawn out beyond it ; lobes 4, 

 short, acute. Petals 4, lanceolate, acute. Stamens 8, short ; 

 anthers hardly auricled at the base. Ovarium smoothish at the 

 apex. Style filiform ; stigma simple. Berry 4-celled, crowned 

 by the lobes of the calyx. Seeds ovate, angular. American 

 shrubs. Leaves 3-5-nerved. Flowers small, rising from the 

 axils of the leaves, or from the old leaves. 



* Floners axillary, sessile. 



1 O. SCA'LPTA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 168.) branches terete, and 

 are, as well as the petioles and nerves of leaves, scabrous from 

 powdery branched rufous down ; leaves petiolate, oblong, ob- 

 tuse at the base, acutish at the apex, quite entire, 5-nerved, 

 rather pilose ; flowers on short pedicels, few together, axillary ; 

 calyx rather globose, covered with powdery grains ; petals lan- 

 ceolate, acuminately awned. Tj . S. Native of St. Domingo. 

 Melastoma acutipetala, Rich, in Bonpl. melast. t. 38. Melast. 

 oxypetalum, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 303. Maieta scalpta, Vent. 

 choix. t. 33. Melast. glomerata, Vahl. ined. Berry bluish, 

 small, globose, 4-celled. Flowers small. Filaments of stamens 

 broadish. 



Scalp Ossaea. Sh. 2 feet. 



2 O. SCABROSA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 169.) stem hairy ; branches 

 terete, hairy; leaves ovate, attenuated, denticulated, 3-nerved, 

 scabrous from papillae, petiolate ; flowers much crowded, ses- 

 sile, octandrous ; calyx hairy, 4-cleft ; hind segments subulate 



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