MELASTOMACE.E. LXII. SAGR.EA. 



781 



801. Flowers white. Anthers acuminated. Stigma obtuse. 

 Berry roundish. 



Fascicular-flowered Sagrsea. Shrub. 



4 S. SCA'BRIDA (D. C. 1. c.) branches nearly terete, and are, 

 as well as the petioles, beset with crowded bristles ; leaves 

 ovate, acute at both ends, triple-nerved, besides the 2 marginal 

 nervules, ciliated, entire, scabrous from bristles on both sur- 

 faces, but especially on the nerves; pedicels short, 1-flowered, 

 rising in bundles from the axils of the fallen leaves, and arc, as 

 well as the calyxes, quite glabrous ; limb of calyx bluntly and 

 broadly 4-toothed. Jj . S. Native of St. Domingo. Melas- 

 toma ramiflorum, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 295. Allied to S. fasci- 

 culdris, 



Scabrous Sagraea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



* * Flowers disposed in axillary cymes or panicles. 



5 S. GUADALUPE'NSIS (D. C. 1. c.) branches tetragonal, and 

 are as well as the petioles smoothish, but when young clothed 

 with rufous velvety down ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acuminated, 

 quintuple-nerved, serrately ciliated ; racemes axillary, erect, 

 capillary, with short, 1-3- flowered branchlets ; berry globose, 

 rather pilose, crowned by the 4 erect teeth of the calyx. ^ S. 

 Native of Guadaloupe, frequent. Perhaps the Melastoma aci- 

 nodendron of Lin. spec. 558. ? but that is said to be decandrous. 

 Compare Plum. ed. Burm. t. 142. f. 2. Fruit violaceous, hardly 

 the size of a red currant. 



Guadaloupe Sagraea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



6 S. CAPILLA'RIS (D. C. 1. c.) branches tetragonal, and are as 

 well as the petioles glabrous, or rather velvety in the young 

 state when examined by a lens ; leaves petiolate, oblong, long- 

 acuminated, 3-nerved, quite glabrous, pale beneath, quite entire ; 

 peduncles axillary, capillary, 3-flowered, somewhat reclinate ; 

 berry ovate, hispid from scattered, short bristles, crowned by 

 the straight, acute lobes of the calyx. ^ . S. Native of Ja- 

 maica. Melastoma capillaris, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 808. 

 Flowers small. 



Capillary-peduncled Sagraea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



7 S. HIRTE'LLA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 171.) branches nearly 

 terete, hispid from scattered bristles ; leaves on short petioles, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, 3-nerved, entire, pale beneath and 

 pilose on the nerves and margins ; peduncles axillary, very short, 

 3-flowered ; calyx very minutely 4-toothed ; petals lanceolate, 

 acuminated. f? . S. Native of Jamaica, on the mountains. 

 Melastoma hirtella, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 810. Anthers ob- 

 long and bifid, according to Swartz. Stigma obtuse. Berry 

 4-celled, hispid, dark purple. Seeds roundish. 



Hairy Sagraea. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



8 S. UMBROSA (D. C. 1. c.) branches 4-furrowed, and are as 

 well as the petioles hispid from long spreading bristles ; leaves 

 petiolate, broadly ovate, acuminated, serrulated, ciliated, 5-7- 

 nerved, very pilose on the nerves, the rest beset with scattered 

 pili ; panicles axillary, loose, trichotomous, rather hispid, length 

 of petioles ; calyx globose, hairy, with 4 short teeth ; petals 

 obovate. Jj . S. Native of the West Indies, particularly in St. 

 Christopher and Trinidad. Melastoma umbrosa, Swartz, fl. ind. 

 occ. 817. Vahl. dec. amer. 2. t. 29. There are varieties of 

 this with hispid and very hispid branches, and middle-sized and 

 large leaves. Berry globose, hairy, blackish, small, 4-celled. 

 Petioles 1 and 1^ inch long. 



Shaded Sagraea. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



9 S. BERTE'RII (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are as well 

 as the petioles, panicles, and calyxes densely clothed with loose 

 spreading bristles ; leaves ovate, obtuse at the base, acuminated 

 at the apex, 5-7-nerved, serrulated, villous on both surfaces, but 

 especially on the nerves ; panicles axillary, longer than the 

 petioles, having their branches whorled ; lobes of calyx 4, seta- 



ceous, rather longer than the tube. Tj.S. Native of Jamaica. 

 Melastoma umbrosum, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 304. but not of 

 Swartz. 



Bertero's Sagraea. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



10 S. DOMINOE'NSIS (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets terete, and are 

 as well as the petioles and peduncles clothed with short, simple, 

 rufescent rather reflexed hairs ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acumin- 

 ated, serrulated, 5-nerved, most hairy on the nerves ; panicles 

 axillary, trichotomous, a little longer than the petioles ; tube of 

 calyx rather globose, with 4 very short acute teeth. Fj . S. 

 Native of St. Domingo. Melastoma pilosum, Spreng. syst. 2. 

 p. 304. Flowers small, white. 



St. Domingo Sagrsea. Shrub 3 to C feet. 



11 S. TETRAGONA (D. C. 1. c.) branches acutely tetragonal, 

 and are as well as the petioles thickly clothed with velvety ru- 

 fescent spreading hairs ; leaves petiolate, oval, acuminated, 5- 

 nerved, or perhaps quintuple-nerved, somewhat denticulated, 

 beset with a few scattered bristles above, rather hairy beneath, 

 but especially on the nerves ; panicles axillary, racemose, twice 

 the length of the petioles ; calyx rather hairy, with a globose 

 tube and 4 very short, acute teeth. fj . S. Native of Domi- 

 nique, in woods. Flowers small. 



y'e/rag'OHa/-branched Sagraea. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



12 S. PILOSA (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are as well as 

 the peduncles and petioles clothed with rusty hairs ; leaves pe- 

 tiolate, oblong, acute, 5-nerved, glabrous above and pilose be- 

 neath, but especially on the nerves ; panicles axillary, racemose, 

 with trifid branchlets ; calycine teeth 4, very minute ; petals 

 roundish, reflexed. fj . S. Native of Jamaica, in woods on 

 the mountains. Melastoma pi!6sa, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 819. 

 Petals small, white, spotted with red at the base. Berry hairy, 

 roundish, 4-celled. 



Pilose Sagraea. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



13 S. MICROPHY'LLA (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets tetragonal, and 

 are as well as the petioles hairy ; leaves ovate, on short pe- 

 tioles, obtuse, rather denticulated, hispid above, and clothed 

 with rusty tomentum beneath, 3-nerved ; peduncles axillary, 

 trifid ; calyx hairy, with 4 very short teeth. fj . S. Native of 

 the south of Jamaica. Melastoma microphylla, Swartz, fl. ind. 

 occ. p. 813. but not of Spreng. This species comes very near 

 to S. hirsiita, but differs in the leaves being obtuse and smaller, 

 in the flowers being smaller, in the pedicels being usually sim- 

 ple, and lastly in the berries being red, not dark purple. 



Small-leaved Sagraea. Shrub 2 feet. 



14 S. HIRSU'TA (D.C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are as well 

 as the petioles, peduncles, and calyxes beset with purplish, stiff' 

 hairs ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, denticulated, 3- 

 nerved, very hairy on the nerves beneath, the rest beset with 

 scattered pili ; peduncles axillary, trifid ; calyx ovate, with 4 

 linear teeth. Jj . S. Native of the south of Jamaica, on the 

 mountains. Melastoma hirsUta, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 811. 

 Petals ovate, acute, white, small. Berry dark purple, globose, 

 hairy, 4-celled. 



Hairy Sagraea. Shrub 2 feet. 



15 S. RARIFLORA (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, pubescent; 

 leaves oval, rather cordate, long-acuminated, petiolate, ciliated, 

 usually 7-nerved ; racemes axillary, few-flowered ; flowers 

 minute, octandrous : calyx pilose, with 4 very short teeth ; 

 petals oval ; style longer than the stamens ; berry minute, glo- 

 bose, 3-celled. Ij . S. Native of South America, in the pro- 

 vince of Cumana, at Mount Caripe. Melastoma rariflora, Bonpl. 

 mel. t. 50. This is a doubtful species, from the flowers being 

 described as octandrous ; but in the figure the calyx is 5-lobed, 

 and therefore the flowers would be decandrous. Flowers white. 



Few-flowered Sagraea. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Melastoma, 764. 



