MELASTOMACEvE. LXX. PHYLLOPUS. LXXI. HENRIETTEA. LXXII. MARUMIA. LXX1II. CREOCHITON. 



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calyx. Style cylindrical, rather velvety at the base. Stigma a 

 pruinose dot. Fruit probably baccate, 5-celled. Seeds un- 

 known. Brazilian shrubs, having the younger branchlets and 

 petioles clothed with rufous adpressed bristles, but at length 

 becoming smooth. Leaves oblong, elongated, acuminated, 3- 

 nerved, quite entire, with a few scattered bristles above, but 

 covered with pale rufous stellate down beneath. Pedicels axil- 

 lary, 1 -flowered, a little longer than the petioles, bearing 2 

 linear foliaceous bracteas above the middle. Calyx very hispid. 

 Petals purple. 



1 P. MARTIU sn (D. C. prod. 3. p. 178.) T? S. Native of 

 Brazil at Coari, and at Cupati in the province of Rio Negro, in 

 fields. Melastoma phy'llopus, Schrank et Mart. mss. Leaves 

 5-C inches long, and 1 broad. 



Martins' s Phyllopus. Shrub. 



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



LXXI. HENRIE'TTEA (Caca-Henriette is the name given 

 to the tree by the natives of Cayenne). D. C. prod. 3. p. 178. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx campanulate, 5- 

 lobed; lobes broad, obtuse. Petals 5, velvety, ovate. Sta- 

 mens 10 ; anthers thick, bifid at the base, and ending in a beak at 

 the apex opening by one pore. Style cylindrical, hairy, crowned by 

 an obtuse capitate stigma. Berry juicy, 5-celled. Seeds unknown. 

 Shrubs, native of Guiana, with nearly terete branches, clothed 

 with adpressed strigose down. Leaves on short petioles, oval, 

 acuminated by a mucrone, triple-nerved, green above, and clothed 

 with velvety down beneath. Peduncles 1-flowered, rising, 3-4 

 together, from the axils of the fallen leaves. Calyx clothed 

 with rufous villi. 



1 H. SUCCOSA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 178.) branches bluntly te- 

 tragonal, but at length becoming terete, and are as well as the 

 petioles rough from adpressed strigose down ; leaves on short 

 petioles, quintuple-nerved, oval, acuminated by a mucrone, 

 quite entire, green above, hairy on the nerves, but the rest of 

 leaf scabrous from stiff bristles, and clothed with roughish rusty 

 down beneath ; pedicels 3-4 together, 1-flowered, in the axils 

 of the fallen leaves, rusty ; calyx rusty, villous, bluntly 5- 

 lobed. b . S. Native of Cayenne, in woods, where it is called 

 by the inhabitants Caca-Henriette. Melastoma succosa, Aubl. 

 guian. 1. p. 418. t. 162. Calyx obovate- globose. Petals 

 large, ovate, velvety. Anthers large, obtuse and biauriculate 

 at the base, but tapering into a 1 -pored beak at the apex. 

 Style thick, hardly capitate at the apex. Berry violaceous, but 

 with the pulp red. 



/ze!/-berried Henriettea. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 



f- Doubtful species. 



2 H.? PATRISIA'NA (D. C. I.e.) branches nearly terete, and 

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

 adpressed, reddish strigae ; leaves petiolate, oval, obtuse at the 

 base, acute at the apex, ciliated with bristles, triple-nerved, 

 besides the 2 marginal nervules, glabrous on both surfaces, 

 except on the nerves ; pedicels crowded in the axils of the old 

 or fallen leaves, very short, 1-flowered, and are as well as the 

 calyxes clothed with adpressed, rufous down ; limb of calyx 

 bluntly 5-lobed ; petals lanceolate. Tj . S. Native of Cayenne. 

 Leaves 3 inches long. Flowers small, almost sessile. Adult 

 branches glabrous. Style filiform. Stamens not seen. Berry 

 glabrous, globose. Limb of calyx permanent, incurved. 

 Patriss Henriettea. Shrub 6 to 10 ft. 



3 H. ? RAMIFLORA (D. C. 1. c.) branches bluntly tetragonal, 

 hispid, but at length becoming glabrous ; leaves on short pe- 

 tioles, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, entire, 3- 

 nerved, besides the 2 marginal nervules, smooth above, but 

 clothed with roughish rather rusty tomentum beneath ; pedicels 

 scattered on the branches beneath the leaves, rather crowded, 



1-flowered ; calyx urceolate, bluntly 5-toothed ; petals ovate. 

 To . S. Native of Jamaica, in marshes. Melastoma ramiflora, 

 Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 775. Flowers flesh-coloured. Anthers 

 sagittate, acuminated. Stigma blunt. Leaves of a golden 

 yellow hue above. 



Branch-Jlomered Henriettea. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



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



LXXII. MARU'MIA (in honour of the celebrated vegetable 

 physiologist, Martin Van Marum, author of Dissertationes qua 

 disquiritur quo usque motus fluidorum animalium et plantarum 

 consentiunt, 4to. Groningen, 1773, and other works). Blum, in 

 bot. zeit. 1831. no. 29. p. 503. 



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

 ovate, adhering at the base to the ovarium, beset with stiff 

 hairs; limb 4-cleft, drawn out beyond the ovarium, with the 

 segments oblong-linear and permanent. Petals 4, unequal- 

 sicfed. Stamens 8, alternate ones shorter; anthers linear, 

 arched, beaked at the apex, and opening by 1 pore, those of the 

 longer stamens constricted at the base, and furnished with a 

 fascicle of bristles ; and those of the shorter ones furnished 

 with fewer bristles at the base. Ovarium conical in the free 

 part and rather villous. Style filiform, thickest at the base. 

 Stigma a clammy dot. Berry ovate, inclosed in the calyx, 4- 

 celled, many-seeded. Seeds linear-cuneiform, angular. Sar- 

 mentose shrubs. Leaves opposite, petiolate, oblong, somewhat 

 5-nerved, quite entire, discoloured, glabrous above, but clothed 

 with stellate or lepidotted down beneath as well as on the 

 branches and peduncles. Inflorescence axillary, cymose, or 

 subcorymbose, few or many-flowered. Flowers large, rose- 

 coloured, bibracteate. 



1 M. MUSCOSA (Blum, in bot. zeit. 1831. no. 29. p. 504.) 

 leaves somewhat cordate, ovate-oblong, acuminated, clothed 

 with rusty scurfy tomentum beneath ; peduncles many-flowered ; 

 calyx densely clothed with tomentum, intermixed with soft sim- 

 ple bristles. *?. S. Native of Java, in mountain woods, where 

 it is called by the natives Harendong-bulu. Melastoma mus- 

 cosum, Blum, bijdr. p. 1070. Melast. ferruginea, Reinwdt. 

 ined. Flowers large, rose-coloured. 



Mossy Marumia. Shrub sarmentose. 



2 M. STELLULA'TA (Blum. 1. c. p. 505.) leaves oblong-ovate, 

 rather cordate at the base or roundish, tomentose beneath ; pe- 

 duncles 1-5-flowered; calyx beset with spine-like bristles, which 

 are stellately multifid at the apex. I? . S. Native of Sumatra 

 and Saloma. Melastoma stellulatum, Jack, in Lin. trans. 14. 

 p. 6. Flowers large, rose-coloured. 



Stellate-spmed Marumia. Sh. sarmentose. 



3 M. NEMOROSA (Blum. 1. c.) leaves somewhat lanceolate, 

 cordate, clothed with .rusty, leprous down beneath ; peduncles 

 1-3-flowered ; calyx covered with simple bristles. ^ . S. Na- 

 tive of Sumatra and Pulo-Nias. Melastoma nemorosa, Jack, 

 in Lin. trans. 14. p. 149. Flowers large, pale red. 



Grove Marumia. Shrub sarmentose. 



4 M. ZEYLA'NICA (Blum. 1. c.) leaves ovate-oblong, rather 

 cordate, bluntly acuminated, scurfy beneath ; peduncles usually 

 3-flowered ; calyx clothed with simple bristles. Pj . S. Native 

 of Ceylon. 



Ceylon Marumia. Shrub sarmentose. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Meldstoma, p. 764. All 

 the species bear showy flowers, and are therefore worth cultivating. 



LXXIII. CREOCHITON (from icptap, crear, flesh, and 

 XITWV, chiton, an outer coat ; in reference to the outer coat, that 

 is, the bracteas, being fleshy and inclosing the flower-bud, in 

 its young state). Blum, in bot. zeit. 1831.no. 29. p. 506. 



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

 adhering to the ovarium ; limb short, continuous with the tube, 



