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obsoletely and repanclly 4-toothed, permanent. Petals 4, ovate- 

 roundish, oblique. Stamens 8, equal. Anthers oblong, thick, 

 arched, each furnished with a very short connective in front at 

 the base, and terminating in a short, uniporose beak at the apex. 

 Ovarium glabrous. Style thick, quadrangular ; stigma small, 

 blunt. Berry dry, globose, crowned by the tube of the calyx, 

 4-celled. Seeds innumerable, cuneate-oblong, with a linear 

 hylum. Climbing shrubs, with terete branchlets. Leaves op- 

 posite, petiolate, ovate or elliptic-oblong, quite entire, somewhat 

 5-nerved, quite glabrous above, but rather scurfy beneath. 

 Peduncles axillary and terminal, dilated at the apex, and umbel- 

 lately many-flowered. Each flower inclosed within two fleshy 

 bracteas before expansion. Flowers large, and rose-coloured. 



1 C. PUDIBU'NDA (Blum, in bot. zeit. 1831. no. 29. p. 506.) 

 leaves ovate, bluntish, or obtuse at both ends, clothed beneath 

 with scurfy dots ; umbels simple, rarely branched, many- 

 flowered, fj . w . S. Native of Java, in woods near Kapang- 

 dungang, at the foot of Mount Salak, where it is called by the 

 natives Tjalant-jung. Melastoma pudibundum, Blum, bijdr. 

 p. 1071. Flowers large, red. 



Blush Creochiton. Shrub cl. 



2 C. BIBRACTEA'TA (Blum. 1. c. p. 507.) leaves ovate, rather 

 cordate, bluntish, densely clothed with fulvous leprous tomen- 

 tum on the nerves beneath, as well as on the branchlets and 

 peduncles ; umbels simple, few-flowered. (7 . w . S. Native 

 along with the preceding species, and where it is called by 

 the natives Harendong-aroy. Melastoma bibracteatum, Blum, 

 bijdr. p. 1071. Flowers large, red. 



Bibractcate Creochiton. Shrub cl. 



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

 Elegant climbing plants, bearing large showy flowers. 



LXXIV. PHYLLAGATHIS (from <pv\\or, phyllon, a 

 leaf, and ctyaflic , agathis, a round heap ; the flowers are disposed 

 in heaps or heads, surrounded by leaves or bracteas). Blum, in 

 bot. zeit. 1831. no. 29. p. 507. 



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

 glabrous, adhering to the ovarium at the base ; limb drawn out 

 beyond the ovarium, 4-cleft. Petals 4. Stamens 8, equal. 

 Anthers arched, inappendiculate at the base, beaked at the apex, 

 the beak opening by 1 pore ? Style long. Berry 4-celled. 

 Shrub. Leaves opposite, large, roundish, 7-nerved, beset 

 with rusty dots beneath, standing on very long ciliated petioles. 

 Flowers purplish, densely crowded in axillary pedunculate heads, 

 each head involucrated, or surrounded by 5-6 broad cordate- 

 nerved bracteas. 



1 P. ROTUNDIFOLIA (Blum. 1. c.). 1? . S. Native of Su- 

 matra. Melastoma rotundifolium, Jack, in Lin. trans. 14. 

 p. 11. 



Round-leaved Phyllagathis. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



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



LXXV. LORETA (dedicated to - - Lorey, author of a 

 Flora of Burgundy). D. C. prod. 3. p. 178. 



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

 nulate, adhering to the ovarium at the very base, and truncate 

 at the apex. Petals 5, ovate, obtuse, rather cordate at the base. 

 Stamens 10 ; anthers thick, ovate, obtuse, rather gibbous at the 

 base. Ovarium glabrous at the apex. Style filiform ; stigma 

 capitate, almost pentagonal. Berry 5-celled. Seeds unknown. 

 A glabrous, Guiana shrub. Leaves petiolate, oval, triple- 

 nerved, besides the 2 marginal nervules, quite entire. Cymes 

 lateral, many- flowered. 



1 L. ARBORE'SCENS (D. C.I. c.) glabrous; branchlets bluntly 

 quadrangular, at length terete ; leaves petiolate, oval-orbicular, 

 obtuse, or mucronate, entire, 5-nerved, 2 of the nerves rising 

 from the middle a little above the base ; lateral racemules 7-8- 



flowered, cymose ; limb of calyx rather truncate ; petals 5, 

 rather cordate at the base. fj . S. Native of French Guiana, 

 in woods, where it is called Male by the inhabitants. Melas- 

 toma arborescens, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 420. t. 163. Berry yellow, 

 eatable, very like a medlar. 



Arborescent Lorey a. Tree 30 feet. 



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



LXXVI. MICO V NIA (in honour of D. Micon, a Spanish 

 botanist). Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. syst. 1. p. 104. prod. p. 60. 

 D. Don, in mem. worn. soc. 4. p. 315. D. C. prod. 3. p. 179. 



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

 ing to the ovarium ; limb short, permanent, 5-toothed ; teeth 

 obtuse, furnished with a broad membrane on the inside, usually 

 adpressed and connivent above the ovarium after flowering. 

 Petals 5, obovate, obtuse. Stamens 10 ; anthers oblong-linear, 

 bluntly and shortly auriculated at the base. Ovarium rather 

 umbilicate at the apex, quite glabrous. Style filiform ; stigma 

 obtuse. Capsule baccate, 5-celled. Seeds 3-sided, smooth, 

 with a black linear hylum. American, branched, smooth, or 

 rather hairy or tomentose shrubs, not as in Clidemia hispid. 

 Leaves variable. Flowers in terminal panicles. This genus is 

 perhaps divisible into many genera. Numbers of the species 

 are not well known. 



SECT. I. LEIOSPH/E'RA (from \EIOC, leios, smooth, and a(j>aipa, 

 sphaira, a sphere ; in reference to the globular smooth fruit) 

 D. C. prod. 3. p. 1 79. Tube of calyx and fruit globose and 

 quite smooth. Flowers crowded, or in 1 series, disposed in a 

 thyrse on the ends of the branches. 



1 M. RACEMOSA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 179.) branchlets bluntly 

 tetragonal, but at length becoming terete, glabrous, but ciliated 

 at the knots ; leaves petiolate, oval, attenuated at the base, 

 acutish at the apex, serrulated, and ciliated with bristles, 3- 

 nerved, besides the marginal nervules, nearly glabrous on both 

 surfaces ; thyrse panicled, terminal ; having the flowers dis- 

 posed along its branches in 1 row. Ij . S. Native of Guiana, 

 Porto Rico, and Trinidad, in marshy places of woods. Melas- 

 toma racemosa, Aubl. guian. t. 156. Rich, in Bonpl. mel. t. 

 27. Melast. decussata, Vahl. eel. 1. p. 49. Flowers red. 



TfoceJHOve-flowered Miconia. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



2 M. BARBI'OERA (D. C. 1. c.) branches bluntly tetragonal, at 

 length becoming terete, glabrous, ciliated at the knots ; petioles 

 elongated, bristly at the apex ; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, 

 ciliated with bristles, 3-nerved, besides the marginal nervules, 

 glabrous on both surfaces in the adult state ; thyrse panicled, 

 terminal, having the flowers disposed in 1 series along its 

 branches. fj . S. Native of French Guiana. Inflorescence 

 as in M. racemosa. Leaves nearly as in M. ciliata, but the 

 petioles are about 3-times longer. Flowers white. 



Bearded-petioleA Miconia. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



3 M. PURPURA'SCENS (D. C. 1. c.) branches bluntly tetragonal, 

 pilose ; leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, acute, serrulately 

 ciliated, pilose ; thyrse panicled, terminal ; having the flowers 

 disposed in 1 series along its branches. Jj . S. Native of 

 Guiana, on the banks of rivulets. Melastoma purpurascens, 

 Aubl. guian. t. 154. but not of Swartz. Melast. purpurea, 

 Willd. spec. 2. p. 590. but not of Pav. Berry purple. Petals 

 white. 



Purplish Miconia. Fl. July. Clt. 1817. Sh. 3 to 6 feet. 



4 M. SETINODIS (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, glabrous, cili- 

 ated with bristles at the knots ; leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong, 

 acuminated, ciliately serrated, 3-nerved, besides the 2 marginal 

 nervules, glabrous except the axils of the nerves, which are 

 bearded ; thyrse terminal, panicled ; calyx rather campanulate, 

 bluntly 6-8-toothed. lj . S. Native of South America, in 

 shady places on Mount Quindiu. Melastoma setinodis, Bonpl. 



