MELASTOMACEyE. LXXVI. MICOMA. 



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the base, oval, acute, puberuloua above from short scattered 

 simple down, triple-nerved ; nerves rising from about the liftli 

 part of the length ; panicle terminal, much branched ; brandies 

 opposite. Tj . S. Native of Guiana ; and of Brazil, as in Ma- 

 ranliam, provinces of St. Paul and Rio Janeiro. Melastoma 

 alata, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 410. t. 158. Clidemia alata, G. Don, 

 in Loud. hort. brit. p. 174. Leaves large. Lobes of calyx 

 short, blunt. Style long, filiform. Fruit hardly baccate. 

 Flowers white. 



Var, ft, Amazonica (Schrank, mss.) leaves broadly ovate, 

 abruptly cuneated at the base. Jj . S. Native of Brazil, on the 

 banks of the Amazon. 



II i /ir;ed-stemmed Miconia. Shrub 3 to 4 ft. 



37 M. CINCHON/EFOLIA (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, 

 as well as the petioles, nerves of leaves, peduncles, and calyxes, 

 densely clothed with rufous stellate tomentose down ; leaves pe- 

 tiolate, oval, quite entire, triple-nerved, glabrous above except 

 on the nerves, but velvety beneath ; raceme terminal, simple, 

 spicate ; tube of calyx oblong, a little longer than the 5 oblong 

 lobes. fj . S. Native of Brazil, in dense woods in wet places 

 at the river Tapura. Melastoma cinchomefolium, Mart. herb. 

 M. leucandrum, Schrank, mss. Leaves 8-10 inches long, and 

 2-3 broad. Anthers oblong, with hardly evident connectives. 

 Peduncles usually bearing 3 approximate sessile flowers each. 

 Style filiform, longer than the stamens. Petals linear, white. 

 Seeds small, trigonal, with a linear hylum. 



Cinchona-leaved Miconia. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



38 M. SPONDYLA'NTHA (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, 

 as well as the petioles, covered with adpressed villi ; leaves on 

 short petioles, broad-lanceolate, cuneated at the base, acumi- 

 nated, villous beneath, but only on the nerves on the upper sur- 

 face, the rest being beset with scattered pili, quite entire, quin- 

 tuple-nerved, with the nerves distant ; thyrse racemose, termi- 

 nal, nearly simple ; peduncles short, very hairy, 3-flowered ; 

 tube of calyx globose, bluntly 10-ribbed. Tj . S. Native of 

 Brazil, on the edges of woods, at Ega and Coari ; and of French 

 Guiana. Melastoma spondylanthum, Mart. herb. Leaves 9- 

 10 inches long. Flowers unknown. Fruit the size of a corian- 

 der seed. Seeds numerous, small, trigonal, with a linear 

 hylum. 



Club-flowered Miconia. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



39 M. DISCOLOR (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets compressed, at length 

 terete, when young, as well as on the under side of leaves, beset 

 with silvery scale-like dots ; leaves oval-oblong, cuneated, ses- 

 sile, quintuple-nerved, quite entire, glabrous above ; thyrse ter- 

 minal, lepidotted when in a young state, but glabrous in the 

 adult state, as well as the calyxes ; fruit ovate, a little striated. 

 Ij . S. Native of Brazil, near Rio Janeiro. This species ap- 

 pears to be intermediate between the second and third sections 

 of the genus, agreeing in the silvery down with M. argyrophtjlla, 

 and in the form of the leaves with M. tomcntosa. 



ZW-co/owrerf-leaved Miconia. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



40 M. FUNCTA'TA (D. Don, in soc. wern. mem. 4. p. 315.) 

 branches tetragonal, and are, as well as the peduncles, petioles, 

 and under side of leaves, clothed with small rufous purplish 

 down ; leaves on short petioles, oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at 

 both ends, quite entire, triple-nerved, glabrous above, but rusty 

 and dotted beneath ; thyrse terminal, panicled ; calyx globose, 

 usually 5-toothed. Jj . S. Native of the West Indies, in moun- 

 tain woods. Melastoma punctata, Desr. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 50. 

 Rich, in Bonpl. mel. t. 40. Berry 3-celled, few-seeded. Petals 

 5, white, rather orbicular. 



Dotted Miconia. Shrub 4 to 8 ft. 



* Leaves on short petioles, disposed in whorls. 



41 M. LONGIFOLIA (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets 8-ribbed, but at 



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length becoming terete, and when young, as well as the petioles 

 and peduncles, covered with rather scabrous stellate down ; 

 leaves on short petioles, oblong, attenuated at both ends, almost 

 triple-nerved, glabrous above, but covered with small dot-like 

 down beneath ; panicle terminal, branching, immediately above 

 the ultimate whorl of leaves ; its branches angular, also disposed 

 in whorls ; calyx rather scabrous from stellate down, with 5 very 

 short teeth. t? . S. Native of Cayenne, on the banks of rivu- 

 lets ; and of Brazil, in woods at the river St. Francisco. Melas- 

 toma longif olia, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 482. t. 170. Fbvvers white. 

 Long-leaved Miconia. Clt. 1817. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



42 M. LAMBERTIA'NA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 185.) branchlets 

 8-ribbed, and are, as well as the petioles and peduncles, rather 

 scabrous from scattered stellate down, but at length becoming 

 terete and glabrous ; leaves on short petioles, oblong, attenuated 

 at both ends, quite entire, 3-nerved, glabrous above, beset with 

 dots of stellate down beneath ; panicle terminal, pedunculate, 

 much branched, with its axis tetragonal, and its branchlets an- 

 gular and in whorls ; calyx scabrous from stellate down, with 5 

 short hardly evident teeth. I; . S. Native of the Island of St. 

 Vincent. Anthers linear, biauriculate at the base, and opening 

 by one pore at the apex. Style filiform. Fruit unknown. 

 This species differs from M. longif olia in there being an in- 

 terval between the ultimate whorls of leaves, and the branches 

 of the panicle, and in the flowers being smaller. 



Lambert's Miconia. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



* Leaves petiolate, opposite, 3-5-nerved. 



43 M. CALVE'SCENS (D. C. 1. c.) branches nearly terete, and 

 are, as well as the petioles, panicles, and calyxes, white from 

 short crowded stellate down, which at length falls off; leaves 

 petiolate, oval, abruptly and shortly acuminated, crenated, ob- 

 tuse at the base, triple-nerved, besides the marginal nervules, 

 having the nerves rising near the base ; when young velvety, but 

 glabrous in the adult state except the nerves ; panicle terminal, 

 dense, many-flowered, having the flowers crowded on its branch- 

 lets. J? . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Rio Negro. 

 Mel&stoma calvescens, Schrank et Mart. mss. Allied to M. 

 auriculata. 



Naked Miconia. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



44 M. ERIODONTA (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets bluntly tetragonal, 

 and are, as well as the petioles and panicles, clothed with short 

 rather rufescent hoary tomentose down ; leaves petiolate, ovate, 

 obtuse at the base, short-acuminated, at the apex, quite entire, 

 3-nerved, besides the two marginal nervules, quite glabrous 

 above, rather purplish on the nerves beneath ; thyrse terminal, 

 rather racemose, with its branchlets bearing 5 or (> flowers at the 

 apex ; fruit globose, 5-furrowed, pubescent ; teeth of calyx 5, 

 short, woolly, conniving above the ovarium. ^ . S. Native of 

 Cayenne. Fruit the size of a small pea, probably dry. Seeds 

 angular, with a linear hylum. 



Var. ft, oblongifolia (D. C. 1. c.) leaves oblong, fj . S. Na- 

 tive of Cayenne. 



Hairy- toothed- ca\yx.e& Miconia. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



45 M. AURICULA'TA (D. C. 1. c.) branches terete, and are, as 

 well as the panicles, clothed with rufous stellate down, inter- 

 mixed with bristles ; leaves on short petioles, cuneated at the 

 base, curled, oval-oblong, acuminated, ciliately serrated, sca- 

 brous on both surfaces from down, which is for the most part 

 simple, quintuple-nerved, besides the submarginal nervules, hav- 

 ing the upper nerves rising a little above the base ; panicles ter- 

 minal, having the flowers crowded on the tops of its branches. 



\l . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of St. Paul. Melas- 

 toma auriculatum, Mart. herb. Calyx hairy, with 5 short blunt 

 lobes. Petals obovate. Anthers linear, bluntly auricled at the 

 base, opening by one pore at the apex. Style filiform, exserted, 

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