MELASTOMACEyE. LXXVI. MICOMA. 



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mel. t. 7. Calyx bluntly 5-lobed. Anthers long, falcate. Style 

 hairy at the base ; stigma hardly tumid. Flowers rose-coloimd. 

 Different from Chitonia caudata, D. Don. 

 Tailed-\ea.vt><\ Miconia. Shrub 6 to 12 ft. 



57 M. STAMI'NEA (D. C. 1. c.) branches compressedly tetra- 

 gonal, and are, as well as the panicles and young leaves, velvety 

 from short stellate down, but at length becoming glabrous from 

 the down falling off; leaves petiolate, obtuse at the base, oval, 

 acutish, quite entire, 5-nerved, besides the submarginal ner- 

 vules ; branches of the panicle, which is terminal, opposite, 7-9- 

 flowered ; bracteas oblong-linear, shorter than the calyx ; petals 

 oblong, glabrous ; stigma dot-formed. Tj . S. Native of Bra- 

 zil, in the province of Rio Janeiro, in woods on the mountains. 

 Melastoma stammea, Desr. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 53. Melastoma 

 glabrescens, Schrank et Mart. mss. Calyx tubular, velvety, with 

 a 5-toothed limb ; teeth ovate, acutish. Anthers biauriculate at 

 the base. 



I'ar. /j, oblongata (D. C. 1. c.) leaves oval-oblong. Jj . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Bahia. 

 liong-stamened Miconia. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



58 M. AFFINIS (D. C. 1. c.) branches bluntly tetragonal, and 

 are, as well as the petioles and panicles, rather canescent from 

 almost imperceptible stellate down ; leaves oval, obtuse at the 

 base, short-acuminated at the apex, 5-nerved, quite entire, 

 or hardly repand, glabrous above, but beset with scurf on the 

 nerves beneath, and with dot-like down between the nerves; 

 thyrse panicled, terminal, with spreading branches ; limb of 

 calyx very short, 5-toothed. Jj . S. Native of Cayenne. This 

 species is difficult to distinguish from M. stammea, but differs 

 from it, besides the characters given, in the flowers being one- 

 half smaller, in the limb of the calyx being drawn out less, in the 

 petals being oblong and obtuse, and in the fruit being without 

 ribs, and tapering a little to the apex. 



Allied Miconia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



59 M. SUBCILIA^TA (D. C. I.e.) branches bluntly tetragonal, 

 and are, as well as the panicles and leaves, glabrous, or when 

 young covered with rather flocky deciduous down ; leaves on 

 long petioles, oval, acuminated, obtuse at the base, 5-nerved, 

 with the margins furnished with a few distant crenulae and ciliae ; 

 panicle oblong, terminal; bracteas oblong, small, shorter than 

 the calyx ; calyx somewhat obconical, shortly 5-toothed : petals 

 oblong, rather velvety ; stigma dot-formed. I? . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in woods along the banks of the Rio Negro. Melastoma 

 laevigatum et M. procerum, Mart, et Schrank, mss. but not of 

 Willd. Anthers linear. There is a circle of hairs round the 

 peduncles at the base. 



Subciliated Miconia. Tr. 12 to 20 ft. 



60 M. CORONA'TA (D. C. 1. c.) branches acutely tetragonal, and 

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

 clothed with powdery down ; leaves petiolate, broad-oval, quin- 

 tuple or septuple-nerved, quite entire, terminating each in a 

 short acumen ; panicle terminal, pyramidal ; bracteoles small, 

 deciduous ; tube of calyx globose, crowned by a 5-toothed 

 limb. Jj . S. Native of South America, on Mount Quindiu. 

 Melastoma coronata, Bonpl. mel. t. 56. Petals 5, white, ob- 

 long. Stigma rather peltate. Berry size of a small pea. 



Crowned Miconia. Tree 10 to 20 ft. 



61 M. PENDULIFOLIA (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets terete, and are, 

 as well as the petioles, panicles, and under side of leaves, rather 

 velvety from powdery down ; leaves petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, 3-nerved, somewhat denticulated, pendulous, glabrous 

 above ; panicle terminal, somewhat racemose ; bracteoles small, 

 subulate ; calyx with 5 very short teeth, ij . S. Native of 

 Guadaloupe, in woods. Melastoma pendulifolia, Bonpl. mel. t. 

 35. Petals 5, white, obovate. Anthers linear. Stigma hardly 

 thicker than the style. Ovarium 3-celled. 



Pendulous-leaved Miconia. Shrub 4 to 8 ft. 



62 M. HAVANE'NSISD. C. prod. 3. p. 188.) glabrous ; branch- 

 lets terete ; leaves petiolate, oblong, acuminated, 3-nerved, quite 

 entire, pendulous ; panicle terminal, racemose ; bracteoles want- 

 ing or very small, and deciduous; limb of calyx shortly and 

 bluntly 5-toothed ; petals 5, oblong. ^ . S. Native of Cuba, 

 about the Havanah. Very like M. pendutifulia, but differs in 

 the margins of the leaves being quite entire, in the petals being 

 oblong, and in the smoothness of the whole plant. Flowers 

 white. Anthers linear. Stigma hardly dilated. 



Havanah Miconia. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



63 M. PYRAMIDALIS (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets compressed, and 

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

 but especially on the nerves, clothed with flocky scurfy down ; 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, 3-nerved, besides the 2 

 marginal nervules, somewhat denticulated ; thyrse panicled, ter- 

 minal ; fruit bluntly ribbed, crowned by the calyx, which is 

 somewhat repand and bluntly 5-toothed. Tj . S. Native of the 

 West India Islands, Guadaloupe, Trinidad, Cuba, &c. Melas- 

 toma pyramidalis, Desr. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 53. Flowers white. 

 Perhaps the same as Melastoma acinodendron, Lin. spec. 558. ? 

 Pluk. aim. t. 159. f. 1. 



/ ar. p, ciliolata (D. C. 1. c.) leaves ciliated at the base, 

 toothed at the apex. J? . S. Native of Porto Rico, Guada- 

 loupe, and Trinidad. Melastoma Portoricense, Spreng. neue. 

 entd. 3. p. Gl. 



Far. y ? sphcerocdrpa (D. C. 1. c.) leaves toothed, without 

 ciliae ; fruit globose, crowned by the 5 lobes of the calyx, with- 

 out any tube. ^ . S. Native on the banks of the Orinoco. 

 Melastoma pyramidalis, Bonpl. mel. t. 21. Chitonia pyrami- 

 dalis, G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. p. 174. Perhaps a proper 

 species. 



Pyramidal Miconia. C!t. 1817. Shrub 4 to 8 ft. 



64 M. NICOTIAN/EFOLIA (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets from com- 

 pressed to terete, and are, as well as the petioles, panicles, and 

 calyxes, clothed with powdery pruinose small down ; leaves pe- 

 tiolate, oval, acuminated, denticulated, 5-nerved, glabrous in the 

 adult state; thyrse panicled, terminal; limb of calyx bluntly 

 5-toothed, broader than the tube. Jj . S. Native of St. Do- 

 mingo. Melastoma nicotiansef olia, Desr. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 53. 

 ex herb. mus. par. Bracteoles 2, small, acute, under each 

 flower. Petals 5, oval, obtuse. Anthers linear, curved, obtuse, 

 opening by a pore at the apex, and bluntly biauriculated at the 

 base. Style filiform. Leaves 6 inches long, with the nerves 

 yellow above. Perhaps the Melastoma acinodendron of Lin. 



Tobacco-leaved Miconia. Shrub. 



65 M. FLORIBU'NDA (D. C. 1. c.) branches bluntly tetra- 

 gonal, and are, as well as the petioles, nerves of leaves on the 

 under surface, and calyxes, rather velvety from rusty powdery 

 down ; leaves petiolate, oval, acutish at both ends, quite entire, 

 septuple-nerved, glabrous above ; panicle terminal, much 

 branched, loose ; bracteoles wanting or deciduous ; calyx with 

 5 short teeth. Jj . S. Native of Peru, on the mountains in 

 temperate parts. MeMstoma floribunda, Bonpl. mel. t. 53. 

 Petals rose-coloured, oval, truncate at the base. Filaments be- 

 set with glandular hairs at the apex. Anthers thick. Stigma 

 broadly peltate. Berry 5-celled. From the anthers and the 

 form of the stigma, this plant does not well accord with the other 

 species of this genus. 



Bundle-flowered Miconia. Tree 20 to 30 ft. 



66 M. LJEVIGA V TA (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets terete, and are, as 

 well as the petioles and peduncles, rather velvety from short 

 stellate down, but at length becoming glabrous ; leaves petio- 

 late, oval, obtuse at the base, acuminated at the apex, ciliately 

 serrated, 5-nerved, glabrous on both surfaces ; cyme pani- 

 cled, trichotomous at the base, terminal ; branches of cyme 



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