MELASTOMACE^. LXXVIII. CREMAXICM. 



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yellow. Filaments short, flat. Anthers opening by 2 pores. 



Berry 3-celled. 



Whortle-berra-Kke Cremanium. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 

 6 C. ? (D. C. prod. 3. p. 191.) quite glabrous; 

 branchlets tetragonal, furrowed; leaves petiolate, ovate-lane,, 

 late acuminated, denticulated, 3-nerved ; panicle terminal, so 

 what racemose; branchlets tetragonal, opposite ; flowers ,. ae- 

 cious, octandrous, and decandrous, crowded. Jj . ^ JN ativ 

 the south of Jamaica, on the hills. Melastoma rubens Svv<u z, 

 fl. ind. occ. p. 797. Branches blood-red. Berry sgfil, blue. 

 The parts of flowers are quaternary or quinary, but -r - 

 quently quaternary Petals roundish small < h,te. 

 7?e(Wis/i-stemmed Cremanium. 8>nruD3K> 

 7 C. ELJBODE'KDHDM (D. C. 1. c.) quite glabrous; branchlet 

 from compressed to terete; leaves petiolate, oblong, elongated, ta 

 pering to both ends, triple-nerved, and as if they were appendicu- 

 fated beneath at the origin of the lateral nerves ; panicle terminal, 

 much branched ; lobes of calyx 4, obtuse, short. Tj, S>. 

 live of Brazil. Flowers small ; petals oval. Anthers narrowed 

 at the base, and opening by 2 wide pores at the apex. 



peltate. 



Olive-tree Cremanium. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



8 C. GLANDULOSUM (D. C. 1. c.) branches bluntly tetragonal, 

 clothed with whitish tomentum while young ; leaves ovate, 3 

 nerved, entire, strigose above, and beset with glandular rough 

 hairs beneath; racemes terminal; flowers crowded, almost 

 sessile, octandrous, minute. T; . S. Native of Jamaica, on the 

 mountains. Melastoma glandulosa, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 79J. 



Glandular Cremanium. Shrub 3 to 6 ft. 

 * * Flowers decandrous. 



9 C. MEDIUM (D. Don, in mem. wern. soc. 4. p. 313.) stem 

 erect branchlets pilose ; leaves elliptic, acute, serrulated, naked, 

 and shining above, but pilose beneath; thyrse compound; 

 flowers drooping. Jj . S. Native of Peru. Flowers small, 



white. 



Intermediate Cremanium. Shrub. 



10 C. CALOPHY'LLUM (D.Don, 1. c.) stem erect; leaves cu- 

 neate-oblong, coriaceous, glabrous, quite entire, marginate, shin- 

 ing above, but feather-nerved, and finely reticulated beneath ; 

 panicle terminal, much branched. ^ . S. Native of Peru. 

 Melastoma obovata, Pav. in herb. Lam. Leaves like those o 

 a myrtle. Flowers very small, white. Style twice the length 

 of the stamens. 



Beautiful-leaved Cremanium. Shrub. 



1 1 C. LAU'RINUM (D. Don, 1. c.) stem erect ; branchlets 

 pilose ; leaves lanceolate, obtuse, quite entire, 3-nerved, gla- 

 brous above and pilose beneath; panicle racemose; flowers 

 drooping. T? . S. Native of Peru. Flowers small, white. 



Laurel-like Cremanium. Tree. 



12 C. CCERU'LEUM (D. Don, I.e.) stem climbing? branchlets 

 very pilose; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, quite entire, 3-nerved, 

 rough above, but very pilose beneath ; panicle brachiate, hispid. 



Tj . S. Native of Peru. Melastoma coerulea, Pav. in herb. 

 Lamb. Flowers small, white. Berry small, globose, blue. 

 BZwe-berried Cremanium. Shrub cl. 



13 C. C<ELE'STE (D. Don, 1. c.) stem erect; branchlets pow- 

 dery ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, crenulated, 3-nerved, 

 powdery on the under surface ; panicle brachiate ; flowers glo- 

 merate, b . S. Native of Peru. Melastoma ccelestis, Pav. 

 in herb. Lamb. Flowers small, white. Style twice the length 

 of the stamens. 



Sky-blue-bemed Cremanium. Shrub. 



14 C. SE'RRULATUM (D. Don, 1. c.) stem erect ; leaves ellip- 

 tic-oblong, acute, serrulated, 3-nerved, glabrous ; panicle bra- 

 chiate ; flowers glomerate ; style about half the length of the 



stamens. ^ . S. Native of Peru. Melastoma semiliitum, 

 Pav. in herb. Lamb. Flowers small, milk-coloured. 

 Serrulated-leaved Cremanium. Shrub. 



15 C. HISPIDI'SSIMUM (D. C. prod. 3. p. 192.) branchlets 

 terete and are as well as the petioles, peduncles, and calyxes 

 hispid from long, stiff, spreading bristles; leaves petiolate, 

 ovate, short-acuminated, 5-nerved, ciliated, pilose on both sur 

 faces ; thyrse panicled, terminal ; having its.branches spreading. 

 1- S Native of Peru. A very showy species. Lobes of 

 calyx feathered by bristles. Petals 5, oval, obtuse, yell,, :. 

 dried state. Filaments and style beset with glandular bristles. 

 Anthers arched, obtuse, opening by 2 confluent pores, an< 

 ending in 2 short bristles at the base. 



fern-hispid Cremanium. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 

 16 C. PAPILLOSUM (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets terete, and are as 

 well as the petioles and rachis velvety from rather flocky, snort, 

 stellate, crowded down ; leaves ovate, bluntish, 7-nerved, c - 

 ately crenulated, beset with bristles above, which are swollen a 

 the base, but reticulated and covered with hairs beneath ; pa- 

 nicle terminal, many-flowered ; calyx velvety, hardly 5-toothed ; 

 stigma peltate; anthers 2-celled? T? . S. Native of Peru. 

 Melastoma papillosa, Desr. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 48. 

 Papillose Cremanium. Shrub 4 to 5 ft. 

 17 C. RECLINATUM (D. C. 1. c.) quite glabrous and bushy; 

 branchlets reclinate at the apex; leaves petiolate, oval, ,: 

 nerved, quite entire ; thyrse terminal, few-flowered; calyx cam- 

 panulate, hardly 5-toothed. ^ . S. Native of Peru, on Mount 

 Sara<mru, in temperate places. Melastoma rechnatum, Bonpl. 

 mel.t. 48. Petals small, white, obovate. Anthers wedge- 

 shaped, furnished with a simple, membranous appendage behind, 

 and opening by 2 pores at the apex. Stigma capitate, depre 



Berry 3-celled. 



flec/mate-branched Cremanium. Shrub 3 to 5 feet. 



18 C. QUADRANGULA'RE (D. C. 1. c.) branches smootlnsh, te- 

 tragonal ; leaves petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, entire, 

 3-nerved, stiff, glabrous above and rusty beneath ; thyrse pa- 

 nicled, terminal, straight, with its branches opposite and angular ; 

 calyx ovate, cinereous from stellate down, with its lobes ovate, 

 obtuse, and membranous ; stigma capitate. I? . S. Native o 

 Jamaica, on the mountains. Melastoma quadrangulans, Swartz, 

 fl ind. occ. p. 770. The branches, and probably the peduncles, 

 are clothed with minute velvety down when young. Leaves 

 yellowish above ; nerves thick, the lateral ones almost marginal. 

 Anthers opening by 2 pores, according to Swartz. 



Quadrangular-branded Cremanium. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



19 C.? GRANULOSUM (D. C. 1. c.) branches bluntly tetra- 

 gonal, and are as well as the petioles, panicles, and under 



of leaves densely clothed with rusty, powdery, velvety, flocky 

 down- leaves petiolate, oblong-oval, with somewhat revolute 

 margins, hardly toothed, 3-5-nerved, glabrous above ; panicle 

 terminal: having its branchlets opposite with the flowers 

 crowded at their tops. Tj . S. Native of New Granada, in 

 shady woods near Ybague. Melastoma granulosum, Bonpl. 

 mel t 12. Limb of calyx 5-toothed, drawn out beyond the 

 ovarium ; having the teeth spurred on the outside. Petals oval, 

 white. Anthers bearing 2 short auricles at the base, b 

 bluntish and opening by 2 pores at the apex. Stigma capital 

 Ovarium a little toothed at the apex. Allied to C. quadran- 



gulare. 



Granular Cremanium. Shrub 10 to 15 feet. 



20 C.? ASPERGILLA^RE (D. C. prod. 3. p. 193.) branchlets 

 terete, and are as well as the petioles, panicles, and under side 

 of leaves clothed with rufous stellate tomentum ; leaves on short 

 petioles, oblong-oval, serrulated, 3-nerved, glabrous above; 

 panicle short, thyrsoid ; having its branches opposite, and bear- 

 in^ the flowers in tufts at their tops. J? . S. Native of Quito, 



