MELASTOMACE^. LXXVIII. CREMANRM. 



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twecn Delay and Cucnca. Melastoma aspergillaris, Bonpl. 

 el. t. 19. Calyx bluntly 5-toothed. Petals roundish, white, 

 nthers oval, opening by 2 pores ? at the apex. Stigma 

 thickish. Berry 3-celled. 



Roughish Cremanium. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



21 C. LEDIFOLIUM (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets terete, and are as 

 well as the petioles, peduncles, and under side of leaves densely 

 clothed with stellate down ; leaves hardly petiolate, oblong, with 

 revolute edges, and hence nearly linear, obtuse, coriaceous, 1- 

 nerved, glabrous on the upper surface, except on the nerve ; 

 thyrse spike-formed, axillary, and terminal, few-flowered ; 

 calyx cainpnnulate, rather velvety, bluntly 5-toothed. T; . S. 

 Native of Chimboraco. Petals small, obovate. Anthers 2- 

 celled. Stigma hardly dilated. 



Ledum-leaved Cremanium. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



22 C. GLABK'RUIMUM (D. C. 1. c.) quite glabrous ; branches 

 nearly terete ; leaves oval or obovate, triple-nerved, quite entire, 

 beset with glandular dots above, each terminating in a very 

 short acumen ; panicle terminal ; bracteas small, linear ; calyx 

 globose, with 5 short, acute teeth. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in 

 woods between Lorena and St. Paul. Melastoma dimorphum, 

 Schrank et Mart. mss. Habit of C. milleflbrum. Dots on leaves, 

 elongated, yellow, small, and scattered. Flowers small, white. 

 Anthers oblong, obtuse, opening by 2 pores at the apex, each 

 furnished with a slender connective. Style dilated and rather 

 tube-formed at the apex. 



Very smooth Cremanium. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



23 C. MINUTIFLORUM (D. C. 1. c.) glabrous, except in the 

 young parts, which are furnished with scattered dots of white 

 flocky down ; branches obscurely tetragonal ; leaves elliptic- 

 oblong, acuminated, rather serrulated, 3-nerved, besides the 

 marginal nervules ; panicle terminal. f? . S. Native of Brazil, 

 in woods at Capoeira. Melastoma minutiflorum, Schrank et 

 Mart. mss. but not of Bonpl. The leaves are yellowish when 

 in a dry state. Anthers oval, obtuse, opening by 2 pores. 

 Style short, dilated at the apex. Flowers small ; petals oval. 

 Habit of the following species. 



Minute-flowered Cremanium. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



24 C. MILLEFLORUM (D. C. 1. c.) quite glabrous ; leaves pe- 

 tiolate, obovate, short-acuminated, 3-nerved, quite entire at the 

 base, but serrulated in the upper part ; panicle terminal, much 

 branched. ^ S. Native of Brazil, in the province of St. 

 Paul, in marshes. Melastoma milleflorum, Schrank et Mart, 

 mss. Branches tetragonal. Leaves 1|^ inch long. Herb yel- 

 lowish when dried. Flowers hardly the size of those of a 

 Galium, white or red. Calyx with a hemispherical tube, and 

 5 small teeth. Petals obovate, obtuse. Genitals exserted a 

 little ; articulation of connective hardly evident. Anthers 10, 

 clavate, truncate, beakless, opening by 2 pores. 



Thousand-flowered Cremanium. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



25 C. OLIGOTRICHUM (D. C. 1. c.) branches bluntly somewhat 

 tetragonal ; leaves oval, acute, 3-nerved, besides the marginal 

 nervules, glabrous on both surfaces in the adult state, and very 

 bluntly crenated, ciliated from bristles, which rise from the 

 notches ; petioles bearing a few bristles at the apex ; panicle 

 terminal, many-flowered. Ij . S. Native of Mexico. The leaves, 

 when young, are covered with scattered, stellate down on the 

 tinder surface. Petals retuse, nearly emarginate. Calyx dotted, 

 when examined by a lens, with the teeth very short. 



Few-haired Cremanium. Shrub 4 to G feet. 



26 C. TINCTORIUM (D. C. 1. c.) quite glabrous ; branches 

 nearly terete, furnished with crowded bristles at the knots ; 

 leaves petiolate, oval-oblong, rather acuminated, serrulated, 3- 

 nerved, coriaceous, shining ; thyrse panicled, terminal, crowded ; 

 petals G, orbicular. 1? . S. Native of Peru. The leaves are 

 yellowish, and the whole shrub is used for dyeing yellow by the 



Peruvians. Calyx bluntly G-toothcd. Stamens rather shorter 

 than the petals. Anthers short, cuneated, very blunt, opening 

 by 2 wide pores at the apex. Stigma peltate. Berry or cap- 

 sule hardly baccate. Seeds ovate, angular, with a linear hylum. 

 Dyer's Cremanium. Shrub 4 to G feet. 



27 C. CROCEUM (D. C, prod. 3. p. 194.) branches terete, 

 glabrous; leaves petiolate, ovate, a little serrated at the apex, 

 5-nerved, glabrous, 3 of the nerves are larger than the other 

 two, and bearded at their origin ; petioles rather pilose ; panicles 

 terminal, trichotomous ; calyx turbinate, 5-toothed. ij . S. 

 Native of Peru. Melastoma crocea, Desr. in Lam. diet. 4. 

 p. 55. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 302. exclusive of the variety from 

 Hispaniola. 



Coj^er-coloured Cremanium. Shrub. 



28 C. THE'EZAKS (D. C. 1. c.) quite glabrous; branchlets 

 terete ; leaves petiolate, lanceolate-oval, a little toothed, 5- 

 nerved ; thyrse terminal, having its branchlets crowded with 

 flowers ; calyx campanulate, hardly erose. 1? . S. Native of 

 temperate places about Popayan. Melastoma Theezans, Bonpl. 

 mel. t. 9. Flowers white, scented in the evening. Petals ~>, 

 oval. Anthers opening by 2 pores, and minutely appendiculated 

 at the base. At Popayan the leaves of this plant are infused 

 and drank in place of tea by the inhabitants. 



Tea Cremanium. Tree 12 to 20 ft. 



29 C. LATECRENA'TUM (D. C. 1. c.) smoothish ; branches 

 nearly terete ; leaves petiolate, broad-lanceolate, acuminated, 

 broadly and bluntly crenated, 5-nerved, beset with stellate 

 powdery down on the nerves beneath ; panicle terminal, clothed 

 with powdery tomentum ; calyx with a globose tube and a 5- 

 toothed deciduous limb. f? . S. Native of Brazil, in the 

 province of Bahia, in bogs on hills. Very like Melastoma 

 pyramidule, Bonpl. t. 21. but the crenae of the leaves are broad 

 and beardless, not acute and ciliated. Meldstoma pyramidiile, 

 Mart, et Schrank, mss. 



Broad-crenated-\eaved Cremanium. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



30 C. iN^EauA^Lis (D. C. I. c.) branchlets from compressed 

 to terete, and are as well as the panicles velvety from short, 

 deciduous, stellate down when young, but at length becoming 

 glabrous ; leaves petiolate, oblong, acuminated, sharply and 

 unequally serrated, but entire at the base and apex, 3-nerved ; 

 panicle terminal, much branched ; branches opposite. ^ . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in dark woods in the province of St. Paul. 

 Melastoma biserratum, Schrank et Mart. mss. Fruit globose, 

 furrowed, a little larger than a mustard seed. Style short, 

 crowned by an orbicular peltate stigma. Seeds angular. 



E/ne</Ma/-leaved Cremanium. Shrub. 



31 C. PUSILLIFLORUM (D. C. 1. c.) branchlets at first rather 

 compressed, but at length terete, and are as well as the petioles 

 and under side of leaves rather scabrous from distant, deci- 

 duous tufts of small, stellate down, the rest glabrous ; leaves 

 petiolate, oblong, acuminated, membranous, nearly quite entire, 

 3-nerved, besides the marginal nervules, glabrous ; panicle ter- 

 minal, divaricate, much branched ; lobes of calyx 5, short, 

 acute, deciduous. T; . S. Native of Brazil, in woods. Me- 

 lastoma pusilliflorum, Mart, et Schrank, mss. Flowers small, 

 white. Anthers oblong, obtuse, each with a slender connective. 

 Style filiform. Fruit globose. Seeds smooth, angular. 



Small-florvered Cremanium. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



32 C. ? PANICULA'TUM (D. C. I.e.) branchlets compressed, at 

 length terete, and are as well as the petioles and nerves of leaves, 

 when young, rather scabrous from small, distant, stellate tufts 

 of down ; the rest glabrous ; leaves petiolate, oblong, acumin- 

 ated, nearly quite entire, almost glabrous, 3-nerved, besides the 

 marginal nervules ; panicle terminal, loose, oblong ; calyx beset 

 with rather scabrous down : the lobes 5, acute, narrowed, erect, 

 permanent. Ij . S. Native of Brazil, near Villa Ricca. Me- 



