ro: it grows about 
g produces its elegant 
a terminal branching panicle ; 
they are of 1 nen, but as they are 
the whole laste a considerable while. Their 
season is the latter part of the summer and 
autumn. The leaves have a kind of satin-like 
gloss on their surface, occasioned by minute 
hairs, which produce a singular and beau- 
tiful effect. The plant requires the stove 
heat and is a free grower, but does not 
seem as if it would be very long lived : 
is increased by cuttings, and loves a sa 
loamy soil. 
Although the genus is omn in the 
the ei ; this 
differing from Melastoma only 
vessel. 
