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tola (Eggers n. 3194), ins. S. Crucis (Horneman), ins. S. Thomas 
(Oersted), ins. Trinitatis (Sieber n. ANN 
© 1. T. discolor (DC.! 1. e. 172); ramis junioribus petiolis panieulis 
foliisque subtus tenuissime stellato-puberulis; foliis magnis, ovato- 
lanceolatis, basi rotundatis, apice longe acuminatis, integerrimis, 
5-nerviis; calycis dentibus brevibus, obtusiuseulis. — Naud. 1. e. 344. 
— Melastoma discolor L. Spec. 560; Jacq. Ie. Amer. 130, tab, 84, Ic. 
Piet. 65, tab. 125; L.-C. Rich. in Bonpl. Mélast. 76, tab. 34. — M. 
acuminata Vahl! Ecl. I, tab. 7. — M. eleagnoides Sieb.! Exsiec. 
(non Sw.). — M. argyrata Presl ex Steud. Nom. Bot. — M. Christo- 
phorianum Hamilt. Prodr. Fl. Ind. oec. 37; DC. L c. 200. — Sloan. 
Hist. Jam. tab. 198, fig. 1; Pluk. Almag. t. 264, f. 4; Plum. Ic. t. 42, 
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Frutex 1-4 m. altus, ramis gracilibus. Petiolus 2-8 cm. longus, graci- 
lis. Folia membranacea, subtus canescentia, 1-2 dm. longa, '/,-1 dm. 
lata. Paniculæ 4-8 em. longæ. Calyx leviter furfuraceus, 3 mm. lon- 
gus. Petala spurco-alba flava vel dilute purpurascentia, subtruncata, 
2-3 mm. longa. Antheræ oblongs, 1 '/,-1?/, mm. longs. Stylus fili- 
formis, purpureus, 6-7 mm. longus. Bacca nigra, globosa, 4-5 mm. 
crassa. 
In ins. Guadalupa (Perrottet, L'Herminier, Duchassaing), Domi- 
nica (Imray, Eggers), Martinica (Sieber n. U7, Steinheil, Belanger 
n. 103, Hahn n. 240 et 461), S. Vincent (Guilding, Anderson, Caley, 
Eggers n. 6557), Trinitatis (Sieber n. 61); in Guiana gallica (Leblond). 
8. 'T. villosa; ramis junioribus petiolis pedunculis foliisque subtus 
ad nervos dense plumoso-villosis; foliis magnis, anguste ovatis vel 
ovato-oblongis, basi rotundatis, apice longiuscule acuminatis, margine 
remotiuscule subulato-dentieulatis, 5-7-nerviis vel 5-plinerviis; calyce 
truncato vel obscure dentieulato. — T. discolor, var. 8. villosa Griseb.! 
l. e. 255. 
* Arbor excelsa » (Eggers), ramis robustiuseulis. Petiolus 2-6 em. 
longus, robustus. Folia submembranacea, subtus eanescentia, 1 '/,- 
2 dm. longa, 6-12 em. lata. Paniculæ */,-1 '/, dm. longse. Calyx den- 
siuscule furfuraceus, 3 mm. longus. Petala truncata vel subretusa, 
2 mm. longa. Antherz oblongs, 1*/, mm. longs. Stylus filiformis, 
Pürpurascens, 7-8 mm. longus. Bacca nigra, globosa, 4 mm. crassa. 
In Dominica (Imray in herb. Griseb., Eggers n. 497 in herb. 
Bruxell., Boiss., Gotting.). 
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