246 MELASTOMACE^. 



4. H. snccosa, BO. Leaves oval or obovate, bluntish at the base ; calyx-tube Isnlarged 

 at the top, mnch longer than the 5-paHed limb ; anther-cells thickened towards the base and 

 twice as thick as the connective ; style hairy. — Jubl. t. 162. — An arborescent shrab, 15'- 

 20' high : down yellowish-rusty ; leaves 4"-10" long, triplinerved, pointleted, strigose, with 

 short hairs on both sides, glabrescent above, pale beneath ; fascicles 5-1-floWered ; calyx 

 strigose : tube 4"'-5"' long, divisions roundish and bearing minute exterior teeth below the 

 top; petals downy beneath, obovate, mucronate; ovary 5-lOcular; berry violet. — Had. 

 Triniekd !, Cnieg. ; [Guiana, Brazil]. 



5. H. ramiflora, DC. {non Maef.). Leaves obovate, tapering towards the base; calyx- 

 tube at length contracted at the top, as long as the h-lobed or repand limb ; anther-cells at 

 the base as thick as the connective; style glabrous. — Plukn. Aim. t. 249./. 2: a single 

 leaf. — Melastoma, Sio. Henriettea grandifolia, Maef. (exclus. syn. Br.). — A tree ; leaves 4" 

 10" long, triplinerved, pointleted, glabrescent above, rough and yellowish with appressed 

 hairs beneath ; fascicles 5-1 -flowered; calyx strigose : tube scarcely 2'" long, lobes rounded ; 

 petals downy beneath, obovate, mucronate ; ovary 5-locular. — Hab. Jamaica !, March, in 

 woods, 



4. OSSJiA, DO. reform. 



(Sagrseffi sp,, Naud.) 



Calyx shortly carapantilate : limb short, spreading, repand. Anthers 8(-10), oblong", 

 blunt, inflexed above the ovary, opening with a single pore : filaments articulated at the 

 knee with the inflexed, connectivaL tail : cells distinct, each with a longitudinal furrow. 

 Ovary adherent, crowned with a glabrons, furrowed neck : style slender, with a small, capi- 

 tate stigma. Seeds obovate. — Shrubs, rough with a short hispid down, or scattered bris- 

 tles on the younger, tetragonal branchlets ; leaves comparatively large, petioled ; flowers 

 lateral, fascicled: pedicels simple; petals 4 (-'o), pointed, forming a conical body in the 

 bad. 



6. O. fascicularis, Qr. Branchlets rusty-hispid ; leaves elliptical, tapering at the 

 base, pointed, rusty-hispid on the ribs beneath ; fascicles many-flowered; anthers oblong- 

 linear, tapering upwards ; tail thickish, much shorter than the cells ; ovary 4-5-locular. — 

 Melastoma, Sm. I Sagrtea, DC. Staphidiastrum, Naud. Sagrsea acntiflora, Naud.par- 

 tim. Henriettea ramiflora, Maef. I {non DC): a glabrescent form. — A slirub, 6'-10'^feet 

 high, leafy at the top of branches ; leaves 4"-6" long, eminently triplinerved, entire, cili- 

 ated and roughish on both sides with scattered minute hairs : petiole 6"'-12"' long"; pedi- 

 cels 2"'-3"' long, about the length of the flower ; calyx glabrous, 1^'" long ; petals of the 

 same length, white, ovate-lanceolate, taper-pointed. — Hab, Jamaica !, Pd., Al., in ^amp 

 woods of the central and western districts. 



7. O. lateriflora, DC. Branchlets glabrous; leaves elliptical, tapering at the base, 

 pointleted, at length ^/fliroa*: fascicles 3-many-flowered ; anthers oblong, blunt : tail as long 

 as the cells; ovai-y 4-locular. — Melastoma, Vahl. 0. sparsiflora, DO. S^sea, THaud. 

 Clidemia, Or. — Leaves 2i''-3" long, triplinerved, subentire, suboUiated, in the adult state 

 quite glabrous : petiole 4"'-8"' long, pedicels 2'" long, as long as the berry ; calyx glabrous ; 

 petals pointed. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. ; Montserrat, in mountain-woods ; [Guadeloupe !, 

 Venezuela !]■ 



5. CLIDEMIA, Don; Naud. (I. c. IT. p. 338. reform.). 



(Staphidium, Naud. ; 17. p. 305. StapWdiastrnm, Naud. ; 17. p. 335. Sagrsea, DO., Naud). 



Calyx campanulate or aemiglobose ; lobes 5-4 (-6), subulate, usually spreading (rarely 

 reduced, with apoint). Antliers ?i-\(i (-12), linear, sometimes broader, opening with 1 (-2) 

 terminal pores : cells connected. Ovary bearing usually terminal bristles or a minute dowu. 

 Seeds oval, or sometimes pyramidal. — Shrubs, usually hispid; cymes or clusters axillary, 

 chiefly towards the top of branchlets [or terminal). 



Sect. 1. Stephanotmohum. — Anthers linear, inflexed to the bottom of the calyx. 

 Bristles on the insertion-line of the stamens. Cymes axillary. 



8. CI. hirta, Bon. Branches and petioles pilose with long, rusty hairs ; leaves ovate- 

 ohlong or ovate ; cymes subsessile, corymbiform, equalling the petiole ; calyx densely pilose : 



