268 MELASTOMACEiE. 



down ; leaves oval or ovate, bluntisb, rounded at the base, Bubtriplinerred, glabrous, glabre- 

 Bcent on the ribs beneath ; panicle contracted, interrupted : clusters of flowers 3-1-flowered 

 on the primary branches and, equalling them ; calyx-tube obsoletely furrovped, glabrescent ; 

 petals clavired j anthers 10, with the terminal ^or« not partitioned; ovary . . . : stigma mi- 

 nute. — Melastoma, Vahl. — Leaves 6"-8" long, papery, entire or repand : petiole l"-2"loug; 

 panicle shorter than the leaves : the axis rusty-tomentose ; calyx campanulate, 3"'-4"' long : 

 the limb entire or obsoletely lohed ; anthers vrithout appendages at the base : cells exceeding 

 the connective. — Bonpland's Melastoma cordato-ovalis {Mel. t. 49), a species neglected by 

 subsequent authors, gives an idea of the habit of our plant, though differing in its more 

 compound inflorescence. — Hab. Dominica !, Bnr. 



Sect. 3. Aekhenotoma. — Anthers ovate'Oilong : cells separated by a lo7t,gitvdinal furrom : 

 pores 2, terminal. — Panicle corymbiform, with the central flowers stallsed. 



59. M. angustifolia, Gr. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, trinerved, glabrescent 

 above, white beneath with powdery down, 'as are the branchlets ; primary branches of the 

 panicle 7-3-flowered : the alar flowers as long as their pedicel ; calyx-tnbe not furrowed, 

 powdery; anthers 8, nodding; ovary 4-looular : stigma minute. — Fahl, Ic.Amer.t. 26. 

 Bowpt. Mel. t. 10. — Melastoma, Sw,. Tetrazygia, DC. — A shrub ; leaves 14"-2" long, 

 crowded, entire ; petiole 2"'-6"' long ; panicle shorter than the uppermost leaves ; calyx 

 about 1'" long : tnbe ovate : teeth triangular ;' petals whitish, equalling the length of the 

 calyx; style exserted. — Hab. Jamaica (Ste.); Montserrat, Dominica !, /mr. ; Trinidad!, 

 Sie6. Tr. 127 ; Lockh. ; [French islands]. 



Sect. 3. Hautigta. — Artthers ohlong : cells separated by a longitudinal furrow : pore par- 

 titioned or single^ anterior on the obliquely truncate top. Seeds obovate. — Panicle in- 

 terrupted, subcontracted : flowers serial, on subscorpioid branchlets ; bracts blunt, fringed ; 

 stigma included. 



60. ra. racemosa, DC. Leaves glabrous or glabrescent, elliptical or oblong, trinerved, 

 ciliate, petioled ; panicle interrupted : flowers unilateral on the branchlets ; calyx-tube at 

 Xea^Ha. furrowed ; anthers 10, with the pore partitioned; ovary 3(-5)-locular: stigma mi- 



^ nnte. — Bon/pl. Mel. t. 27. — Melastoma, Aubl., Mey. M. Usseq. I Hartigia spectabilis, Miq. 

 I Mic. circumsecta, verticiUata, et serrulata, Macf.-^A. shrub, 3'-10' high, very variable in 

 the form of the leaves : branchlets obtuse-angled, at length cylindrical, very glabrous, but 

 usually setose at the nodes ; leaves 4"-6" long, papery, polished (but the nerves impressed 

 on the upper and prominent on the under side), denticulate or repand; calyx-tube semiglo- 

 bose, glabrous : teeth minute ; petals white or red, l"'-2"' long : anthers tumid at the base ; 

 berry purple or black. 



o. Leaves elliplical-oblong, or oval. 



0. ciliata, DC. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, usually bluntish on both ends. — Bonpl. Mel. 

 t. 28. — Hartigia oblongifolia, Miq. Micon. calophylla, Crueg. I — The common, West In- 

 dian form. 



Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., Al, to Trinidad!, Zockh., Sch., Pd., Cr., in open and woody situ- 

 ations ; [Haiti and Mexico to Guiana !, Brazil 1 and Peru]. 



61. M. lacera, iVawe?. Branches bearded ; leaves ovate or obloiig-lanceolate, trinerved, 

 crenate, ciliate and with scattered hairs on the surface, petioled ; panicle interrupted, 



j^ bearded and downy t flowers unilateral on the branchlets ; calyx-tube not furrowed : limb 

 r spreading, with the duplicated teeth triangular and torn, fringed with long hairs; anthers 

 10-12; ovary 3(-5)-locular: stigma mintite.— Bonpl. Mel. t. 5.— Clidemia, DC. Mic. 

 villosissima, Crueg. .'—A shrub, 6^-8' high : the hairs, which cover the branchlets and the 

 panicle, soft, very long (usuaUy 4"'-5"'), somewhat scattered, rusty or " almost black ;" 

 calyx-tube semiglobose; petals white, l"'-2<" long, exceeded by the hairs of the calyx.— 

 Hab. Trinidad I, lockh., Pd., Cr., in open and moist situations ; [Martinique ; Mexico ! to 

 Ecuador I and equat. Brazil I]. 



12. EUIIYCH.I1NIA, Gr. 

 (Miconise sp., DC, Naud) 

 Ca^« turbinate or semiglobose: limb reduced; teeth short, bluntish or obsolete. An- 



