MELASTOMACtf,*. 50 



5-nerved, strigoso-hirsute above, reticulated and 

 tomentose beneath, panicles terminal, flowers 

 odandrous, calycine teeth 4, petals 4 oblong 

 with the margin undulated purple, anthers acu- 

 minate, berry — ? ^ 



Melastoma hispidum, Swartz, FL Ind. Occ. 831 - 



H A B. Mountains. 



FL. ? 



A shrub. Leaves without a pair of marginal nerve*, 

 somewhat thick : petioles hirsute. Branches of the pani- 

 cle loose. Flowers rather large, purple. Teeth of the 

 calyx short, erect, hairy. Filaments 8, short : anthers acu- 

 minate. Ovary strigose ! style ascending, incrassated : 

 stigma acuminate. 



This species has been seen only by Swartz. The des- 

 cription is very imperfect. 



5. Tetrazygia discolor. Discoloured-leaved 

 Tetrazygia. 



Branches petioles panicles and under surface 

 of the young leaves white with a short sub-floc- 

 cose stellated pubescence, leaves ovali-acuminate 

 5-nerved glabrous on the upper surface repando- 

 subdenticulated, cyme terminal paniculato-corym- 

 bose 3-chotomous, calycine teeth 4 short obtuse, 

 petals oval obtuse. 



Arbor Americana quinquenervia, foliis amplissimisr 

 prona parte albicantibus. Pluk. Aim. t. 264. f. 4. — 

 Grossularise fructu non spinoso malabathri foliis subtus 

 niveis. Shane, Hist. II. p. 86. t. 198. t. 1. — Melastoma 

 discolor, Swartz, Obs. 178. — J acq. Amer, 130. t. 84. 



HAB. Road to Guanaboa. Shane, 

 P L. ? 



According to Jacquin the flowers are small. Calyx 

 subrotund where it is adnate to the ovary ; contracted at 

 the throat ; with the limb qundrangulari-campanulate, 4- 

 toothed. Petals yellow, oblong, truncated. Stamens 8 r 

 declinate. Berry crowned with the calyx, 4-celled 

 seeds numerous, minute, with the juice purple. The 

 shape of the calyx resembles that ascribed to Harrsua. 



