MELANOMA 2E;E. 81 



A shrub about 8 feet in height : branches ferrugineo- 



tomentose, with a red tinge. Leaves about 4 inches long, 

 and rather more than 2 broad, glabrous above, incano- 

 tomentose and rufescent along the nerves beneath : peti- 

 ole about an inch in length. Thyrse terminal, rather 

 longer than the leaves: branches short, subdivided with 

 a sessile flower at the bifurcation ; the other flowers 

 partly sessile and partly subsessile. Peduncle and its 

 subdivisions rufesccnti-tomentose. Bracteoles minuts, 

 deciduous. Calyx incano-tomentulose, globose where it 

 covers the ovary to which it is only pnrtially adnate : 

 teeth 5, obscure, obtuse : throat furnished internally with 

 a projecting ledge for the insertion of the petals and sta- 

 mens. Petals 5, obtuse, externally incano-tomentulose 

 and ciliated, reflected. Stamens 10, purp]e : filaments, 

 taeniaform : anthers one pored. Ovary umbilicated : style 

 minutely hispidulous with the hairs directed forwards, 

 erect, elongated: stigma depressed. Berry dry, 4- 

 celled ? seeds minute, angular. 



6. Miconia elata. Large leaved Miconia, 



Branchlets angulato-sulcated ferrugineo-tomen- 

 tose, leaves oblong acute serrulato-denticulated 

 5-nerved glabrous and of a dull green above fer- 

 rugineo-tomentose beneath, flowers decandrous, 

 calyx subcampanulate minutely 5-toothed, stig- 

 ma incrassated depressed, berry minute. 



Melastoma, elata, Swariz, Fl. Ind. Occ. 781. — Miconia 

 elata, DC. Prod. III. 182. 



HAB. High Mountains. 



FL. ? 



A tree, 30-40 feet in height. Leaves |-1 foot in length, 

 coriaceous : petiole an inch in length. Flowers small, 

 white, crowded, sessile. — Swartz. 



7. Miconia argentea. Silvery leaved Miconia. 



Branchlets compressed decidedly 4-sided and 

 sulcated rufesccnti-farinosc, leaves elliptic acute 



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