melastomacejE. S3 



which are deciduous. Bracteae, the largest, ovate, acumi- 

 nate, about 4 lines in length ; the smaller ones lanceolate. 

 Calyx spherical where it adheres to the ovury, externally 

 hoary and stellato-tomentulose : tube 6-toothed, inter- 

 nally marked with 12 scars indicating the insertion of the 

 Stamens, and 6 exterior to them, that of the petals. Pe- 

 tals 6, white. Berry when ripe 12-costate, 6 celled, size 

 of a pea: seeds minute, ovoid, slightly cuneate, brown, 

 with the surface minutely granular. 



This is a large-leaved rank-looking shrub, delighting in 

 damp places. The bracteae are not so regular as to per- 

 mit its being placed under Diplochita. 



Sect. hi. eumicojwji. 



Calycine tube obovate or turbinate, not glo- 

 bose. Flowers not arranged in a series. 



9. Miconia iinpetiolaris. Apetiolar Miconia. 



Branches panicles and under surface of the 

 leaves tomentoso-farinose with the hairs ferru- 

 ginous and stellated, leaves sessile semiamplexi- 

 caul oblong narrowing and subcordate at the 

 base acuminate subdenticulated 5-nerved besides 

 a very obscure marginal pair glabrous above, 

 thyrse terminal panicled, flowers sessile, calyx 

 obovate with 5 very short teeth. 



Melastoma impetiolaris, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. 788. 



HAB. Port Royal Mountains. Near Bath. The Mo- 

 neague, Dr. Alexander. 



FL. January— May. 



A shrub about 8 feet in height : branches few, subsim- 

 ple, tetragonal towards the extremity. Leaves very 

 large, about a foot in length, and 5 inches in breadth, 

 5 nerved with an indistinct marginal pair. Thyrse termi- 

 nal, of nearly the same length as the leaves : branches sub- 

 tetragonal, farinoso-tomenlulose, ferruginous : flowers 

 small, white, crowded, subsessile. Calyx externally farino- 

 so-tomentulose : tube short, with the throat crimson : teeth 

 minute, situated externally below the margin. Petals 



