26. 



Folia petiolata, opposita, ovata vel clliptico-ovata, quadri-quinquepolhcaria, acu- 

 minata; acumine scsquipollicari , trinervia praetcr ncrvos marginalcs , utrinquc gla- 

 bcrrima: subtus pallidc viridia , ncrvis venisquc exstantibus. 



Petioli pollicares & ultra, subtus carinati. 



Pedunculi terminales, terni: intcrmcdius robustior 8c sub prima ramificatione utrinque 

 folium lineare, pollicare: rami di - trichotomi , fastigiati, compressiusculi , apicc 

 dilatati. 



Calvx subglobosus, magnitudine fcrc Pipcris nigri , margine persistcntc, quadrilobo: 



lobis rotundatis. 

 Pctala quatuor, oblonga, obtusa, vix unguicularia. 

 Stamina o&o, longitudinc corollac. Antherae hnearts. 

 Stylus corolla parum brevior. Stigma obtusum. 



A Melast. cocctnea, cui affinis, diflert: tota glabra, praesertim autem pedunculis pedi- 

 cellisque aequalibus net nodosii. 



^IELASTOMA nigricans, foliis elhptico • ovatis integerrirrus glabns , ramis tn- 



quetris incanis, paniculae terminalis pcduncuhs trichotomis. 

 Mdastoma trichotoma : latviuscuta fvliis lato - ovalibus , acuminatis , triphnerviis , integerrimis J 



paniculis trichotutnis amplis, terminalibus. La Marck. DiCL Encycl. Tom. 4. p. 53. 



fide hcrb. La Marck. 

 Habitat in Martinica. von Rohr. fj 



Rami superne compresso-triquctri, c pulverc subtilissimo griseo-rufcscente tomentosi. 



Folia pcuolata, opposita, lato-oblonga, acuminata, intcgcrrima, lacvia. utrinque 

 glabcrrima, supra exsiccationc nigra, subtus pallida, trincrvia practcr ncrvos mar- 

 ginalcs: in adultioribus ncrvi trausvcrsi rcmoti; spithamaca, uu in quam plurunis spc- 

 cicbus gcneris opposito duplo minore. 



Petioli polhcares 8c ultra, supra canaliculati, subtus convcxi, rufcsccntc-tomcntosi. 



Panicula. terminalis, spithamaea; pedunculus uti pedicetli e pulvcrc subiilissimo dcnso 

 rufescente-tomcntosi, altcrnatim comprcssi. Peiunculi partiales rcmoti, oppositi, 

 patcntissimi, sursum sensim breviorcs, infcriores quater circitcr trichotomi, supcriorcs 

 scnsim minus compositi , ultimi trifiori; floribus latcrahbus scssihbus, intcrmcdio pe- 

 dicellato. BraStae minutae sub floribus. Flores minuti* 



