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Rami tctragoni, supernc crassitie pcnnae scriptoriac: juniores compressi, altero latcre 

 convcxiores, altero planiores , uti pedunculi & calyces pulvcre dcnso ferrugineo-to- 

 mcntosi, scabriusculi. 



Folia sessilia, remota, pedalia, sex vel ofto pollices lata, basi cordata, inferne versus 

 parum angustata, apice acuminata, dcnticulata, quinquenervia praeter nervos mar- 

 ginales : nervi supra ad basin saepe tomentosi; supra aetate nitida , glabra, exsicca- 

 tione nigra; juniora utrinque tomentosa. 



Pedunculi axillares, spithamaei, alternatim compressi, ere&i: Partiates oppositi, paten- 

 tissimi, distantes , infimi iterum ramosi, superiores sensim breviores Sc minus di- 

 visi. Bracteae sub ramificationibus , subulatae. Flores parvi, scssiles, copiosi, per 

 intervalla glomcrato-subverticillati. 



Calyx globosus: ore coardlato , truncato. 



Petala parva, oblonga. 



Bacca magnitudine Piperis nigri, sulcata. 



MELASTOMA compressa, foliis oblongis intcgerrimis subtus incanis ncrvis 

 ramis petiolisque ferrugineis, racemis verticillatis pedicellis umbcllatis. 



Melastoma dodecandra: foliis ouatis quinqueneruiis integerrimis , subtus tomentosis; paniculae 

 ramis lateralibus subfasciculatis. La Marck Dift. Encyclop. Tom. 4. p. 46. fide herb. 

 La Marck. 



Habitat in Caribaeis ; incolis bois quarrc dicla. von Rohr. 5 

 Rami fcrrugineo tomentosi, supcrne comprcssi. 



Folia pctiolata, opposita, quinque- vcl sexpollicaria , oblonga, utrinque acuta , quin- 

 quenervia, supra glaberrima, subtus incana, ncrvis vcnisquc fcrruginco pulvcrulcntis. 

 Peliolus angulatus, fcrrugineus, saepe supra pilis fcrrugincis hirtus. 

 Pedunculi terminalcs, gcmini cum ramo ultcrius cxcresccntc pedunculisque multoties 

 longiore, comprcssi, grisco tomcntosi : Partiales quinque in singulo pcdunculo, um- 

 bellati , apicc dilatati , struftura & colore pedunculi communis, triflori. Flores omnes 

 pcdiccllati, antc explicationcm obovati, inclusi braStea diphylla, oblonga, ad basin 

 calycisinscrta, decidua, cincrco-pulverulcnta. 

 CALYXovalis, flavcsccns, glabcr: Limbo plano, subintcgro. 

 Petala quinquc, lanccolata. 



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