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Habitat in Montserrat. Ryan. ^ 

 Frutex tripcdalis. 



Rami uti rcliquac partcs plantac glabri , subdichotomi , tcretiusculi , apicc obscurc 



tctragoni, cortice cincrci, cicatricati, ad cicatriccs subirodosL 

 Folia supcrne in ramulis, opposita, pctiolata, pendcntia, sacpe palmaria, basi subo- 



vata, lanceolata, integerrima, in acumen longum scnsim attcnuata, mcmbranacca, 



utrinquc glaberrima, trinervia absque ner\'0 marginali, nervi & vcnac majorcs ple- 



rumque purpurascentes, raro flavcsccntcs. 

 Pttioti laxi , pollicarcs. 



Rackmus tcrminalis, creclus, bi- quinquepollicaris. Ptdunculus opc Icntis subfarinosus: 

 partialti oppositi, diitantes, pateutes; infimi ptdictltit tubraccmo&is, rcliqui triflori, 

 florc intermcdio sessili , semiunguicularcs. BraZtat ininutuc , uti pcdunculus & pcdU 

 cclli purpurasccntes. 



Florti parvi, calyptrati: catyptra bemisphacrica , dccidua; intcrdum ad altcrum latus 



calycis pcndcns. 



Calyx campanulatus, truncatus, intcrdum obscurc bi- sivc trilobus , viridi-flavcsccns, 



glabcr. 

 Pttala cuneiformia, 

 Stamina deccm. 



MELASTOMA elovgata, foliis ovato-lanceolatis atfenuato-clongatis glaberri- 



mis cxtrorsuin remote dcntatis, racemis tcrminalbus subiimplicibus. 

 Mdastoma acuminata: fotiis ovatj-tanctolatii txmisitt acuminatii , undato- mbdtntatii , tripli- 



ntrviii , floribur paniculatit ttrminalibui. La Marck Encl. 4. p. 54. fidc hcrb. la Marck. 

 Habitat in Montserrat. Ryan. ^ 



Rami terctiusculi, glabcrrimi, tcnues: ramuU oppositi, ba*i tctragoni , supernc alterna- 

 tim compressi, ferrugineo-pulverulcnti. 



Folia opposita, petiolata, remota, sacpe spithamaea vel parum ultra, infra mcdium 

 sesquipollicem lata, opposito saepe duplo vel triplo minore, tencra, patentissima , basi 

 obtusa, extrorsum sensim valdc attcnuata, apicem versus rcmotc dcntata, trinervia , 

 absque ncrvo marginali, nervi latcralcs rarius supra basin orti vix tamcn triplincrvia 

 nervi trans vcrsales rcmoti , tenuissime venosa, glaberrima, laevia. 



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