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rotundatee : radicula cylindracea, crassa, obtusa, cotyledo- 
nibus longior, centripeta. 
SufFrutices {Amer. j^quin.) hirsutisslmi. Rami tetra- 
gonL Folia crenata petiolata, 3 v. 5-nervia, scepe disparia. 
Flores axillares v. terminales, albi aut rosei, verticillati aut 
varie dichotomi, sa:pius in paniculam v. racemum digesti, 
nunc sessiles. Baccae succulentie, purpurece v. coccinece, 
grati dulcis saporis edules. 
Obs. Hoc genus distinctissimum in ^iiemoriam dixi Cli- 
demii Botanices antiquge Gr^cise, cujus cognitio in rem 
Herbarii a Theophrasto memorata, 
1. C. neglecta^ foliis amplis cordatis acuminatis crenatis 
septemnerviis utrinque cauleque aspere hirsutissi- 
mis, spicis elongatis axillaribus cernuis simpiicibus 
V. compositis, calycibus basi 5-squamosis. 
Hah, in Peruvia. Favon, (y- ^' Herb. Lamb.) 
2. C. dependens, foliis eliipticis crenatis acuminatis S- 
nerviis utrinque cauleque hirsutissimis, spicis termi- 
nalibus cernuis, calycibus sessilibus basi 5-squamosis. 
Melastoma dependens, Pavon MSS. 
Hob. in Peruvia, Pavon, 7^ . (v. s. in Herb. Lamb.) 
3. C. dichotoma^ foliis amplis ovatis acuminatis serratis 
7-nerviis subtus cauleque villosissimis, panicula ter- 
minali racemosa. 
Melastoma dichotoma, Pavon MSS. 
Hah, in Peruvia. Pavon. h . (v. s. in Herb. Lamb.) 
47 C. tristis^ foliis cordato-oblongiscrenulatis acuminatis 
5-nerviis supra aspere pilosis subtus fusco-lanatis, 
panicula terminal! lanata. 
Melastoma tristis, Pavon 3ISS. 
Hah, in Peruvia. Pavon. h. (v. s. in Herb. Lamb.) 
