Metafioma, 
•^75 
Filnmenta 8. corolla longiora, geniculata. — Aa^ 
thrce lineares , acutse. 
Gernmi inferum, calyce teftum. Stylus teres, 
craffiiifculus. Stigma obtufum. 
Bacca minuta, fubrotunda, calyce cinfta & coro- 
nata, hirfuta, rufa, 4-locuiaris. 
Incolit montes frigidiores Jamaicse. 
Floret Nov. & Decembri, 
MELASTOMA hirta, S. pl.12. 2.285.4. 
Obs. Exclude fyn, Plum.fpec.ig- ic. iAi, & figu= 
ram Sloanei h, t, /py. qui plures confundit 
fpecies. 
D E s c R. Caulis fruticofus , orgy ialis , ramofos , bi- 
fpidus. Rami erefti , hirfuti, teretes, ramulis 
ferrugineo - hifpidis. 
Folia petiolata, oppofita, ovata, 1 . ovato - lanceo- 
iata, acuminata, denticulata, 5-iiervia, rugoHi, 
mollia, hirfutiffima. 
Petioli longiufculi, teretes, hirfutL 
Flores axillares & terminales, rDajafcuH; peduncu- 
lis breviffimis, aggregatis, hirfuds, (3-4,) 
€al. 5-fidus, hirfutus, pilis fanguineis, (unde flo- 
res fanguineo- albidi.) Lacimee ovate, pofdce 
audtcC laciniis linearibus, acutis, ereclis, liirfucis. 
Petala 5, ovata, alba. 
Filamenta lo, calyci interne inferta, brevia. An- 
ther(£ oblongae, bifidae. 
Germen ovatum. Stylus craffus, teres. Stigma 
obtufum, concavum. 
Bacca calyce veflita & coronata, birfuta, c^nilea, 
5-locularis, 
Obs. Variat floribus do de canar is : cahjce 6 fdo, 
petalis 6 , ftam. te. Bacca 64 oculari, 
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