Becandria. 
796 
angufti - MELASTOMA, foliis trinerviis li- 
folia * neari- lanceolatis integris fubtus in- 
canis, ramis virgatis; paniculis ter- 
minalibus, floribus eredis odandris. 
Prodr. p. 71. 
Crefcit in Jamaica , in Infulis Caribaeis 
C de Pont hi eu.) Infl St . Joban - 
nis. (Ryan). i*. 
Jjrutex . 
Rami oppofiti , virgati, eredi, teretes, laeves. 
Folia petiolata , decu flato - oppofita , lineari - lan- 
ceolata , trinervia , 1-2 pollicaria, nervofa, fu- 
pra rugofa, glabra, inferne albido - incana. 
Petioli mediocres, teretiufculi. 
Paniculae terminales, parvae, ovatae, pedunculo 
communi longiore eredo^ ramis paucioribus 
oppofitis, brevibus, floribus pedicellatis , con- 
fertis, parvis, luteicentibus, odandris. 
Cal. 4 - dentatus. Denticuli fubrotundi , colorati.’ 
Petala fubrotunda , luteo - alba 1. flava. 
Filamenta refrada. Antberae lineares, apice ob- 
tufo polliniferae. 
Germen fubrotundum. Stylus filiformis, flam. 
longior. Stigma fimplex. 
Bacca coronata , fubrotunda. ...... 
