Monogynia. 819, 
pilofa, MELASTOMA, foliis 5 -nerviis 
fubdenticulatis oblongis acutis, ner. 
vis fubtus, ramulis racemisque la- 
teralibus pilofo - hirfutis, floribus 
8-andris. Prodr. p. 72. 
Habitat in fylvis montium Jamaicae. & 
Jflrutex 1. Arbufcula ramofa, cortice fcabrofo. 
Rami longi, debiles, teretes, patentes, inpri- 
mis verfus apices hirfuti 1, pilis ferrugineis 
te di. 
Folia petiolata, oppofita, femipedalia, 5 -nervia, 
(excepto nervo marginali,) vix denticulata, 
oblonga, acuta, nervofa, reticulato - venofa , 
fupra glabra, fubtus, mprimis nervi, pilofo- 
hirta. 
Petioli pollicares, hirfuti, ferruginei. 
Racemi laterales in ramis infra folia, rarius 
axillares, oppofiti, eredi, petiolis parum 
longiores, tripartito -3 -fidi, patuli, hirfuti 
floribus brevifllme pedicellatis , diflindis, mi- 
nutis, albidis. 
Calyx 4 - dentatus. Dentes minutiflimi , hjrfuti. 
Petala 4. minuta, fubrotunda, reflexa, patentia, 
ha fi rubro - maculata. 
Ggg 2 
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