821 
Monogynla. 
hifpida. M E L A S T O M A , foliis 5 - nerviis 
fubdenticulatis ovatis acutis, fup er- 
ue flrigofo -hirfutis, fubtus reticu^ 
Jato-tomentofis; paniculis termina- 
libus divaricatis; floribus oftandris* ; 
Prodr . p.72. 
Crefcit in Jamaicae montibus - 
Rami teretiufcoli , laeves. 
Ramuli incani. 
Folia petiolata, oppofita, ovata, acuminata, ob- 
folete denticulata , 5 - nervia , absque nervo 
marginali , crafliufcula, flrigofo - hirfuta, fubtus 
reticulate • nervofa , venofa , incano - tomentofa, 
fafciculis minutis pilofls pallentibus in fitrn ner- 
vorum. (Forte glandulae. ) 
Petioli mediocres hirfuti. 
Paniculae terminales ramofae: ramis oppofitis, 
divaricatis, patentibus, laxis, fubdivifis, hir» 
futo - ftrigofis ; floribus diflindis majufculis, pur- 
pureis. 
Perianthium 4 -dentatum. Dentes fabulati, bre- 
« 
ves, eredi, hirti. 
