MELASTOMACE/E. 
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5-nerved, strigoso-hirsute above, reticulated and 
tomentose beneatli, panicles terminal, flowers 
ocfandrous, calycine teeth 4, petals 4 oblong 
with the margin undulated purple, anthers acu- 
minate, berry — ? 
Melastoma hispidum, Swartz , FI. Ind. Occ. 831. 
11 A B. Mountains. 
F L. ? 
A shrub. Leaves without a pair of marginal nerves, 
somewhat thick : petioles hirsute. Branches of the pani- 
cle loose. Flowers rather large, purple. Teeth of the 
calyx short, erect, hairy. Filaments 8, short : anthers acu- 
minate. Ovary strigose ! style ascending, incrassated : 
stigma acuminate. 
This species has been seen only by Swartz. The des- 
cription is very imperfect. 
5. Tetrazygia discolor. .Discoloured-leavcd 
Tetrazygia. 
Branches petioles panicles and under surface 
of the young leaves white with a short sub-floc- 
cose stellated pubescence, leaves ovali-acuminate 
5-nerved glabrous on the upper surface repando- 
subdenticulated, cyme terminal paniculato-corym- 
bose 3-chotomous, calycine teeth 4 short obtuse, 
petals oval obtuse. 
Arbor Americana quinquenervia, foliis nmplissimis 
prona parte albicantibus. Flak. Aim. t. 204. f. 4. — 
Grossulari® fructu non spinoso malabathri foliis subtus 
niveis. Sloane, Hist. II. p. 86. t. 198. t. 1. — Melastoma 
discolor, Swartz, Obs. 178. — Jacq. Amer. 130. t. 84. 
II A B. Itoad to Guanaboa. Sloane. 
F L. ? 
According to Jacquin the flowers are small. Calyx 
subrotund where it is adnate to the ovary ; contracted at 
the throat ; with the limb quadrangulari-campanulate, 4- 
toothed. Petals yellow, oblong, truncated. Stamens 8, 
declinate. Berry crowned with the calyx, 4-celled 
seeds numerous, minute, with the juice purple. The 
shape of the calyx resembles that ascribed to Harrera. 
