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8. Melaftoma ftrigofa: leaves quite entire, three-nerved, 
ftrigole, ovate ; flowers folitary. This is a fhrub with the 
ftem rugged from ftrigx prefied clofe to it. Found in 
New Granada by Mutis. 
9. Melaftoma felfilifolia: leaves quite entire, triple- 
nerved, fpatulate, feflile, tomentcfe underneath. Native 
of Jamaica. 
10. Melaftoma malabathrica: leaves quite entire, five- 
nerved, lanceolate-ovate, rugged. This is a tree with 
rugged branches. Native of the Eaft Indies. 
11. Melaftoma laevigata: leaves quite entire, five-nerved, 
ovate-oblong, levigated, acuminated, even about the edge. 
This is an upright flirub, the height of a man ; fmooth 
and even. Native of Jamaica. 
12. Melaftoma difcolor : leaves quite entire, five-nerved, 
oblong, acuminate, fmootli and even at the edge ; racemes 
cymed; flowers eight-ftamened. This tree is about fif¬ 
teen feet high, with fubreclining alh-coloured branches, 
the younger ones tomentole. Leaves lometimes very 
fiightly crenate at the edge, green and fmooth above, to- 
mentofe and yellowifh underneath ; petioled, the inner 
nerves uniting before they arrive at the bafe. Flowers 
fmall, void of fcent, yellow ; calyx four-toothed ; petals 
four, twice as long as the calyx. Native of the Weft In¬ 
dies, flowering in March. 
13. Melaftoma odtandra: leaves quite entire, three- 
nerved, ovate, fmooth, hiipid, at the edge. Native of the 
Eaft Indies. 
14. Melaftoma grofta : leaves quite entire, five-nerved, 
fubcordate, rugged. This is a tree with ftiffilh, round, 
hifpid, branches. Found in New Granada by Mutis. 
15. Melaftoma crifpata : leaves quite entire, five-nerved, 
in fours ; branches curled. This flirub, when alone, 
grows eredt, and throws out long branches, which lie on 
the next trees or Ihrubs; when it is next to a tree, it ftioots 
right up, and fixes itfelf into the bark by fibres, at the fame 
time throwing out its long lateral branches. Native of 
Amboyna. 
II. Species from Swartz. 
a. Tcn-Jiamened, with three-nervecl leaves. 
16. Melaftoma procera: ftem arboreous; leaves three- 
nerved, fomewhat tootliletted, fmooth ; raceme terminat¬ 
ing, fpikes Ample, eredt; calyxes truncated. 17. Melaf¬ 
toma patens : leaves three-nerved ; fomewhat toothlet- 
ted, cordate, hirfute 5 raceme terminating, patulous; 
flowers diitindt, twelve-ftamened. 18. Melaftoma rigida : 
leaves three-nerved, fomewhat tootliletted, ovate, fubcor¬ 
date, rigid, rugged, behind ; panicles terminating, ferru- 
ginous-hirfute. 39. Melaftoma quadrangularis : -leaves 
three-nerved, entire, ovate-lanceolate, fmooth, nerves 
coloured ; branches quadrangular; raceme ftraight, ter¬ 
minating. 20. Melaftoma fcandens: leaves three-nerved, 
tootliletted, ovate, acute, fmooth; raceme terminating, 
fpikes moftly pointing one way, ftem climbing. 21. Me¬ 
laftoma montana-. leaves three-nerved, toothletted, ob¬ 
long, acute ; raceme terminating with patulous fpikes ; 
petals retufe, calyx truncated. 22. Melaftoma trinervia : 
leaves three-nerved without any marginal nerve, oblong, 
attenuated at the bafe and tip, entire, fmooth on both 
fides, thinner; racemes almoft Ample, terminating. 23. 
Melaftoma ramiflora : leaves three-nerved, entire, ovate- 
lanceolate, fomewhat rugged ; branches flower-bearing ; 
flowers peduncled, fomewhat cluftered. Natives of Jamaica. 
j 3 . Ten-Jlamened, with triple-nerved leaves. 
24. Melaftoma prafina : leaves triple-nerved, quite en¬ 
tire, broad, lanceolate, fmooth; panicle terminating, 
fpreading very much. Trunk four inches in diameter, 
and five or fix feet high, with a whitifti, folid, compadt, 
wood. Branches and twigs from the top, long, four-cor¬ 
nered. Leaves pale green, (lightly toothed at the edge, 
ending in a point, five-nerved ; nerves red. Flowers very 
fmall; petals five, white. Berry blue, fmall, not very 
fucculent, four or five celled. Native of the Weft India 
Iflands and Guiana. 
T O M A, 
y. Ten-Jlamened., with five nerved leaves. 
25. Melaftoma argentea: leaves five-nerved, fomewhat 
toothletted, ovate, fmooth, tomentofe, and white under¬ 
neath ; panicles terminating, fpreading. Trunk as thick 
as the human thigh, with a ruflet-coloured bark almoft 
fmooth, very ftraight, and twenty feet high. Leaves feflile, 
a foot and a half long, and half as broad in the middle, 
very green above, white beneath and fmooth, having five 
large ribs; flowers white. Native of the Weft Indies. 
26. Melaftoma elata : leaves five-nerved, ferrate-tooth- 
letted, oblong, coriaceous, ferruginous-tomentofe under¬ 
neath ; panicles terminating, fpreading; flowers feflile. 
Native of Jamaica. 
27. Melaftoma tamonea: leaves five-nerved, oblong- 
lanceolate, acute, entire, tomentofe-hoary underneath; 
racemes compound, terminating; racemelets brachiate ; 
bradtes.in pairs, under the flowers. This is a middle-fized 
tree, with a trunk four or five feet high, and four or five 
inches in diameter, covered with a grey bark ; wood white 
and brittle. Branches long, fubdivided, red, having four 
blunt corners. Leaves yellowifli green above, Ihghtly 
downy and tawny underneath ; the largeft are fix or ieven 
inches long, and three wide. Berry not very fucculent, 
three-celled. Native of Cayenne and Guiana. 
’ 28. Melaftoma albicans: leaves five-nerved, entire, 
ovate, acute, fmooth above, tomentofe, whitilh-ferrugi- 
nous underneath; racemes terminating, eredt; flowers 
cluftered, feflile. Native of Jamaica. 
29. Melaftoma impetiolaris: leaves five-nerved, tooth¬ 
letted, fubfeflile, oblong, acuminate, coriaceous, tomen- 
tole-ferruginous, underneath; panicles terminating and 
axillary, eredt. Native of the Welt Indies. 
30. Melaftoma fplendens: leaves five-nerved, entire, 
oblong, acuminate, fmooth on both fides, Ihining above 5 
panicles terminating, eredt. Native of Hifpaniola. 
31. Melaftoma coriacea: leaves five-nerved, cartilagi- 
nous-toothletted, ovate, wrinkled, fmooth, coriaceous ; 
branches and petioles iirigofe ; branches of the panicle 
four-cornered. Native of Montferrat. 
32. Melaftoma ftrigillofa : leaves five-nerved, fomewhat 
toothletted, fubcordate, acuminate, ftrigole-hairy above, 
tomentole underneath ; racemes axillary, folitary; flowers 
pedicelled, cluftered. Native of the Weft Indies. 
0. Eight-ftamened, with three-nerved leaves. 
33. Melaftoma fafcicularis : leaves three-nerved, entire, 
ovate, acute, rugged; branches flower-bearing; flowers 
fliortly-peduncled, cluftered. Native of Jamaica. 
34. Melaftoma anguftifolia: leaves three-nerved, linear- 
lanceolate, entire, hoary, underneath ; branches wand¬ 
like ; panicles terminating; flowers eredt. Native of the 
Welt Indies. 
35. Melaftoma micranthus: leaves three-nerved, tooth¬ 
letted, oblong, acute, fmooth ; racemes axillary, reclining; 
flowers acuminate. 36. Melaftoma capillaris : leaves 
three-nerved, fomewhat toothletted, broad-lanceolate, at¬ 
tenuated, fmooth; peduncles capillary, three-flowered, 
axillary. 37. Melaftoma rubens: leaves three-nerved, 
toothletted, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, very lmooth ; 
branches and petioles coloured; raceme terminating; 
flowers cluftered, dioecous. 38. Melaftoma purpurafeens : 
leaves three-nerved, entire, oblong, acute, ftriated, very 
fmooth; racemes lateral, patulous ; flowers diitindt. 39. 
Melaftoma glabrata: leaves three-nerved, fomewhat tooth¬ 
letted, ovate, acute, fmooth, coriaceous ; peduncles ter¬ 
minating, folitary, one-flowered. Natives of Jamaica. 
40. Melaftoma alpina: leaves three-nerved, entire, 
ovate, coriaceous, fmooth ; peduncles Amply trichoto- 
mous ; flowers diitindt. Native of the Weft Indies. 
41. Melaftoma hirfuta : leaves three-nerved, fomewhat 
toothletted, broad-lanceolate, attenuated, hirfute; pe¬ 
duncles axillary, three-flowered, divaricated. 42. Melaf¬ 
toma hirtella: leaves three-nerved, hifpid at the edge; 
peduncles very Ihort, axillary, three-flowered. Natives of 
of Jamaica. 
43. Me- 
