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MELASTOMA 
43. Melaftoma microphylla: leaves three-nerved, fome¬ 
what toothletted, ovate, obtufe, hifpid above, tomentofe 
underneath; peduncles trifid, axillary. Native of the 
Weft Indies. 
44. Melaftoma tetrandra: leaves three-nerved, entire, 
oblong, acuminate, emarginate, at the bafe fmooth, fome¬ 
what convex; raceme ereft, terminating; flowers four- 
ftamened. Native of Jamaica. 
e. Eight-flamened, with triple-nerved leaves. 
45. Melaftoma virgata: leaves triple-nerved, entire, 
ovate, lanceolate, acuminate, very fmooth; branches 
flower-bearing; racemes decuflated, diffufed, fcattered. 
Native of Jamaica. 
46. Melaftoma asleagnoides: leaves triple-nerved, en¬ 
tire, broad-lanceolate, whitifh-tomentofe, underneath ; 
peduncles terminating, trichotomous; flowers folitary. 
Native of the Weft Indies. 
£. Eight-flamened, with Jive-nerved leaves. 
47. Melaftoma umbrofa: leaves five-nerved, toothletted, 
broad-ovate, acuminate, rough-haired on both fides; 
branchlets flower-bearing ; racemes dichotomous, fpread¬ 
ing; branches and petioles hirfute. Native of St. Chrif- 
topher’s. 
48. Melaftoma pilofa : leaves five-nerved, toothletted, 
oblong, acute, hirfute, underneath; racemes lateral, hir¬ 
fute. Native of Jamaica. 
49. Melaftoma hifpida: leaves five-nerved, fomewhat 
toothletted, ovate, acute, ftrigofe-hirfute above, netted- 
tomentofe, underneath; panicles terminating,divaricated. 
Native of the Weft Indies. 
50. Melaftoma aquatica: leaves five-nerved, cordate, 
acute, crenulate, rough-haired above, even underneath ; 
panicles terminating, trichotomous, diffufed. Height 
about three feet. Stem four-cornered, with ruflfet hairs, 
throwing out very flender branches from the top. Native 
of Cayenne. 
III. From Forfter. 
51. Melaftoma glabra s leaves quite entire, three-nerved, 
«lliptic-lanceolate, rugged; calyxes cut round. Native of 
the Society Ifles; found in May 1774. 
IV. From Vahl. 
54. Melaftoma grandiflora : leaves cordate, five-nerved, 
ferrulate, both they and the ftem rough-haired; peduncles 
bifid ; five ftamens barren. Branches herbaceous, four- 
cornered, rough-haired, as is the whole plant. Leaves 
two inches long, five-nerved befides thofe on the edge, 
very feldom feven-nerved, foft on both fides with abun¬ 
dance of diftinft hairs. Native of Cayenne; obferved by 
Von Rohr and Aublet. 
a. Twelve-Jlamened. 
53. Melaftoma calyptrata: leaves elliptic-lanceolate, at¬ 
tenuated, three-nerved, fmooth, obfoletely toothletted; 
flowers panicled. Branches four-cornered, fmooth. Leaves 
oppofite, from four to fix inches long, fpreading very much, 
fharp at both ends, obfcurely toothed outwards, fmooth 
on both fides, having three befides the marginal nerves. 
Flowers pedicelled, calyptred ; calyx the fize of coriander- 
feed, truncate, even, very fmooth, greenifh afh-colour; 
petals five, oblong, yellow. Found at Montferrat by Ryan. 
( 3 . Ten-Jiamened, with three-nerved leaves. 
54. Melaftoma aromatica : leaves ovate, fhining, fome¬ 
what hairy underneath; nerves and ftem ftrigofe ; calyxes 
with imbricate braftes at the bafe. Found in Guiana by 
Von Rohr and Aublet. 
55. Melaftoma crenata: hifpid; leaves fubcordate, ob¬ 
long, crenate, acuminate ; racemes axillary, few-flowered, 
the length of the petiole. Branches round, purplifh, as are 
alfo the petioles; peduncles and calyxes rendered hifpid 
by rufefcent hairs. Leaves oppofite, two inches long, 
fub-hifpid with yellowifh hairs, efpecially about the edge, 
cut out at the bafe into a fmall finus, with a Ihort blunt 
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point, having three nerves befides the marginal ones, 
meeting' below the point, paler underneath. Berry the 
fize of black pepper. Native of South America. 
56. Melaftoma decuffata : leaves lanceolate-oblong, fer¬ 
rulate, ciliate, very fmooth above ; fpikes racemed,°two- 
parted ; flowers cluftered. Branches obfcurely four-cor¬ 
nered, fmooth above, between the petioles hairy, even, 
purplifli. _ Leaves oppofite, remote, decuflated, from two 
to three inches in length, and fometifiies a little longer, 
a little acuminate, three-nerved befides thofe at the edge ; 
above even, veinlefs, purplifli at the edge ; beneath fmooth, 
except that rufefcent hairs are fcattered over the nerves ; 
between the nerves very finely,remotely, and limply,veined; 
veins commonly quite fmooth, and purplifli, as are the 
nerves. Flowers cluftered, linooth, on the upper lide of 
the branchlets; calyx obfoletely five-lobed, the fize of muf- 
tard -feed ; antherse curved inwards, bright purple at the 
fides, whitilh within and at the tip, brown on the back, a 
little longer than the petals. Found in Cayenne by Von 
Rohr. 
y. Ten-Jiamened, with five-nerved leaves. 
57. Melaftoma elegans: hifpid; leaves cordate, un¬ 
equally crenate-toothed ; racemes in the forkings and ter¬ 
minating, few-flowered. Branches round, dichotomous, 
with a brown bark ; thefe, with the petioles, both fides of 
the leaves, peduncles, and calyxes, hifpid with long dif- 
tinft briftles; thofe on the branches thicker at the bafe, 
rufefcent, fpreading very much ; thofe on the leaves and 
other parts pale yellow. Leaves two or three inches long, 
acuminate, bluntifh ; the teeth emarginate with a briftle, 
alternately a little larger, having five nerves befides thofe 
at the edge, the inner ones meeting below the point, fim- 
ply veined between them. Berries a little fmallerthan 
black pepper. Found by Von Rohr and Aublet in Cay¬ 
enne. 
58. Melaftoma phyfiphora: leaves ovate, attenuated, 
toothletted, ciliate; petioles hifpid, bladdery at the tip. 
Branches purplifh, alternately compreffed towards the top; 
the angles hifpid with long fpreading purple briftles, the 
fides fmooth and even. Leaves remote, a foot long, five- 
nerved, the tender ones three-nerved, tranfverfely veined, 
fomewhat netted, marked with lines above, along the 
veins, and having a few yellow hairs fcattered between 
them ; they are pale green underneath, with the nerves 
and veins ftanding out and purple ; the larger ones are 
pubefeent. Found in Cayenne by Von Rohr; and in Ca¬ 
yenne and Guiana by Aublet, who, fond of multiplying 
genera, makes this a diftimft genus by the country name of 
Tococa. 
59. Melaftoma capitata : leaves broad-lanceolate, quite 
entire; heads terminating, involucred; branches four- 
cornered ; filaments appendicled. The branches feem to 
be fcandent; they are acutely four-cornered, compreffed 
at top, with ftrigofe ruggedifh angles. Leaves two or 
three inches long, attenuated, acute, obtufe at the bafe, 
five-nerved, having clofe-preffed hairs fcattered over the 
upper lurface, with a fmall impreflion to each hair, by no 
means rugged, greenifh yellow underneath, fmooth ex¬ 
cept on the nerves and at the edges, where they are hairy. 
Native of the Weft Indies, where it was found by Schu¬ 
macher, a Danifh furgeon. 
Eight-Jlamened, with three-nerved leaves. 
60. Melaftoma triflora: leaves elliptic-lanceolate, quite 
entire; branches, petioles, and calyxes, ftrigofe ; flowers 
axillary, fubpeduncled, in threes. Native of the Caribbee 
Iflands. It differs from M. fafciculata of Swartz, in hav¬ 
ing broader leaves, rugged above, with foft hairs under¬ 
neath ; flowers infrafoliaceous, on longer peduncles, fe- 
veral; calyxes finaller, fmooth. 
e. Eight-Jlamened, with triple-nerved leaves. 
61. Melaftoma acuminata: leaves ovate, outwardly 
toothletted, acuminate, hoary, underneath ; corymbs ter¬ 
minating, faftigiate. Branches roundifh at bottom, four- 
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