644, 
-MELASTOMA heteromalla. 
New Brazil Melastoma. 
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DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. MELASTOMACER. Jussieu gen. 328. Div. I. Germen inferum. 
MELASTOMA. Supra vol. 5. fol. 363. 
, Div. Folia septinervia. . = 
‘M. heteromailla, foliis cordato-ovalibus integerrimis petiolatis subtis floccu- 
loso-lanatis, petalis obcordatis, antheris basi arcuatis. Don MSS. 
Fruticosa, pubescens; caulis erectus suborgyalis, ramis superné awilla- 
ribus, oppositis, brevibus, cumque caulis parte novellé obtuse 4-gonis. Fol. 
decussato-distantia, ovalia, apice rotundata, basi cordata, 4-7-uncialia 
latitudine 3-5-unciali, septinervia nervis supra immersis infra varicosis 
venas numerosas transversas approximatas parallelus utrinque emittentibus, 
‘supra setoso-sericea, subtus land flosculoso-dispertita simplici candicantia, 
inferiora deflexa: petioli 1-2-unciales, robusti, supra planiusculi. Pa- 
nicula terminalis, decussato-distans, erecta; rami sericei dichotomi; ra- 
muli teretes adscendentes, imbricaté alterneque multiflort ; flores violacei, 
speciost, sesquiunciam diametro exsuperantes; pedicelli brevissimi, robusti, 
1-flort ; bractee membranacee, rubide, ovate, apice rotundate, “appresse 
concave caduce extis sericee, petiolis longiores. Cal. pedicelli. continuus, 
extus sericeus, tubo oblongo limbum equante obsolete 5-gono cano-virente, limbo 
5- rarits 6-partito membranaceo, rotato, rubente caduco, segmentis oblongis. 
obtusis intus glabris. Pet. 5, rarids 6, explanata, obcordata, tenuissime 
ciliata, summo tubo calycis inserta. Stam. 10, rarids 12, declinato-assur- 
gentia, equalia, corollé aliquoties breviora : fil*. alba, limbo calycis equalia, 
conniventia, pilis paucis capitatis aspersa: anth. ochroleuce, rostratim 
elongate, filamenti subbrevioris apici acuto postice ad basin d juncturé flexili 
affize, inferne curvo arcto erecto-assurgentes, conniventes, basi intis pa- 
pilloso-glandulose, ventre transverse rugose, poro summo obliquo dehis- 
centes (estivantes ad fundum calycis usque introflexo-immerse). Germ. 
sericeum, oblongum, tubo calycis equale libereque inclusum, truncatum: 
stylus albus, tereti-elongatus, glaber, supra curvo brevi assurgens: stigma apex 
isoperimetrus obtusus pruinosus. Caps. baccata tubo calycis obtecta, ovata, 
5- rarins G-loc., loculorum singulorum medio a rimé oblonga quinquefaridm de- 
hiscens, septa membranacea medio valvarum inserta, axi capsule leviis con- 
nexa, receptacula 5 interdim 6 in singulis loculis singula, carnosa, loculis con- 
formia, scrobiculato-punctata, imbricateseminifera: sem. numerosa, reniformi- 
globosa, punctata; testa simplex crustacea fragilis; albumen 0, embryo ar- 
cuatus, semini conformis, albus ; cotyledones breves, crasse, subovales ; ra- 
dicula teres, vaga, cotyledonibus longior. Don MSS. : 
A very handsome unrecorded species, introduced from 
the Brazils in 1819. Said to have first flowered in the 
Duke of Northumberland’s garden at Sion House, and since 
in many collections about town. The drawing was taken 
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