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148 MEIAST~MATACEAE SMlTHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY
Clidemia guadalupensis var. verticillato (A.P. Candolle) Stehle & Quentin in
Stdd et al.. 1949,3:78.
[Clidemia tetrogona (A.P. Candolle) Foumet, 1!T78:912. nom. invalid. (Art.
33.2, ICBN).]
Shrub to 3 m, sometimes epiphytic; branches rustypubescent
to glabrescens leaves Sveined, scabrous above, k
hirsute on veins beneath, elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, attenuate,
base rounded to obtuse, to 25 cm x 7.5 cm; petiole to 4.5 cm;
inflorescence racemose, often “sheltered” beneath leaf-blades,
to 8 cm, few-flowered, arising from nodes and leaf-mils the
whole length of stems; flower to 5 mm, white; fruit to 6 mm,
dark blue.
Guadeloupe; occasionally common on Dominica in wet
forests at mid- to upper elevations (450-1200 m): Bois Diable
area (Wilbur 8150), Dleau Gommier (Ernst 1189), Mome
Anglais (Wilbur 7963, Mome Couronne (Ernst 1983), Morne
Diablotins (Webster 13323), Mome Micotrin (Smith 10271,
Webster 13261A, Wilbur 7396), Morne Trois Pitons (Ernst
2038, 2052, Hodge I210), Mosquito Mountain (Webster
13546), sine loc. (Imray 21 7 at K, photo at GH). Collected in
flower and fruit from March to August.
Clidemia hirta
Clidemio hirto (Linnaeus) D. Don, 1823:309.-Danin, 193Ob:42.
Melostoma hirtwn Linnaeus. 1753:390, “hirto.”
Melostoma elegons Aublet. 1175:427.
Clidemio hirto var. elegonr (Aublet) Grisebach, 1860:247.
Rangout.
Weedy, long-hirsute shrub to 2 m; leaves heined,
broad-ovate, acuminate, base rounded to cordate, margin f
crenate, to 15 cm x 8.5 cm; few-flowered, hypanthium 3 mm,
calyx 3 mm, lobed, persistent; petals 8 mm, white, anthers 6
mm, white or yellow; fruit hirsute, dark blue, 3 mm x 5 mm.
Neotropics; common in woods and roadsides of Dominica at
low to mid elevations: Bellevue (King 6304), Castle Bruce
Road (Cowun 1620), Clarke Hall (Gates Clarke 012, Webster
13198, Wilbur 7366, Concord area (Norstog 3367), Cote d’Or
(Nicolson 2055), Deux Branches (Chambers 2505, Ernst
1804), Grand Bay (Wilbur 7607,8024), La Chaudiere (Hodge
3690), La Plaine area (King 6369, Whitefoord 5367, Wilbur
81 76), Laudat-Freshwater Lake (Gillis 8185), Morne Brules of
Portsmouth (Hodge 520), Syndicate (Whitefoord 3548). Flowering
and fruiting continuously.
CIidemia umbrosa
Clidemia wnbroso (Swanz) Cogniaux in A.L. & A.C. Candolle, 1892,
7 1019.--Domin, 1930b43.
Melastomo wnbraswn Swam, 1188:72, %nbroso.”
Mekwiomo katifdiwn Desrousseaux in Lamarck, 1197, Encycl., 431, “katifolio
.”
Clidemia lotifolio (Desrousseaux) A.P. Candolle, 1828.3: 159.
Shrub to 3 m, long-hirsute; leaves heined, margin finely
crenulate, broad-ovate, acuminate, base rounded, to 31 cm x 21
cm; petiole to 14 cm; axillary inflorescence to 13 cm in fruit,
sparsely flowered; flowers tiny, greenish; hypanthium 2 mm,
calyx 0.5 mm, style 4 mm; fruit hirsute, purple, 5 mm.
Lesser Antilles; * common on Dominica in disturbed
rainforest, 100-700 m: Bois Diable area (Wilbur 7834), Deux
Branches (Ernst 1805, Hodge 2993, Fond Figues River (Ernst
101 3, Freshwater Lake (King 6380), Hampstead (Lloyd 638),
La Chaudiere (Hodge 3560), L’Imprevue (Nurodny s.n.),
Laudat (Hodge I756), Lisdara (Hodge 581, IOIO), Magua
(Stehle 634), Morne Gombo (Hodge 99,529), PontCasse area
(Ernst 1284, Wilbur 7539, Providence Valley (Hodge 2048),
South Chiltem (Hodge 1481), Springfield (King 6331, Wilbur
7703), Sylvania (Cooper 27, 27A, Hodge 519), Syndicate
(Whirefoord 3530, 4380). Apparently flowering and fruiting
continuously .
Conostegia D. Don
1. Leaves saigulose; calyptra rounded . . . . . C. icosandra
1. Leaves glabrous; calyptra pointed . . . . . . C. montana
Conostegia icosandra
Conostegio icosondra (Wikstrom) Urban, 1921c:404.
Metastoma icosondrwn Swartz ex Wikstrom, 182864, “icosondro.”
Conostegio subhirsufa A.P. Candolle, 1828.3: 174.--Domin. 1930b36.
CrB-crB grand feuilles.
Tree to 9 m; leaves (3-)5-veined, shigulose above,
stellate-pubescent along veins beneath, elliptic, shortacuminate,
base obtuse to acute, to 15 cm x 7 cm; petiole 1-2
cm; young growth hirsute with long stellate hairs; paniculate
cyme to 12 cm; buds k globose, 8 mm x 6 mm; hypanthium 5
mm; petals to 8 mm, creamy; ripe fruit bluish, globose, 8 mm.
Neotropics; locally common on Dominica at low and
mid-elevations: Bataca (Stehle 61 03), La Chaudieree (Hodge
3618 at GH), Roseau Valley Waterfalls (Hodge 2010), sine loc.
(Imruy 113 at NY).
Conostegia montana
Conostegio montono (Swam) D. Don ex A.P. Candolle, 1828,3:115.
Mekastomo montonwn Swam, 1788:69, “montono.”
Melastom colyptrotwn Desrousseaux in Lamarck, 1797, Encycl., 451,
“calyp t rat0 ~
Conostegio colyptroto (Desrousseaux) D. Don ex A.P. Candolle, 1828.
3:174.--Domin, 1930b36.
Cre-cre bois, cre-cre blanc.
Shrub or small tree to 7 m; leaves heined, glabrous, elliptic
or oblong, short-acuminate, base acute to obtuse, to 22 cm x 8
cm; petiole 2-6 cm; paniculate cyme to 15 cm, many-flowered;
buds cylindric with conical top, 6 mm x 3 mm; hypanthium to
4 mm; petals 4-7 mm; berry blackish, globose, 5 mm.
Antilles; common in Dominica at mid-upper elevations,
400-1200 m: Boeri Lake (Whitefoord 4153), Carib Reserve