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NUMBER 77 MELASTOMA1;4CEAE 151
Miconia vdcanica Naudin, 1851:213.--Domin,
Cremanium sieberi Grisebach, 1860:262.
1930b:42.
Miconia globulflora var. dominicae
Miconia globulifora var. dominicae Howard & Kellogg, 1986242.
Cr6-cr6 blanc.
Dioecious shrub to 4 m; branchlets and inflorescence with
tufts of hair at nodes; leaves 3-5-veined, glabrous, margins
denticulate-serrulate, oblong-ovate to lanceolate-elliptic,
acuminate, base acute to obtuse, to 11 cm x 7 cm; petiole to 8
cm, reddish; inflorescence paniculate, to 12 cm; pedicel 1.5 cm;
hypanthium 1.7 mm; calyx 0.5 mm, lobes triangular; petals 1.5
mm, retuse; fertile anthers 3 mm, yellow or purplish, sterile
anthers 2 mm, white or orange; pistil 2.5 mm; fruit 3 mm,
purple.
St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat; common on Dominica in
montane forests, 600-1400 m: Boeri Lake (Whitefoord 4171),
Boiling Lake (Nicolson 2024, Morne Anglais (Hodge 2307),
Morne Diablotins (Chambers 2640, Hodge 2814, Nicolson
4082, Whitefoord 4565), Morne Micotrin area (Chambers
2553, DeFilipps 142, Eggers 107, Ernst 1094, 2159, Gillis
8212, King 6378, Nicolson 2106, 2108, 4086, 4087, Smith
10254,10297, Wilbur 7387), Morne Plat Pays (Hodge 1676),
Morne Trois Pitons (Chambers 2589, Ernst 2042, Hodge 500,
1398 (type of var. dominicae), 1406, Wilbur 8089), Trois
Pitons River (Nicolson 1947), sine loc. (Zmray 215, E).
Apparently flowering and fruiting throughout the year.
Miconia impetwlaris
Miconia impetiolaris (Swam) D. Don ex A.P. Candolle, 1828,3: 183.-Domin,
1930b:40.-Howard & Kellogg, 1986:244.
Melastoma impetiolare Swam, 1788:70, “impetiolaris.”
Shrub to 5 m; branches and inflorescence covered with rusty
stellate hairs; leaves 5-veined, glossy above, lightly stellatepubescent
beneath, margins irregularly finely denticulate,
long-elliptic, attenuate, base slightly cordate-clasping and k
sessile, to 37 cm x 14 cm; inflorescence paniculate, to 33 cm;
flowers 5-merous, glomerulate along tertiary branchlets;
hypanthium stellate-pubescent, 2.5 mm; calyx 1 mm; petals 2
mm; stamens 6 mm; style 5 mm; fruit 4 mm, dull red.
Neotropics; at lower elevations on northwestern Dominica:
Milton Estate (Hodge 2536 at GH), Picard Estate (Nicolson
4227), Sugar Loaf (Eggers 747 at GH, 1069). Fruiting
April-June.
Miconia laevigata
Miconia laevigata (Linnaeus) D. Don in Sweet, 1826:159.-Domin,
1930b:41.-Howard & Kellogg, 1986:244.
Melastoma laevigatum Linnaeus, 1759a: 1022, “laevigata.”
Melastoma virescens Vahl, 1807, Eclog., 3:18.
Miconia virescens (Vahl) Triana, 1871:lM.
Cr6-cr6.
Shrub (small tree) to 7.5 m; leaves (3-)5-veined, veins
lightly stellate-pubescent beneath, ovate-lanceolate, margin
denticulate, slightly ciliate, long-acuminate, base rounded to
obtuse, to 15 cm x 6 cm; petiole to 3 cm; inflorescence
terminal, pyramidal-paniculate, to 15 cm, rusty-stellate; flowers
5-merous, sessile or pedicel to 2 mm; hypanthium
stellate-pubescent, 2 mm; calyx 0.5 mm, spreading; petals 3
mm, white; filaments 2.5 mm, anther 2.5 mm; style 5 mm; fruit
blue-black, 3-4 mm.
Neotropics; common weed tree on Dominica at lower
elevations (below 600 m): Baiac (Whitefoord 3828), Cabrit
(Whitefoord 5281), Clarke Hall (Webster 13200), Dublanc
(Hodge 2529), Fond Colet (King 6293), Grand Savanne (Stern
& Wasshausen 2447), Layou Valley (Chambers 2799, Webster
13278), Lisdara (Hodge 1491), Marigot (Hodge 499), Mount
Joy (Hodge 1259), Pointe Baptiste (Beard 1470), Ridgefield
Estate (Hodge 2170), Roseau (Kruuss 1256), Salybia (Chambers
2632), South Chiltern (Hodge 1491, Nicolson 2166),
Sylvania (Hodge 501, 1249, 3827), sine loc. (Cooper 33).
Flowering December-September, fruiting June-January.
This species recognizable by its secund flowers and fruits
that are essentially sessile.
Miconia mirabilis
Miconia mirabilis (Aublet) L.O. Williams. 1963574.-Howard & Kellogg,
1986247.
Fothergilla mirabilis Aublet, 1775:441 [in most copies].
[Tamonea guianensis Aublet, 1775:441, not accepted by author.]
Diplochita fothergilla A.P. Candolle, 1828,3:176.
Miconia guianensis Cogniaux, 1886:280, nom. illeg.-Domin. 193Ob:39.
Tree to 15 m; leaves 5-veined, tan-pubescent beneath,
elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, base acute to obtuse, to
21 cm x 8 cm; petiole to 6 cm; cyme paniculate, to 16 cm with
flowers few on dichasial branches; pedicels 4 mm; flowers
5-merous, enclosed in 2 white, caducous, obovate bracts;
hypanthium to 3 mm, glabrous; calyx to 2 mm, red, persistent;
filaments to 8 mm, red to yellow; anthers 4-7 mm, red and
yellow; fruit juicy, blue-black, 8 mm.
Neotropics; common on Dominica at low to mid-elevations
(200-1000 m): Dleau Gommier (Emst 1973), Dublanc (Hodge
2545), Freshwater Lake (Eggers 103), La Chaudiere (Hodge
3642), Layou Park Estate (Nicolson 1079), Lisdara (Hodge
2318), Milton Estate (Hodge 2545), Morne Anglais (Wilbur
7963), Morne Couronne (Bailey 767, Ernst 1164), Pont Casse
area (Hodge 1194, Nicolson 2078,2079, Proctor 17524, Stern
& Wasshausen 2545, Wilbur 7751, 8190), Riversdale (Proctor
25790), Salybia (Hodge 3280), South Chiltern (Stern &
Wasshausen 2511), Sylvania (Cooper 28, 78, Hodge 498,
1082, King 6347, Wasshausen & Ayensu 392), Syndicate
(Whitefoord 3591), sine loc. (Imray I01 at NY). Flowering
November-July, fruiting April-August.