Eriocnema
(from erion, wool, and kneme, a leg; alluding to the hairy stalks). ORD. Melastomaceae. A genus containing a couple of species of stove herbaceous plants, natives of South Brazil. Flowers white, small, few, in umbels at the end of a naked stalk. Leaves oval, heart-shaped at the base, and clothed with rusty hairs. For culture, see Bertolonia.
E. fulvum (reddish-yellow). fl. pink. June. h. 6in. 1850. E. marmoratum (marbled). fl. rose. May. l. beautifully variegated. h. 4in. 1850. (L. & P. F. G. i. 27.)