Roezlia
(named in honour of Roezl, a well-known collector, who travelled in Mexico, Central America, &c.). ORD. Melastomaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is an erect, stove shrub, requiring culture similar to Monochaetum (which see).
R. granadensis (New Granada).* fl. carmine-purple; calyx red, four-lobed; petals four, roundish-ovate, emarginate; stamens four; panicles terminal, many-flowered; peduncles glabrous or nearly so. Autumn. l. opposite, petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, hairy on both sides, entire, five to seven-nerved. Branches subangular. h. about 3ft. New Granada. (R. G. 706.) R. regia (royal). A synonym of Furcroea Bedinghausii.