176 — MELASTOMEE. 
14. RHEXIA cenwUA. T 
R. ramis ad angulos asperiusculis; nodis hirtis; foliis oblongo- ovalibus, subcrenatis, quin- 
quenerviis, nervis subtus marginibusque hirsutis; floribus subterno- terminalibus , reflexis , 
decandris. Bonpl. 
Rhexia cernua. ZJumb. et Bonpl. Monogr. p. 32. t. 13. 
Crescit in frigidis Andium Peruvianorum (Paramo de Purace) , juxta urbem Popayan; 
alt. 1700 hex. b. Fructificat Decembri. 
FnurEx subsexpedalis, ab ima basi ramosus; ramis ramulisque tetragonis, subcinereis, presertim ad 
angulos pilis raris brevibus obsitis, nodosis ; nodis pilosis. Fora opposita, breviter petiolata, valde approxi- 
mata, oblonga (utrinque acuta in icone), levissime crenulata, 5-5-nervia, supra glabra et viridia, subtus 
pallidiora, in nervis strigosa, vix pollicaria. Perrorr 1-5 lineas longi, strigosi, interne canaliculati. Fronrs 
in apice ramulorum terni, pedunculati, cernui, violacei; pedunculis teretibus, leviter pubescentibus , 
medium versus annulo piloso instructis. Carvx rubro-coloratus, striatus, externe pilis raris conspersus, 
limbo quinquepartitus ; tubo globoso; laciniis lineari-lanceolatis , foliaceis, interne glabris, tabo longio- 
ribus. PrarA 5, oblonga, laciniis calycinis paulo longiora, tubuloso-conniventia. STAMINA 10, inclusa. 
Ovanivit liberum, globosum, superne pilis rigidis obsitum. Srvrus r, exsertus. Srrcua clavatum, violaceum. 
(A PSULA depresso- globosa, denticulis 5 hispidis umbilicata, 5-locularis, membranacea, calyce persistente 
obtecta, quinquevalvis ; loculis polyspermis. Zonpl. L. c. 
15. RHEXIA srucra. T 
R.. stricte ramosissima ; foliis ovali- lanceolats , trinerviis , rariuscule hirsutis; floribus cer- 
nuis, decandris; calyce campanulato ; antheris basi biappendiculatis. Bonpl. 
Rhexia stricta Zumb. et Bonpl. Monogr. p. 19. t. 8. 
Crescit in frigidis Paramo de Purace, alt. 1600 hex. p. Floret Octobri. 
Fnvrzx suborgyalis ; ramis oppositis, erectis, approximatis, gracilibus , fragilibus, inferne glabris, superne 
pilosiusculis. Fori subconferta, breviter petiolata, lanceolata (ovato- oblonga in icone) , acuta (basi rotun- 
data in icone) , trinervia, coriacea, utrinque praesertim subtus in nervis hirsuta, vix semipollicaria. PErrorr 
teretes. Fromzs in apice ramulorum solitarii , subsessiles, reflexo- nutantes. Carvx campanulatus, ruber, 
rufo- hirsutus, limbo 5- partitus ; laciniis late ovalibus, acutis, longitudine tubi. PerArA 5, violacea, ovalia, 
basi angustata, galyce parum longiora, apice ciliata. SraxINA. 10, corolla breviora. FrrAMENTA erecta, alba. 
Axruznz oblonge, leviter arcuatz, sub basi interne appendiculis duabus brevibus capitellatis instructa, 
longitudine filarhenti, Ovanrux ovatum, liberum, glabrum. Srxivs rectus, corollam superans. Sricua in- 
crassatum. CapsvrA ovata, 5-locularis, apice 5-valvis. SewixA reniformia. Bonpl. l. c. 
