2«2 



IfDeftriA glabra ^ aneherae ca circiter aoqiiantcs, liflcarcB ini- 

 tio rectac doiii faUalac, apirc poro obliquo hiniitcs^ ton- 

 oectivo baai in auricuUs 2 oblnsas cxpauso* Sttjius slaml- 

 oa saperans filiforrai - Iprcs , versus apiccm leviler iucraasalus 

 ct incnrvalus, stigma exiguiira: miniita Torrucnla, Bacca 



V r 3 4 q 



imtfiaiara Cftljci adnata et immersa, vcrtlce gtalira rafrabraeula 

 ciacta et styli cicatrice uolata, 3-IocuIaris? Calyx baccam 

 incUdens unue gUber cosl«latiig ovato -iirccolatiis , limbo 

 IHbWrft 1^ftttfW^eJf«rto, iDlerfta membrAita, quae dcules 5 per- 

 fti«lefitcft e^ttn^it, ^rA 5 deDtietilo? obtusiusciilos plus iDiTins 

 5*frrsplcae fissa*} , lO-dentitnlato, 



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MICONU Ruiz f( Tar, 



i. Miconia eriophora Miq, Comm, phytogr. p, B5, Tab. 

 X. Jig^ G' Melastoma holosericeum Linn, zar. acumina- 

 tum E. Meyer in TV, Act. Ac. n. Cur. XII. p, 794/ 



r 



Crescit in sylvis Sarinatncnsibus , ni. Sept- fl. 



Forma mino7' , prope Pararoaribo jiixla vjam novam 



r ^ 



creaeeos, rigidior est, folii^ elliplico -lanceolalls vel dila- 

 tato-laaceolaftfi^ nerWs exdmig raJde lennibtis ct margiiuill- 

 bns, fere trincrTiis^ 9 — 13 ceut. longia, 3 — 4'/.^ latia, fcic 

 coriaceh^ 



2. Miconia FocJteana Miq. /. <?. p. 87. Tab. XI. fig. A. 

 Crescit Sfiriojinii in regionibos iofmoribos ad fl, Com- 

 memyne, m. Sopt. 6. Frutex flslior, elogaiitissimus, plu- 

 rimis nolis I. c. fuse propositi^ a congcoeribus rceettciis. 



*) E»t eadein nieinbraiuila teiiufa, quae in Micoiiiia deutes cou- 

 nectU; heic vcro nou plane iutcgra manet, pcd inter dcutcs gc- 

 Mlnos dftJitTCulatim exsurgft, Proprfa autem membraiia dici iic- 

 quit, Md rcvcra calycis par8 est, cj^idermia qnafli quae swt-cr- 

 fictem IntfrrDUi iiiTCttit, supra c^tcruam excrescens. 



