Tf MELASTOMACEAE: BEHURIA. 
loculare, vertice coronula annulari breviter lobata saepius 
munitum, setis paucis elongatis apice glandulosis ter- 
minatum; STYLUS filiformis, apice attenuatus, stigmate 
punctiformi. CAPSULA calycis tubo saepius vestita, 
saepissime loculieide 4-valvis. EMINA anguste oblongo- 
pyramidata. 
FRUTICES glabri vel saepius glanduloso-pilosi, erecti, 
ramosi, Brasiliae australis incolae. FOLIA petiolata, 
ovata vel rarius lanceolata, integerrima vel serrulata, 
5 —7-nervia. FLORES ampli, saepius albi, in paniculas 
foliosas saepius paucifloras dispositi. 
CONSPECTUS SPECIERUM. 
Sect. I EUBEHURIA. — Folia basi longe attenuata. 
Flores braeteis 2 amplis persistentibus involuerati. 1. B. INSIGNIS Cham. 
Sect.II. BEHURIOPSIS. — Folia basi rotundata vel cordata. Flores 
ebracteati vel bracteis minutis caducis muniti. 
I. Folia parva, brevissime petiolata, ovato-oblonga, 5-nervia; 
flores ebrgcteati (ci 2. B.PARVIFOLIA Cogn, 
II. Folia majuscula, longe petiolata, late ovata, 7-nervia; flores minute 
bracteolati. 
l. Planta non glutinosa; folia distincte serrulata; calycis segmenta 
tubo longiora. 
a. Folia supra densiuseule pilosa; pedicelli dense glan- 
duloso-pilosi; calycis segmenta lineari-subulata 
3. B.CORYMBOSA Cogn. 
b. Folia supra glaberrima; pedicelli glabriusculi; calycis 
segmenta anguste triangularia 4. B.CORDIFOLIA Cogn. 
2. Planta valde glutinosa; folia saepius integerrima; ca- 
lycis segmenta tubum vix aequantia 5. B. GLUTINOSA Cogn. 
Sect. I. EUBEHURIA Cocn. 
Frutieuli glaberrimi. Folia basi attenuata, quintuplinervia. Flores 
bracteis 2 amplis persistentibus involuerati. 
1. BEHURIA INSIGNIS Cnam. glaberrima aut in 
partibus novellis puberulis moxque glabra; ramis teretius- 
culis, supremis obscure tetragonis; foliis longiuseule petiolatis, 
membranaceis, oblongis vel lanceolatis, basi longiuscule attenu- 
atis, apice acutis et longiuscule acuminatis, margine levissime 
remoteque ciliato-serrulatis, adjecto utroque nervo marginali 
quintuplinerviis; floribus bibracteatis, in cymas paucifloras 
terminales foliosas dispositis; bracteis majusculis, sessilibus, 
ovatis, basi subrotundatis, apice acutis mucronulatisque, mar- 
gine integerrimis, 3—5-nerviis; calyce glaberrimo, tubo bre- 
viter campanulato, segmentis foliaceis, oblongis vel lanceolatis, 
apice acuminatis, margine remote leviterque serrulato-ciliatis, 
tubo multo longioribus; petalis obovato-oblongis, apice ob- 
tusissimis. 
Tabula nostra II. Fig. I (habitus cum analysi). 
Behuria insignis Cham.! in Linnaca IX. 377 ; Walp. 
Repert. II. 118; Naud. in Ann. Sc. mat. ser. 3. XV. 339 
et Melast. 358; Triana, Mélast. 65. tab. V. fig. 51. 
»FRUTEX arborescens, 3—5 m. altus“ (RIEDEL). Rami graciles, elon- 
gati, rigidiusculi, saepius arcuati, glaberrimi, laeves et saepius nitiduli 
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cinereo-fusci vel superne purpurascentes, irregulariter satis ramulosi, Per- 
onus gracillimus, glaber, teretiusculus, supra tenuiter canaliculatus, 1!/2—3 
em. longus. Forra erecto-patula, internodiis multo longiora, supra laete 
vel intense viridia et nitidula, subtus pallidiora, 6—11 cm. longa, 2—4 
cm. lata, superiora saepius multo minora; nervis gracilibus, supra tenuiter 
impressis, subtus satis prominentibus, mediano paulo crassiore, exteriori- 
bus saepius margini proximis. PEDICELLI graciles, recti, glabri, obscure 
tetragoni, purpurascentes, 1—2 em. longi. BRACTEAE foliaceae, l- 1'/2 em. 
longae, 7—10 mm. latae. CALYX laete viridis vel fuscescens, tubo teretius- 
culo, basi subrotundato, apice satis dilatato, 4—5 mm. longo et apice 
totidem lato, segmentis erectis, uninerviis, 7—9 mm. longis, inferne 2—3 
mm. latis. PETALA alba, patula, tenuiter multinervulosa, utrinque glaber- 
rima, leviter asymmetrica, 15—18 mm. longa, 9—11 mm. lata. STAMINUM 
filamenta filiformia, leviter compressa, paulo flexuosa, purpurescentia, 
5-—6 mm. longa; antherae aurantiaceae, dorso fuscae, paulo areuatae, apice 
obtusae, 4 mm. longae, 1 mm. crassae. Ovartum fere usque ad basim 
liberum, ovoideum, vertice coronula annulari breviter lobata munitum, 
setis paucis elongatis apice glandulosis terminatum; stylus subfiliformis, 
purpureus, subrectus, 8—10 mm. longus. CapsuLa sordide fusca, sub- 
globosa, distincte 4 —5-suleata, usque ad basim saepius 4-valvis, 6 mm, 
crassa. SEMINA oblongo-pyramidata, non alata! (matura non visa). 
Habitat in prov. S. Paulo: Burchell n. 3641; in sylvis primaevis 
Serra de Cubatáo inter Santos et S. Paulo: Sello D. n. 1147, C. n. 1723, 
Riedel n. 1787, Lund. — Floret Decembri. 
Sect. II. BEHURIOPSIS Cocn. 
Frutieuli plus minusve glanduloso-pilosi. Folia basi rotundata vel 
leviter cordata, 5—7-nervia, Flores ebracteati vel bracteis minutis caducis 
non involucrantibus muniti. 
2. BEHURIA PARVIFOLIA Cocn. ramis teretius- 
culis supremis obscure tetragonis, primum sparse longeque 
glanduloso-pilosis demum glaberrimis; foliis brevissime petio- 
latis, parvis, rigidis, anguste ovatis vel ovato-oblongis, basi 
rotundatis, apice acutis, margine crenulato-serrulatis et pri- 
mum glanduloso-ciliatis, 5-nerviis et leviter nervuloso-reticulatis, 
supra glaberrimis et nitidulis, subtus primum brevissime 
sparseque glanduloso-pilosis demum glabris; floribus ebracteatis, 
brevissime pedicellatis, solitariis terminalibusque vel in pani- 
culas parvas paucifloras foliosas dispositis; calyce pilis patulis 
longiusculis glandulosis rigidiusculis nigrescentibus subsparse 
vestito, tubo late campanulato, segmentis linearibus, apice 
acutis, margine longiuscule glanduloso-ciliatis, basi remotius- 
culis, tubo paulo brevioribus; petalis ovato-oblongis, apice 
acutis, margine breviter sparseque glanduloso-ciliatis. 
Tabula nostra II. Fig. II (habitus cum analysi). 
RAMI satis graciles, longiusculi, rigidi, inferne laeves et denudati, 
cinereo-fusci vel purpurascentes, simplices vel vix ramulosi. PETIOLUS 
satis gracilis, teretiusculus, supra leviter canaliculatus, primum leviter 
glanduloso-pilosus demum glaber, 2—5 mm. longus. FoLIA erecta, inter- 
nodiis saepius paulo longiora, supra laete viridia, subtus satis pallidiora, 
2'/2—4 em. longa, 11/2—2 em. lata, floralia multo minora; nervis robustius- 
culis, supra profundiuscule impressis, subtus valde prominentibus, mediano 
satis crassiore, exterioribus caeteris multo gracilioribus et paulo breviori- 
bus. PEDICELLI filiformes, recti, nigrescentes, densiuscule longeque glan- 
duloso-pilosi, 1—4 mm, longi. CALYX atro-fuseus, tubo teretiusculo, basi 
esp apice satis dilatato, 4 mm. longo, apice 4—5 mm. lato, édpuiebitis 
id dias ime partit uen Bexuonia, ki mm. longs, basi e 
j purascentia, tenuiter plurinervulosa, utrin- 
que glabra, paulo asymmetrica, 7—8 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata. STAMINUM 
era in M E ia 
mm. crassae. OVARIUM oe uo» uen s it ig » 
pilosum ; stylus 
