13 MELASTOMACEAE: 
filiformis, purpurascens, glaber, satis sigmoideo-flexuosus, 849 mm. longus. 
CarsuLA subglobosa, leviter 5—6-sulcata, 5 mm. crassa,  SEMINA (imma- 
tura) oblongo-pyramidata, recta, basi obtusa, apice truncata. 
Habitat in prov. Rio de Janeiro: Glaziou n. 7625 in herb. Eichl., 
Warming et. Kew. 
3. BEHURIA CORYMBOSA Cocn. ramis teretius- 
culis, supremis obscure tetragonis, primum pilis patulis brevius- 
culis glandulosis dense vestitis demum glaberrimis; foliis 
longiuscule petiolatis, rigidiusculis, ovatis, basi rotundatis et 
interdum subemarginatis, apice acutis et breviter acuminatis, 
margine serratis vel duplicato-serratis ciliatisque, supra densius- 
cule breviterque pilosis, subtus longiuscule sparseque pilosis 
et ad nervos densiuscule longeque hirtellis, 7-nerviis et leviter 
nervuloso-reticulatis; floribus minute bracteolatis, longiuscule 
pedicellatis, in paniculam corymbosam terminalem foliosam 
multifloram dispositis; bracteolis caducis, sessilibus, tenuiter 
membranaceis, lineari-subulatis, apice acuminatis, margine 
serrulato-ciliatis, leviter glanduloso- pilosis; calyce pilis patulis 
breviusculis glandulosis purpurascentibus densiuscule vestito, 
tubo subhemisphaerico, segmentis lineari-subulatis, apice acu- 
tissimis, margine glanduloso-ciliatis, basi remotis, tubo paulo 
longioribus; petalis obovato-oblongis, apice obtusis vel mi- 
nute apiculatis, margine non ciliatis. 
Tabula nostra III. Fig. I (habitus cum analysi). 
Ram: robustiusculi, breves, rigidi, superne purpurascentes, inferne 
denudati et cinereo-fusci, satis trichotome ramulosi. Prerionus robustius- 
culus, teretiusculus, fuscescens vel purpurascens, densissime at breviuscule 
hirtellus, 1—2 em. longus. FoLIA patula, internodiis subduplo longiora, 
supra laete viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, interdum dilute purpurea, 
5—7 cm. longa, 3!/»—5 em. lata, superiora paulo minora; nervis satis 
gracilibus, supra paulo impressis, subtus satis prominentibus, mediano 
paulo crassiore, exterioribus caeteris multo gracilioribus brevioribusque. 
PEDICELLI satis graciles, subrecti, obscure tetragoni, purpurascentes, brevius- 
cule denseque glanduloso-pilosi, basi bracteolati, !/a—1!/» cm. longi. BRAC- 
TEOLAE fuscescentes vel cinereae, 3—5 mm. longae, '/22—1 mm. latae. 
CaLyx purpureus vel atro-fuseus, tubo teretiusculo, basi rotundato, apice 
non vel vix dilatato, 3—4 mm. longo, 5 mm. lato, segmentis erectis, 
leviter flexuosis, 5—6 mm. longis, basi 1/2—$7/3 mm. latis. PETALA patula, 
alba vel dilute purpurea, tenuissime multinervia, utrinque glaberrima, 
satis asymmetrica, 1'/» em. longa, 6—8 mm. lata. STAMINUM filamenta 
subcapillaria, purpurea, glabra, leviter flexuosa, 7 —8 mm. longa; antherae 
aurantiaceae, dorso fuscescentes, paulo arcuatae, apice obtusae, 3 mm. 
longae, 7/3 mm. crassae. OVARIUM ovoideum, apice levissime breviterque 
glanduloso-pilosum ; stylus filiformis, purpurascens, leviter sigmoideo-flexu- 
osus, 8—9 mm. longus. CAPSULA subglobosa, distincte 4-sulcata, usque 
ad basim saepius 4-valvis, fusca, 6 mm. crassa. SEMINA anguste lineari- 
pyramidata, basi acutiuscula, apice subtruncata, fulva, 1'/» mm. longa, 
1/3 mm. lata. 
Habitat in prov. Rio de Janeiro ad Serra dos Orgáos: Glaziou 
n. 3970 in herb. Eichl. et. Warming, J. de Saldanha n. 6870 in herb. 
Eich. — Floret Martio — Aprili. 
4. BEHURIA CORDIFOLIA Coen. ramis obscure tetra. 
gonis, primum pilis patulis elongatis glandulosis sparsissime 
vestitis demum glaberrimis; foliis longiuscule petiolatis, mem- 
branaceis, late ovatis vel suborbicularibus, basi leviter emar- 
ginato-cordatis, apice subrotundatis et breviter acuminatis, 
margine minutissime subulato-crenulatis, T-nerviis et satis 
transverse nervulosis, supra glaberrimis, subtus glabriusculis 
Melastom. IL 
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et ad nervos longiuseule sparsissimeque setulosis; floribus 
minute bracteolatis, breviuscule pedicellatis, in paniculam 
parvam terminalem subcorymbosam  paucifloram dispositis; 
bracteolis caducis, subsessilibus, tenuiter membranaceis, line- 
ari-subulatis, apice acuminatis, margine integris, utrinque 
glabris; calyce sparsissime breviterque glanduloso-piloso vel 
interdum glabro, tubo late breviterque obconico, segmentis 
anguste triangularibus, apice acuminatis, margine longe glan- 
duloso-ciliatis, basi remotiusculis, tubo paulo longioribus; pe- 
talis anguste obovatis, apice subrotundatis et interdum minute 
apiculatis, margine non ciliatis. 
Tabula nostra III. Fig. II (habitus cum analysi). 
Ramr robustiusculi, elongati, rigidi, sordide cinerei vel interdum di- 
lute purpurascentes, laeves, inferne longe denudati, simplices vel paulo 
ramulosi. PETIOLUS robustiusculus, teretiusculus, supra vix canaliculatus, 
fuscescens vel purpurascens, pilis patulis longissimis glandulosis sparse 
vestitus, 2—4 cm. longus. Foria4 patula, internodiis multo longiora, supra 
laete viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 9—12 cm. longa, 7 —10 cm. lata, superiora 
paulo minora; nervis robustiusculis, supra tenuiter impressis, subtus satis 
prominentibus, mediano paulo crassiore, exterioribus caeteris multo gracili- 
oribus brevioribusque. PEDICELLI satis graciles, rigidi, obscure tetragoni, 
virides vel dilute purpurei, glabriusculi, basi bracteolati, '/22—41 cm. longi. 
BRACTEOLAE purpurascentes, 2—3 mm. longae, !/»—?/5 mm. latae. CALYX 
fuscescens, tubo teretiusculo, basi acuto, apice satis dilatato, 4 mm. longo, 
apice 6—7 mm. lato, segmentis erectis, rigidiusculis, superne interdum 
purpurascentibus, 5—6 mm. longis, basi 3 mm. latis. PETALA erecto- 
patula, flavescentia, extus saepius dilute purpurea, obscure plurinervia, 
utrinque glaberrima, paulo asymmetrica, 12—13 mm. longa, 7—10 mm. 
lata. STAMINUM filamenta subfiliformia, purpurascentia, glabra, leviter 
compressa, subrecta, 7—8 mm. longa; antherae aurantiaceae, dorso fus- 
cescentes. subrectae, apice obtusae, 5 mm, longae, vix 1 mm. crassae. Ova- 
RIUM subglobosum; stylus filiformis, purpurascens, subrectus, 7—8 mm. 
longus. CapsuLa perfecta ignota. 
Habitat in prov. Rio de Janeiro: Glaziou n. 6884 in herb. Eichl. 
et Warming. 
5. BEHURIA GLUTINOSA Coax. ramis obtuse tetra- 
gonis, glutinosis praecipue ad apicem, primum pilis patulis 
longiusculis glandulosis sparse vestitis demum glabris; foliis 
longe petiolatis, tenuiter membranaceis, leviter glutinosis prae- 
cipue supra, ovato-rotundatis, basi saepius leviter emarginato- 
cordatis, apice acutis vel subobtusis, margine breviuscule glan- 
duloso-ciliatis et integerrimis vel minutissime remoteque denti- 
culatis, 7-nerviis et leviter transverse nervulosis, supra bre- 
viter sparseque pilosis, subtus glabriusculis et ad nervos nervulos- 
que breviuscule sparseque hirtellis; floribus minute bracteolatis, 
breviuscule pedicellatis, in paniculam parvam terminalem foliosam 
plurifloram dispositis; bracteolis valde caducis, sessilibus, 
tenuiter membranaceis, linearibus, apice acuminatis, margine 
leviter glanduloso-ciliatis, utrinque glabris et leviter gluti- 
nosis; calyce viscoso et pilis patulis elongatis glandulosis 
rigidiusculis basi incrassatis subsparse hirtello, tubo late cam- 
panulato, segmentis triangularibus, apice acutis, margine lon- 
giuscule glanduloso-ciliatis, basi remotiusculis, tubum sub. 
aequantibus; petalis anguste obovatis, apice obtusis, margine 
non ciliatis. 
»FRUTEX 1 m. altus“ (RIEDEL). RAMI robustiusculi, elongati, rigidi, 
arcuati, fusci vel fuscescentes, inferne denudati, paulo trichotome ramu- 
losi. PETIOLUS satis gracilis, angulato-sulcatus, longiuscule sparseque glan- 
duloso-pilosus, valde glutinosus, fnsens, 2!/»—4 em. longus. FoLiA patula, 
internodiis multo longiora, supra laete viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 
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