19 MELASTOMACEAE: 
que rufo-villosis, mox glabratis et tunc tenuissime punctatis ; 
floribus breviter pedicellatis, in paniculam terminalem parvam 
multifloram minute bracteolatam dispositis; bracteolis sub- 
membranaceis, sessilibus, lanceolatis, apice acuminatis, mar- 
gine integerrimis ciliolatisque, uninerviis, utrinque breviter 
ferrugineo-hirtellis; calyce brevissime et densiuscule ferrugineo- 
piloso, tubo oblongo-cylindrico teretiusculo, limbo valde dila- 
tato vix manifeste quinquelobo, denticulis externis brevissimis 
saepe setulosis. 
Adelobotrys ciliata Triana! Melast. 68. 
Davya ciliata Naud.! in Ann. Sc. nat. ser. 3. 
137 el Melast. 659. 
Sphanellolepis ciliata Steud.! Mss. in Kappler PI. Surin. 
n. 1682. 
APTE 
Rami elongati, rigidiuseuli, sarmentosi, pallide virides vel fusces- 
centes, simplices vel vix ramulosi. PETIOLUS satis gracilis, teretinsculus, 
supra distincte canaliculatus, breviter sparseque ferrugineo-pilosus, ad 
apicem dense hirtellus, 1—2'/» cm. longus. 
subreflexa, internodiis saepius paulo longiora interdum breviora, supra 
saturate viridia, subtus laete viridia, 6—10 cm. longa, 4—7 cm. lata, 
superiora saepius satis minora; nervis satis gracilibus, supra non vel vix 
impressis, sübtus satis prominentibus, mediano paulo crassiore, exterioribus 
eaeteris leviter gracilioribus et paulo brevioribus, nervulis transversalibus 
subrectis subtus leviter prominentibus. PEDICELLI satis graciles, rigidius- 
culi, teretiusculi, fusci, brevissime et densiuscule setulosi, 2—4 mm. longi. 
BRACTEOLAE utrinque fuscescentes, 2—6 mm. longae. CALxx fuscus vel 
ferrugineus, tubo basi subrotundato, 5—6 mm. longo, ad medium 2 mm. 
et ad apicem 4—5 mm. lato, dentibus erectis, 1—2 mm. longis. PETALA 
patula, rosea, obovato-oblonga, apice obtusa, utrinque glabra, obscure pluri- 
nervia, leviter asymmetrica, 8—10 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata. STAMINUM 
filamenta tenuissima, pallida, leviter flexuosa, 5—6 mm. longa; antherae 
inflexae, leviter arcuatae, pallidae, apice longe attenuatae, 6—8 mm. longae, 
!/ mm. erassae, appendice dorsali subulata, subrecta, apice leviter bilobata, 
$—4 mm. longa. OvariuM oblongo-cylindricum, distincte 5-sulcatum, apice 
subtruncatum, 2—3 mm. longum; stylus capillaris, satis sigmoideo-flexuo- 
sus, 6--7 mm. longus. CAPSULA fuscescens, ovoidea, profunde 5-sulcata, 
fere usque ad basim S-valvis, 6—7 mm. longa, 5—6 mm. crassa, SEMINA. 
fulva nucleo fusco, recta, subtriangulari-subulata, valde compressa, basi 
longe acuminata, apice truncata et membranacea, 1/4 mm. longa, !/s 
mm, lata. 
ForniA patula vel interdum 
Habitat in Guiana gallica: L. C. Richard; in Surinamia ad fl. 
Karouany : Kappler n. 1682, Sagot n. 237 ; in Venezuela ad Villavicencia : 
Karsten. — Floret Februario. 
4 ADELOBOTRYS ADSCENDENS Tariana: ramis 
robustis, herbaceis, teretiusculis vel leviter compressis, pri- 
mum sparsissime setosis praecipue ad nodos demum glaber- 
rimis; folis submembranaceis rigidiusculisque, breviuscule 
petiolatis, ovatis vel interdum ovato-oblongis, basi rotundatis, 
apice breviter et acutiuscule acuminatis, margine integerrimis 
vel rarius prope apicem levissime remoteque serrulatis, 5-ner- 
viis vel interdum subquintuplinerviis, utrinque glaberrimis vel 
subtus ad nervos leviter rufo-setosis; floribus breviuscule pedi- 
cellatis, ebracteatis, in paniculam magnam terminalem thyrsoi- 
deam ramosissimam dispositis, ramulis apice multifloris um- 
belliferis; calyce brevissime subsparseque ferrugineo - piloso 
demum glabro, tubo oblongo-subeylindrico teretiusculo, limbo 
valde dilatato vix manifeste quinquelobo, denticulis externis 
brevissimis tuberculiformibus. 
Adelobotrys adscendens Triana! Melast. 67. tab. V. fig. 56. 
ADELOBOTRYS. 20 
Melastoma adscendens Sw.! FI. Ind. occ. II. 772; Willd. 
IL 582: Pers. Syn. Pl. I 471; DC. Prodr. III. 202. 
Melastoma scandens Sw. Prodr. 69 (non Aubl.). 
Melastoma Portoricensis Spreng. (ex Triana l. c.). 
Miconia scandens Ruiz et Pav.! Fl. Peruv. ined. tab. 395. 
Davya Guyanensis DC.! Prodr. LIL. 105 et Mem. Melast. 
18. fab. 3: 
Topobea (2) paniculata Rich.! Herb. ex DC. T. 
Davya Peruviana DC. 1. c. et Mem. Mélast. 19. 
Adelobotrys scandens Macf. Fl. Jam. II. 99 (non DC.). 
Sarmentaria decora Naud. ! in Ann. Sc. nat. ser. 3. XVIII. 
141 et Melast. 663. 
Davya adscendens Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 265. 
Spec. 
,FnuTEX arborum parasiticus“ (L. C. Rich.). Rami elongati, sar- 
mentosi, plus minusve flexuosi, pallide virides vel superne fuscescentes, 
simplices vel vix ramulosi PemoLus gracilis, angulatus, supra distincte 
canaliculatus, viridis vel fuscescens, breviter sparseque pilosus demum 
subglaber, 11/2—3 em. longus. Fora patula vel interdum plus minusve 
reflexa, internodiis saepius paulo longiora, supra laete viridia et laevia, 
subtus pallidiora, 10—15 em. longa, 6—8 em. lata, superiora paulo minora; 
nervis satis gracilibus, supra paulo impressis, subtus satis prominentibus, 
mediano paulo erassiore, exterioribus caeteris satis gracilioribus et paulo 
brevioribus, nervulis transversalibus subrectis gracillimis subtus leviter 
prominentibus. PANICULA trichotome ramosissima, 2—3 dm. longa; ramis 
robustiusculis, patulis, rigidiusculis, obscure tetragonis, brevissime pube- 
rulis, valde ramulosis. PEDICELLI graciles, flexuosi, teretiusculi, brevissime 
et densiuscule ferrugineo-pilosi, 4—7 mm. longi. CAnxx fuscescens, tubo 
basi subrotundato, 6—7 mm. longo, ad medium 2 mm. et ad apicem 
4—5 mm, lato, denticulis externis vix !/s—!/» mm. longis. PETALA erecto- 
patula, pallide lutea, anguste obovata, apice obtusa, utrinque glaberrima, 
tenuissime multinervulosa, satis asymmetrica, 7—8 mm. longa, 4—5 mm. 
lata. STAMINUM filamenta filiformia, pallida, valde compressa, satis flexu- 
osa, 3--4 mm. longa; antherae inflexae, pallidae, satis arcuatae, apice 
longe attenuatae, 6—8 mm. longae, $/4 mm, crassae, appendice dorsali 
subulata, subrecta, apice profunde bifida, 4—5 mm. longa. OvaRIUM ob- 
longo-cvlindricum, leviter 5-sulcatum, apice subtruncatum, 3 mm. longum; 
stylus capillaris, subrectus, superne leviter attenuatus, 8 mm. longus. 
CaPSULA perfecta nobis ignota. 
Habitat in sylvis paludosis ripariis Guianae gallicae : L. C. Richard, 
Patris ; prope urbem Cayenne: Martin, Leprieur ; ad La Mana: Mélinon ; 
ad Acarouany: Sagot n. 285; in Guiana anglica: Appun n. 283; in 
Peruvia: Pavon; propé Cuchero: Dombey ; in Nicaragua : R. Tate n. 71; 
in Mexico ad Sierra San Pedro Nolasco et Talea: Jurgensen n. 865 ; in Ja- 
maica: Swartz, Wilson, Macfadyen. — In Brasilia forsan adhuc invenienda. 
« 5. ADELOBOTRYS ROTUNDIFOLIA Tkrana: ramis 
robustiusculis, herbaceis, teretiusculis vel superne satis com- 
pressis, primum densiuscule breviterque villosis demum glabris ; 
foliis coriaceis, longiuscule petiolatis, suborbicularibus vel 
ovato-orbicularibus, basi rotundatis vel saepius emarginato- 
cordatis, apice abrupte acuteque acuminatis, margine integer- 
rimis, 5-nerviis, supra primum leviter pilosis demum glaber- 
rimis, subtus sparse ferrugineo-pilosis praecipue ad nervos 
demum subglabris; floribus breviuscule pedicellatis, ebracteatis, 
in paniculam majusculam terminalem multifloram inferne foli- 
osam dispositis; calyce fructifero brevissime ferrugineo-piloso 
demum glabro, tubo urceolato decemcostato, ore contracto, 
limbo explanato vix manifeste quinquelobo, denticulis externis 
brevissimis triangulari-subulatis. 
Tabula nostra V. Fig. II (habitus cum analysi). 
Adelobotrys rotundifolia Triana! Mélast. 68. 
