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vel obscure 5-denticulato; petalis obovatis, apice rotundatis, 
utrinque glabris; staminibus paulo inaequalibus, antheris an- 
tice rima unica fere usque ad basin apertis, connectivo infra 
loculos breviuscule producto, basi inappendiculato; ovario tri- 
loculari, glabro, fere usque ad apicem adhaerente; stylo su. 
perne satis incrassato, apice truncato. 
Miconta fulva DC.! Prodr. III. 180; Triana, Melast. 
120; Sagot in Ann. Sc. nal. ser. 6. XV. 324 (excl. syn.). — 
Pluk. Almag. 265. fig. 1. 
Melastoma chrysophylla L. C. Rich.! in Act. Soc. Hist. 
nat. Paris. 1792. p 109 (non Desr.). 
Melastoma fulva L. C. Rich.! in Bonpl. Mélast. 23. tab. 11. 
Miconia longifolia Naud.! in Ann. Sc. nat. ser. 3. XVI. 
157 et Melast. 439, non DC. (excl. syn.). 
Chaenopleura fulva Griseb. PI. Amer. trop. 55. 
Eurychaenia punctata Griseb.! Fl. Brit. W.-Ind. Isl. 
259 (excl. syn.). 
FrUTEX erectus, circiter 2 m. altus. RAMI erecti vel erecto-patuli, 
elongati, satis graciles, paulo arcuati, superne acute 3—4-goni, leviter 
ramulosi, cinereo-fulvi. PrerioLus robustiusculus, angulato-sulcatus, supra 
profundiuseule canaliculatus, fuscescens, '/2— 1 em. longus. Forra erecta 
vel erecto-patula, internodiis 3—4-plo longiora, oblongo-lanceolata vel late 
lanceolata, margine fere usque ad basin repando-crenata, supra intense 
viridia et saepius opaca, subtus rufescentia, in eodem jugo saepius leviter 
inaequalia, 1!/a—2!/» dm. longa, 3—5 cm. lata; nervis crassiusculis, supra 
profundiuscule impressis, subtus valde prominentibus, mediano satis cras- 
siore; nervulis transversalibus numerosis, subrectis, utrinque subimpressis, 
tenuissime ramulosis. PANICULAE erectae, satis ramosae, rufescentes, cir- 
citer 1 dm. longae; rami oppositi vel vertici'lati, patuli vel erecto-patuli, 
elongati vel interdum longissimi, graciles, acutiuscule tetragoni quadrisul- 
cati et leviter compressi, valde ramulosi, basi ebracteati. CALYX rufescens, 
teretiusculus, 1'/2 mm. longus, apice 2 mm. latus. PrraLa dilute flava, 
subreflexa, tenuissime 3—5-nervia, 1 /4—11/2 mm. longa, $/41—1 mm. lata. 
STAMINUM filamenta tenuissima, satis flexuosa, 1'/» mm. longa; antherae 
flavescentes dorso fuscae, lineares, leviter arcuatae, */s—1 mm. longae. 
OVARIUM obovoideum, apice truncatum, 1/2 mm. longum; stylus subrectus, 
3 mm. longus. Bacca fuscescens, subglobosa, 2!/»—3 mm. crassa. Semina 
perfecta ignota. 
Var. B. TINCTORIA Mart. in DC. l. c. 
Rami superne satis compressi vel interdum trigoni. Petiolus saepius 
1 em. longus. Folia late lanceolata, margine leviter undulata, 1—1'/2 dm. 
longa, 2—4!/» cm. lata. 
Var. y. PokpPram Cogn. 
Rami superne acutiuscule 3—4-goni, Petiolus 1/2—1 em. longus. 
Folia oblonga, margine subintegerrima, basi leviter attenuata, apice longius- 
cule abrupteque acuminata, 1—11/2 dm. longa, 3'/2—6 em. lata 
Var. è. ANGUSTIFOLIA Cogn. 
Rami superne obtusinscule 3—4-goni. Petiolus saepius vix 1/2 em. 
longus. Folia patula, subtriplinervia, anguste lanceolata, apice breviuscule 
acuminata, 1—2 dm. longa, 1/2—3 em. lata. 
Var. e. AUBLETIANA Naud.! l. c. 
Rami superne acutiuscule trigoni. Petiolus circiter '/2 cm. longus. 
Folia lanceolata, apice longiuscule acuminata, margine integerrima, 6 ad 
10 em. longa, 1'/2—3 em. lata. Ramuli paniculerum conspicue secundiflori. 
Habitat in Guiana gallica: Leblond n. 100; prope Cayenne: Poi- 
teau, Martin, in Surinam: Splitgerber; in ins. Trinitatis: Crueger, 
Lockhart; in Jamaica: Alexander. — Var. B. in prov. Alto Amazonas 
ad Rio Negro: Martius; in vicinia Santarem prov. Para: Spruce. — 
Var. 4. in sylvis ad Ega prov. Alto Amazonas: Poeppig n. 2542 part. — 
Melastom. II. 
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Var. in Surinam ad ripas flum. Marcwyne : Kappler n. 1997. — 
Var. =. in Guiana gallica ad La Mana: Sagot n. 1027 ; in Guiana 
anglica : Schomburgk n. S90. — Floret Septembri. 
177. MICONIA ELAEAGNOIDES Coen. ramis alter- 
natim hinc et inde satis compressis, acute tetragonis et bre- 
viter quadrialatis, junioribus petiolis pedunculisque tenuissime 
subsparseque lepidotis, vetustioribus glabris laevibusque; foliis 
brevissime petiolatis, submembranaceis, oppositis, oblongis, 
basi leviter attenuatis et ad petiolum breviuscule decurrenti- 
bus, apice subabrupte breviter acuteque acuminatis, margine 
integerrimis, quintuplinerviis, supra glaberrimis laevibusque, 
subtus pilis stellato.lepidotis tenuissime adpressis ad medium 
saepius punctatis dense vestitis; paniculis majusculis vel sub- 
parvis, terminalibus, pyramidatis, multifloris; floribus 5-meris, 
sessilibus vel brevissime pedicellatis, basi ebracteolatis, ad 
apices ramulorum extremorum subsecundis; calyce dense stel- 
lato-lepidoto, tubo campanulato-obconico, limbo distincte 5-den- 
tato, dentibus brevibus, lineari-subulatis, basi remotis; ovario 
triloculari, apice vix stellato-pilosulo, fere usque ad medium 
libero. 
Rami elongati, robustiusculi, subrecti, rufescentes, simplices. Perio- 
LUS robustus, angulato-suleatus subtriqueter, fuscescens, '/2—1 em. longus. 
Fotta erecto-patula, internodiis multo longiora, in eodem jugo subaequalia, 
2—3 dm. longa, 7—10 cm. lata, supra laete viridia et opaca, subtus pal- 
lide fulva; nervis erassiusculis, supra vix impressis, subtus satis promipen- 
tibus, mediano satis crassiore, exterioribus margini satis proximis, caeter's 
multo gracilioribus et vix brevioribus; nervulis transversalibus satis di- 
stantibus, gracillimis, subrectis, supra leviter impressis, subtus paulo pro- 
minentibus, tenuissime ramulosis. PANICULAE erectae, satis ramosae, ru- 
fescentes, !/a—1 dm. longae; rami patuli, satis graciles, elongati, acute 
tetragoni et leviter compressi, satis ramulosi, basi ebracteati. Catyx ful- 
vus, teretiusculus, 2'/2 mm. longus, apice 2'/2—3 mm. latus, Petala sta- 
minaque ignota. OVARIUM subglobosum, apice truncatum, 1'/s mm. crassum, 
Bacca nigricans et cinereo-furfuracea, subglobosa, oligosperma, 5 mm. 
erassa. SEMINA sordide fusca, irregulariter subangulato-ovoidea, laevia et 
nitidula, 2 mm. longa, 1'/2 mm. lata. 
Habitat in sylvarum marginibus ad Ega prov. Alto Amazonas: 
Poeppig n. 2558 in herb. Vindob,, n. 2542 part. in herb. Bruxell. 
178. MICONIA HYPOLEUCA Triana: ramis superne 
hexagonis et fere hexapteris, inferne teretiusculis, junioribus 
petiolis pedunculis calycibusque pilis tenuissimis adpressis 
crispulis densiuscule vestitis, vetustioribus glaberrimis laevi- 
busque; foliis breviter petiolatis, rigidiusculis, anguste ovatis 
vel ovato-oblongis, basi paulo attenuatis et in petiolum bre- 
viter decurrentibus, apice breviuscule ét aeutiuscule acumi- 
natis, margine leviter undulato-subdenticulatis, 5-nerviis, supra 
glaberrimis laevibusque, subtus tenuissime adpresseque tomen- 
tellis; paniculis majusculis, terminalibus, late pyramidatis, 
floribundis; floribus 5-meris, ad apices ramulorum extremorum 
panieulae sessilibus, basi minutissime bracteolatis; calycis 
tubo campanulato, limbo distincte 5-lobato, lobis brevissimis, 
deltoideis, extus sub apice minutissime gibbosis; petalis ob- 
ovato-oblongis, apice obtusis, utrinque glabris; staminibus 
panlo inaequalibus, antheris antice rima unica fere usque ad 
basin apertis, connectivo infra Joculos longiuscule producto, 
basi leviter inerassato inappendiculato; ovario triloculari, 
glabro, fere usque ad apicem adhaerente; stylo superne satis 
incrassato, apice truncato. 
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