10 Ign. Urban. 
L. Syst. X ed. II (1759) p. 1022 et Spec. Il ed. I p.559; Desr. in Lam. 
Enc. IV p. 52. — Melastoma nicotianaefolia Desr. in Lam. Enc. IV (1797) 
p. 53. — Miconia nicotianaefolia P. DC. Prodr. IV (1828) p. 188. — Ta- 
monea laevigata Krasser in Engl.-Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenf. III, 7, (1893) p. 142. 
Frutex 0,6—1,3 m v. arbuscula 3—4 m alta. Flores albi. Fl. IV, . 
V, VIII—X, fr. I, III, V, X. 
H.: Jaeger no. 333, Martin (ex Desr.), Nectoux, Picarda no. 594, 
Poiteau, ad Plaisance in fruticetis 600 m: Buch no. 1063, prope Marme- 
lade: Nash et Taylor no. 1254, prope Milot in sylvis umbrosis 300 m: 
Buch no. 472, prope Payan ad viam fontem versus: Picarda no, 168, 
prope Marquissant: Jacquemont, in Morne Bellevue fonds de la Plaine 
des Cayes: Christ no. 1941. — D.: Mayerhoff, prope Puerto-Plata in 
sylva juxta Rio Mameyes 50 m: Eggers no. 1631, 1732, ad La Cumbre: 
Raunkiaer no. 1091 (mus. Haun.), prope Jarabacoa juxta Rio Yaqui 550 m: 
Eggers no. 2183, in prov. Samana prope Sanchez: Rose, Fitch et Russell 
no. 4377, ibidem in montibus Las Cañitas: Taylor no. I, prope Azua: 
Rose, Fitch et Russell no. 3979, prope Barahona in montibus locis 
humidis 350 m: Fuertes no. 333, 333b, 339b, ibidem ad Paradis in sylva 
100 m: v. Türckheim no.2807. — Cuba, Jamaica, Portorico, St. Thomas, 
St. Croix, St. Jan (ex Egg.) Tortola, St. Martin (ex Bold. Saba, St. 
Eustache, St. Kitt's, Nevis (ex Cogn.), Antigua, Montserrat (ex Vahl et 
Cogn.), Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia (ex Cogn.), St. Vin- 
cent, Bequia, Barbados, Grenada, Tobago, Trinidad, Margarita, Amer. 
cont. trop. 
19. Miconia splendens (Ge) Triana Mélast. in Trans. Linn. Soc. | 
XXVII (1871) p. 107 (non Griseb.); Cogn. Mon. p. 800. — Melastoma 
plantaginis folio Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. VIII (1768) no. 1 (quoad syn. Plum.) 
— Mdastoma splendens Sw. Prodr. (1788) p. 70 et Flor. II p. 789; P. DC. 
Prodr. III p. 199. — Plum. ed. Burm. p. 130, tab. 140! 
H.: ex Plumier, L. C. Richard (ex Cogn.). — Jamaica (ex Sw.), 
Portorico. 
20. Miconia pteropoda Benth. in Hook. Journ. of Bot. IL (1840) p. 314; 
Cogn. in Mart. Flor. Bras. XIV, 4, p. 318 et Mon. p. 808. — Caca- 
Poule Hait. 
Arbuscula. Flores albi. Baccae rubro-violaceae. Fl. et fr. IX. 
H. prope Ste. Suzanne in collibus apricis 360 m: Christ no. 2118. — 
Guadeloupe, Grenada, Amer. trop. austr. 
21. Miconia prasina (Sw.) P. DC. Prodr. III (1828) p. 188; Griseb. 
Flor. p. 257; Cogn. in Mart. Flor. Bras. XIV, 4, p. 316 et Mon. p. 805. — 
Melastoma prasina Sw. Prodr. (1788) p. 69 et Flor. II p. 777. — Melastoma 
montanum Spreng. Syst. II (1825) p. 296 (quoad pl. Hisp., non Sei — 
Conostegia parviflora P. DC. in Prodr. III (1828) p. 175. — Tamonea pra- 
sina Krasser in Engl.-Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenf. III, 7 (1893) p.142. 
Frutex 2—3 m v, arbor 4—7 m alta. Fl. albi, Baccae caeruleae. 
FI. TV, Vl, XII, fr. V, VII, X. 
H.: Poiteau, in monte Maleuvre: Nash et Taylor no. 1148,. prope 
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