Tab. 5411. 

 miconia pulverulenta. 



Floccose Miconia. 



Nat. Ord. Melastomace^. — Decandria Monogynia. 



Gen. Char. Fhres ssepissime 5-meri } raro 4- 6-8-meri, amblypetali. Calyces 

 longius breviusve campanulati, interdura subhemisphserici, limbo utplurimum 

 brevi, nonnunquam dilatato, dentibus nunc obsoletis nunc productis rarissime 

 acutis ; denticulis externis saepius nullis aut punctifortnibus, in parvo specierum 

 numero manifestos et acutis. Petala obovata, apice obtuso, integra aut retusa, 

 saepe ina3quilatera, interdum suborbicularia, in floribus explicatis ssepissime re- 

 flexa. Stamina petalorum numero dupla (in paucissimis speciebus numerosiora, 

 in unica, scilicet M. tetrandra, ad quatuor reducta), sequalia aut subeequalia ; an- 

 theris diversiformibus, apice 1-2-4-porosis, rarius longitudinaliter 1-2-rimosis, 

 connectivo sub loculis nullo aut breviter producto et varie appendiculato, interdum 

 et adenophoro. Ovarium saepissime partim adhserens, raro omnino liberum aut 

 usque ad apicem cum calyce adnatum, ovoideum aut globosum, 2-3-4-5 -loculare. 

 Stylus inodo gracilis exsertus, modo crassus et subinclusus, rarissime nullus aut 

 subnullus ; stigmate punctiformi, capitellato aut etiam peltato. Fructus globosus, 

 baccatus (fortassis et siccus subcapsularis). Semina pyramidata aut irregulariter 

 polybedra. — Frutices baud raro arborei, in utraque America inter tropicos copiosis- 

 siine crescentes, micranthi aut suhmicranthi ; foliis multiformibus, magnitudine 

 diversissimis, oppositis aut rarius verticellatis, in eodem jugo nonnunquam subdis- 

 paribus, glabris, villosis, aut tomentosis ; inflorescentia terminali, septus panicu- 

 lata, interdum spiciformi ; floribus sessilibus aut breviter pedicellatis ; petalis 

 albis, rarius roseis rubris ant luteolis. Naud. 



Miconia pulverulenta ; fruticosa polystemon, ramis supremis foliisque novellis 

 pube tomentosa adpressa rufescentibus ; foliis petiolatis ellipticis subacutis 

 basi obtusis sinuato-denticulatis 3-nerviis, pagina superiore matura gla- 

 brata, inferiore tomentum retinente; paniculis thyrsoideis pyramidatisve 

 confertifloris terminalibus aut alaribus ; floribus ad apices ramorum ramulo- 

 rumque congestis 5-meris, fortassis et 6-8-meris. Naud. 



Miconia pulverulenta. Ruiz et Pav, Syst. Veg. Peruv.p. 104. Be Cand. Prodr. 

 v. 3. p. 190. Naudin, Melast. p. 181-643. 



Communicated by Messrs. Veitch and Son, from their nur- 

 sery, King's Road, Chelsea, in July of the present year (1863), 

 under the name we have here adopted, and stated to be derived 

 from Peru. But that is all I have to offer in favour of its being 



NOVEMBEK 1ST, 1863. 



