122 EOTA^^Y OP THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. HEKALD. 
It may tlicrcfore be said that on tlic vrhoh the Isthmus derives little advantage from the numerous Mela- 
stomacecE which have taken up their abode in it ; they neither contribute much tovrards enlivening its scenery, 
nor are they of much use to the inhabitants ; and as all the members of this family are also found in coun- 
tries north, south, west, or east of the Isthmus, even the distinction of possessing some endemic species is 
denied to the Flora. 
370. Rhvxchaxtheba insignis, Naud. Melast. p. 15. In swampy savanas about Aguadulce, 
Nata, and San Juan, Province of Panama. 
A shrub from 4 to 5 feet high. Flowers large, purple. 
371. Cextradenia rosea, Don_, Xaud. Melast. p. 76. In half-shady places on the sides of 
rocks ; Volcano of Chiriqui, Province of Veraguas. 
372. NoTEROPHiLA inuduta, Mart., Naud. Melast. p. 84. — MicroHcia inudata et M. limnohios, 
De Cand. Prodr. vol. iii. p. 117. In swamps near Panama. 
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373. Uranthera recurva, Naud. Melast. p. 88. — MicoUcia recurva, De Cand. Prodr. vol. iii. 
p. 118. In swamps near Panama. 
374. Nespera aquatica, Naud. Melast. p. dS.—Spennera aquatica, De Cand. Prodr. vol. iii. 
p. 116. In moist places. Island of Chirambira, Darien. 
375. Pterogastra cupheoides, Seem. — Heeria cupheoidesj Benth. in Bot. Sulph. p. 93. t. 33. 
Near springs; found both in Panama and Darien. 
376. Oreocosmus ferrugmeus. Seem. — Cheetogastra? ferrugineaf Hook, et Arn., Bot. Beech, 
p, 423. Volcano of Chiriqui, Veraguas. 
A shrub about 3 feet high. Segments of the calyx and the petals purple.— Closely allied to 0. mon- 
ticola, Kaud., if not identical ^vith that species. 
377. Lasiandra hipenidllata, Naud. Melastom. p. 135. In sunny places, Santiago de Veraguas. 
378. Micraxthella lanceolata, Naud. Melast. p. 171. — Chatogastra lanceolata, De Cand. 
Prodr. vol. iii. p. 131. Common in plantations and on the banks of n\Tilets, often in company with 
Desmoduim cajamfolimn ; it was also found by me in Sassaranga, Ecuador. 
379. Spennera circceoides, De Cand. Prodr. vol. iii. p. 116.— Naud. Melast. p. 236. Island of 
Chirambira, Darien. 
380. MoNOCH^TUM Hnmboldtianum, Kunth, Delect. Sem. pi. hort. BeroL, 1844. — Naud. 1. c. 
p. 248. Volcano of Chiriqui, Veraguas. 
381. Bellucia Aubletii, Naud. Melast. p. 348 (T.vb. XXVI.) j arborea, glaberrima, foliis 
elliptico-ovatis apiculatis basi nonnunquam aeutiusculis triplo-quintuplinen-iis pagina superiore niten- 
tibus, floribus 7-8-mcris, calyels limbo membrauacco in lobos irregulares lacero, stigmate capitato 
14-I5-costato, fructibus edulibus. — Blakea guinquenervia, Aubl. Guy. vol. i. p. 525. t. 214. — De Cand. 
Prodr. vol. iii. p. 195. — Nomen vemacul. "CoroniUo." On the outskirts of forests; common in 
Western Veraguas. 
A tree about 30 feet high. Fruit edible. — I do not think that the five species of Bellucia proposed by 
Naudiu will be found to be good species ; to me they appear mere varieties of B. Aubletii^ which, in the 
