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form aud size of the leaves, the more or less regular splitting of tlie calyx, auj the colour of the petals, is 
very variable. 
Plate XXVI. Fig. 1, calyx, ovary, aud stj-le ; 2, anther ; 3, ovary cut opou x—aU viagnified. 
383. CoNosTEGiA Xalapensis, Don, Naud. Melast. p. 393.— De Caiid. Prodr. vol. iii. p. 175. 
Volcano of Cliiriqui and IMoutana de Cliorclia^ Vcraguas; Cliagrcs, Province of Panama (Feudlcr). 
383. CoNosTEGiA polyandra, Benth. in Bot. Sulph. p. <)G. t, 35. Island of Cliiramlnra, Darien. 
A alu-ub 6 to 8 feet high. Flowers white ; herrj- black. 
381-. CoNOSTEGiA sp. In dark forests at Cape Corrientcs, Darien. 
Appear to be new, but the flowers are not developed enough to allow the specimens being detennined. 
385. CoNOSTEGiA speciosa, Naud. Melast. p. 391. — Nomcn veniacul. " IIojo oscuro." Com- 
mon in the savanas about Panama. 
A shrub from 6 to 10 feet high; easily distinguished from its allies by its hi no alabaslra and roso- 
• coloured petals. It was also collected on the western side of New Granada by Cuiuiug (no. 1258), and on 
the eastern by Linden and Purdie ; the latter obtained it at Sautamarta. 
386. MicoNiA impctiolaris, De Cand. Prodr. vol. iii. p. 183. — Naud. Melast. p. 419. — Nomen 
vernacul. "Dos caras." On the outskirts of woods and in savanas; common all over the country. 
A shrub about 10 feet high. The variety M. impetiolark, DC, var. pandurifolia, Naud., was collected 
at Panama by Duchassaing. 
387. MicoxiA hohsericea, De Cand. Prodr. vol. iii. p. 181. — Naud. ^Melast. p. 428. Common 
in sunny places all over the country. 
388. MicoNiA argyrophylla, De Cand. Prodr. vol. iii. p. 181.— Naud. Melast. p. 429. Tole, 
Pro^'incc of Veragiias. 
389. MicoxiA hngistyla, Stcudl., Naud. ilclaat. p. 430. — M. Schomhuryku, Beuth. in Hook. 
Journ. Bot. vol. ii. p. 312. — Nomen vernacul. "Cainillo.'* Outskirts of woods, from Panama to Tole. 
A tree from 30 to 35 feet high ; its wood is used for building purposes. 
390. MicoNiA Jacera, Naud. Melast. p. 434. — Clidemia facera, De Cand. Prodr. vol. iii. p. 164. 
Chagres (Fendlcr). 
391. MicoxiA racemosa, De Cand. Prodr. vol. iii. p. 179. — ^Naud. Melast. p. 435. In forests 
near Cruces, Province of Panama. 
392. MicoxiA Melanodendron, Nand. !Mclast. p. 411. — M, myrianiha, Benth. in Ilook. Journ. 
of Bot. vol. ii. p. 314 ! — M. tristis, Spring. Flora, vol. xx. p. 7G ! — M. depauperata, Gardn. in Hook. 
Journ. of Bot. vol. ii. p. 346 ! — Nomen vernacul. " Caimitillo.'^ Common in exposed positions all 
over the country. 
393. MicoNiA rubiginosa, De Cand. Prodr. vol. iii, p. 183.— Naud. Melast. p. 447. — M. astro- 
laria, De Cand. 1. c. ? — Cremanium Caracasanum, AVilld. Ilcrb.j fide Cl, Klotzsch in Herb. Hook.! In 
savanas ahout Panama, but comparatively rare. 
In Hooker's Herbarium there are specimens of this phmt from Brazil (Sellow), Venezuela (Puuke), and 
Peru (Mathews). 
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