MELASTOMACEA. A415 
Suborder MELASTOMELL. 
Tribe MICROLICIEA. 
This tribe comprises seventeen genera and about seventy-five species, all endemic in 
America. 
| 1. RHYNCHANTHERA. | 
Rhynchanthera, DC. Prodr. iii. p. 106; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 738; Triana in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. xxviii. p. 31. 
There are twenty-four herbaceous and shrubby species dispersed from Mexico to 
Paraguay, South Brazil, and Peru, but these are most numerous on the eastern side of 
the continent. None have been collected in the West Indies. 
1. Rhynchanthera insignis, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 3, xii. p. 210. 
SoutH Mexico, without localities (Sallé; Jurgensen, 607); Panama, in somewhat 
shady places near the town of Agua Dulce (Seemann, 74). Hb. Kew. 
2. Rhynchanthera mexicana, DC. Prodr. iii. p. 188; Calques des Dess. FI. 
Mex. 342. 
_ Mexico (Mogino & Sessé). 
2. CENTRADENTIA. 
Centradenia, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. p. 765; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 739; Triana in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. xxviii. p. 32. 
The genus is restricted to Mexico and Central America, and consists of herbaceous 
or half-shrubby plants. 
1. Centradenia floribunda, Planch. in Flore des Serres, v. t. 453. 
MEXICco. 
2. Centradenia grandifolia, Endl. Gen. Pl. p. 1207; Bot. Mag. t. 5228. 
Plagiophyllum grandifolium, Schl. 
South Mexico, near Chiconquiaco and Cuesta Grande de Chiconquiaco (Schiede). 
Hb. Kew. 
3. Centradenia insequilateralis, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. p. 765. 
Centradenia rosea, Lindl. Bot. Reg. xxix. t. 20. 
Plagiophyllum parvifolium, Schl. 
Sovta Mexico, valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 1964), J slapa (Galeotti, 2925), Mirador 
(Liebmann ; Linden, 613), Orizaba (Bilimek, 211); Nicaraeva, Chontales (Seemann, 29); 
_ Costa Rica, without locality (Hndres), primeval woods, Angostura (Polakowsky); Panama, 
_ Boquete, Veraguas (Seemann, 1141). Hb. Kew. 
4, Centradenia, sp. 
‘Guatemaa (Salvin & Godman). Hb. Kew. 
