416 MELASTOMACEA, 
5. Centradenia, ? sp. 
Saw Satvapor, in shady humid places (Bernoulli, 9). Hb. Kew. 
Tribe OSBECKIEA, 
There are thirty genera in this tribe, eleven of which are peculiar to the Old World, 
and nineteen to America. 
3. ACISANTHERA. | 
Acisanthera, P. Browne, Hist. Jam. p. 217; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 739; Triana in 
Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. p. 33. 
Eleven species dispersed on the eastern side of South America, from South Brazil to 
Central America and the West Indies. Herbaceous, and mostly annual. 
1. Acisanthera quadrata, Juss. in Poir. Dict. Suppl. i. p. 111; Browne, Hist. 
Jam. t. 22. fig. 1. 
Nicaragua, Chontales (Tate, 443); Panama (Duchassaing).—Cupa, Jamatca, Porto 
Rico. Hb. Kew. 
2. Acisanthera recurva, Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 269. 
Uranthera recurva, Naud. 
PANAMA, in ditches near the city of Panama (Seemann).—Jamaica, TRINIDAD, GUIANA, 
and Brazit. Hb. Kew. 
4, HEERIA. 
Heeria, Schl. in Linnea, xiii. p. 432; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 740; Triana in Trans. ° 
Linn. Soc. xxviii. p. 34. 
Herbs or dwarf shrubs. About six species, restricted to Mexico and Guatemala. 
1. Heeria elegans, Schl. in Linnea, xiii. p. 432. 
Sour Mexico, Chinantla (Liebmann), Jalapa (Linden, 606), rocks at 4000 feet, Cor- 
dillera of Vera Cruz (Galeotti, 2914), Chiconquiaca (Schiede). Hb. Kew. 
2. Heeria macrostachya, Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. p. 34. 
Heeria axillare, Naud. 
Heterocentrum glandulosum, Schenk in Regel’s Gartentlora, 1856, t. 169. 
SourH Mexico, without locality (Jurgensen, 756), Oaxaca (Liebmann), Orizaba (Bour- 
geau, 1868), valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 1470); GuaTEMALA, without locality (Savage) ; 
Costa Rica, by ditches near San José (Polakowsky). Hb. Kew. 
3. Heeria rosea, Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. P. 34. 
Heterocentrum roseum, Ill. Hort. iv. t. 97. 
Heterocentrum mexicanum, Naud. Bot. Mag. t. 5166. 
South Mexico, Jalapa (Linden, 605; Galeotti, 2912), region of Orizaba (Bourgeau, 
2506; Jurgensen, 558). Hb. Kew. 
