492, | MELASTOMACEZ. 
15. CALYPTRELLA. 
Calyptrella, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 3, xviii. p. 182; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 751; 
Triana, Trans, Linn. Soc. xxvii. p. 72. 
Four arboreous species, inhabiting Mexico and the Andes of Peru. 
1. Calyptrella galeottii, Naud. in Aun. Sc. Nat. sér. 3, xviii. p. 116. 
Sour Mexico, in mountains near Oaxaca (Galeotti). : 
Tribe SONERILE. 
There are thirteen genera of this tribe, three of which are Asiatic, three African, 
and the rest American. | 
16. TRIOLAENA. 
Triolena, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 3, xv. p. 328; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 757; 
Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. p. 81. 
Herbs; besides the following, there is one other, a native of Ecuador. 
1. Triolena hirsuta, Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. p. 67. 
Bertolonia hirsuta, Benth. . 
Panama, in wet, shady woods, Frijoli railway-station (Hayes, 494).—Prru. Hb. Kew. 
2. Triolena scorpioides, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 8, xv. p. 328, and xvi. 
t. 18. fig. 5; Hort. Lind. t. 8. ! 
South Mexico, wet places, Zacualpan, Chiapas (Linden, 647); Hacienda de Java 
(Liebmann). Hb. Kew. 
3. Triolena, sp. (?Triolene scorpioidei var.). 
GuatemaLa, Coban (Salvin & Godman). Hb. Kew. 
Tribe MICONIEA. 
A large tribe peculiar to America, comprising thirty genera and about 700 species. 
17. OXYMERIS. 
Oxymeris, DC. Prodr. iii. p. 190; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p.'761; Triana in Trans. Linn. 
Soc. xxviii. p. 90. 
* Highty-nine species of shrubs and small trees,.distributed from Mexico to Peru and 
South Brazil, most numerous in Brazil. 
1. Oxymeris cinnamomea, Tridna i in n Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. p. 93. 
Miconia cinnamomea, Beurl. in Vetensk. Akad. Hand. 1854, p. 181. 
PaNaMA, mountains near Portobello (Billberg). 
2. Oxymeris cornioides, Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. p. 93. 
Cremanium aschenbornianum, Schauer. 
Sourh Mexico, Jalapa (Galeotti, 2921;. Linden, 597); Itzhuatlancillo, Orizaba 
(Bourgeau, 2427), without localities (Aschenborn & Sumichrast). Hb. Kew. 
