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Costa Rica, primeval woods of Carpintera (Polakowsky).—Jamatca ; VENEZUELA; 
CoLOMBIA, 
3. Octopleura quinquenervia, Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. p. 145. 
Melastoma quinquenervia, Mill. Dict. 
Clidemia cyanocarpa, Benth. 
Clidemia ? decurrens, Beurl. 
PaNAMA, in woods on the road to the city of Panama (Billberqg).—CoLomBI1a. 
Tribe BLAKE. 
Limited to the two following genera, both of which are restricted to America. 
28. BLAKEA. 
Blakea, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 593; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 770; Triana in Trans. Linn. 
Soc. xxviii. p. 148. 
About twenty shrubby species, inhabiting the West Indies and Central America 
to Peru. | 
1. Blakea gracilis, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 1, p. 13. (Tab. XXIII.) 
Fruticosa, glabra, ramulis teretibus gracilibus, foliis longe petiolatis vix coriaceis 5-nerviis obovato- 
ellipticis abrupte acuminatis, floribus mediocribus solitariis axillaribus longe pedunculatis, 
bracteis a basi liberis, 2 exterioribus majoribus foliis similibus, 2 interioribus obovato- 
spathulatis. 
Frutex erectus, elatus, glaber, ramulis ultimis teretibus, gracilibus. Folia longe petiolata, vix 
coriacea, 5-nervia, obovato-elliptica, 24-3-pollicaria, abrupte acuminata, subacuta, venis trans- 
versis creberrimis, petiolo gracili, 6-8 lin. longi. Flores albido-rosei, ad sesquipoll. diametro, 
axillares, solitarii, pedunculati, 4-bracteati ; pedunculi 14-2-pollicares; bractez a basi libere, 
decussate, 2 exteriores majores fere pollicares foliis simillimz, interiores obovato-spathu- 
late ; calycis limbus fere obsoletus, truncatus vel obscure 6-lobus; petala 6, obliqua ; stamina 
12, equalia; filamenta crassa; anthere magne, oblonge, filamentis equilonge, apice biporose, 
connectivo inappendiculato; ovarium vertice depressum, stylo elongato, arcuato, stigmate 
parvo. 
Costa Rica, without locality (Endres). Hb. Kew. 
In habit and foliage this species closely resembles B. granatensis, but differs in its 
bracts and other characters. 
2. Blakea grandiflora, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 1, p. 13. 
Glaberrima, ramulis crassissimis, foliis longe petiolatis late ellipticis breviter acuminatis obtusis, 
floribus maximis pedunculatis axillaribus solitariis vel.2-4 fasciculatis 4-bracteatis, bracteis 
exterioribus ovatis basi connatis, interioribus omnino connatis, calycis limbo longe producto 
4-lobo, petalis orbiculari-obovatis. 
Arbor (?) glaberrima, ramulis precipue ad nodos crassissimis. Folia longe petiolata, coriacea, late 
elliptica, 4-6-pollicaria, breviter et obtuse acuminata, basi cuneata, 5-nervia, nervis lateralibus 
margine contiguis, venis transversis satis crebris, petiolo crassiusculo, 1-1}-pollicari. Flores 
albi, pedunculati, axillares, solitarii vel 2-4 fasciculati, 4-bracteati, ad 3 poll. diametro, pe- 
dunculi crassi, 1-14 poll. longi; bracteze exteriores pollicares, ovati-orbiculate, obtusz, 
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