434 MELASTOMACEA. 
B-nerves, basi tantum connate, interiores omnino connate cupulam formantes, calycis 
tubum includentes; calyx turbinatus, limbo alte producto, 6-lobo, lobis latis, apice subito 
coarctatis et retroflexis; petala 6, orbiculari-rotundata; stamina 12; filamenta crassa, con- 
‘ nectivo inappendiculato (?) ; ovarium 6-loculare, stylo elongato recto, stigmate parvo. 
Cost4 Rica, without locality (Endres, 230). Hb. Kew. 
8. Blakea, sp. 
Costa Rica, at an elevation of 5500 feet (Endres, 122). Hb. Kew. 
4. Blakea, sp. | 
GuaTEMALA, Volcan de Fuego (Salvin & Godman). Hb. Kew. 
29. TOPOBEA. 
Topobea, Aubl. Pl. Guian. i. p. 476; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 770; Triana in Trans. Linn. 
Soc. xxviii. p. 149. 
Fourteen shrubby species, inhabiting Mexico and the north part of South America. 
1. Topobea calycularis, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 8, xviii. p. 149. 
SoutH Mexico, humid forests of Zuluzu, Chiapas (Linden, 650). Hb. Kew. 
2. Topobea levigata, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 3, xviii. p. 150. 
Topobea fragrans, Naud. 
Blakea levigata, Don. 
Souta Mexico, Mirador (Laebmann, 93; Linden, 611). Hb. Kew. 
8. Topobea superba, Naud. Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 3, xviii. p. 147. 
Panama, Aspinwall (S. Hayes, 161), Pueblo Nuevo de los Remedios (Seemann, 1143). 
Hb. Kew. 
4. Topobea, sp. 
Nicaragua, Chontales (Tate, 385). Hb. Kew. 
Tribe MOURIRIE A. 
This tribe comprises the following genus and one other, Memecylon, of which there 
are nearly 100 species, widely spread in Asia, Africa, and Australia. 
30. MOURIRIA. 
Mouriria, Juss. Gen. Plant. p- 820; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 772; Triana in Trans. Linn. 
Soc. xxviii. p. 153. 
Thirty species of small trees and shrubs, natives of the West Indies and the northern 
part of South America. 
1. Mouriria mexicana, DC. Prodr. iii. p. 8; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 361. 
Mexico. 
2. Mouriria parvifolia, Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulph. p. 97, t. 36. 
Mouriria acuta, Griseb. 
