790 - . LXVIII. MELASTOMACEZE. | [Merianiee. 
PacnMrRIA, Benih. Pl. Hartw. 180 (Chastenea rigida, Naud.), est" Merianie sp. floribus 
parvis interdum 4-meris. 
ADELBERTIA, Meissn. Gen. Pl. 114, Comm. 81 (Davye sect. Adelbertia, Naud. l. c.), est Merianice 
sp. ovario 3-5-loculari. : 
NorockENTRUM, Naud. l. c. xviii. 181, et SCHWERINIA, Karst. Fl. Columb.i. 35. £, 18, sunt Merianie 
species. 
57. Adelobotrys, DC. Prod. iii. 127. (Truncaria, DC. 1. c. 106.) —Calycis glabri hirsuti 
v. pubescentis tubus anguste oblongus v. urceolatus ; limbi duplicis lobi exteriores 5, dis- 
tantes, subulati v. triangulares, cum interioribus contluentes. Petala 5, obovata, glaberrima, 
inter se et cum staminibus basi cohzrentia. Stamina 10, :equalia, filamentis filiformibus ; 
antherz lineari-subulato, rostratze, l-porose, recte v. paulo reeurvz, connectivo.non pro- 
ducto antice inappendieulato postice processu elongato erecto antherz parallelo apice ssepe 
emarginato v, 2-cuspidato instructo. ^ Ovarium liberum, oblongum, 5-loculare; stylus 
filiformis, stigmate capitellato. Capsula calyci coriaceo squilonga, oblonga, 5-valvis.. . 
Semina. nucleo ovoideo, testa utrinque producta truncata nune subfiliformi.— Frutices 
scandentes, glabri hirsuti v. pubescentes, ramis teretibus. Folia petiolata. ovato-oblonga, - 
ampla, erassiuseula v. membranacea, 3-nervia, integerrima v. serrulata. Flores flavi 
v. carnei, inter minores, in paniculas multifloras terminales dispositi. 
Species ad 8, Mexici, Novr Granada, Brasiliee borealis, Guianm et Jamaicze incole, A451. Pl; Gui. 
7. 172 (Melastoma). DavYz sect. Adelobotrys, Naud. l. c. xviii. 137. 
SaAEgMENTARIA, aud. l. c. xviii. 140, ex descriptione videtur A4delobofryos species. 
58. Centronia, Don in Mem. Wern. Soc. iv. 314.—OCalyeis furfuracei v. hirsuti tubus 
oblongus v. hemisphericus ; lobi in calyptram deciduam confluentes. Petala 5-7, subro- 
'tunda, nune basi inter se et staminibus cohszrentia. Stamina 10, filamentis subulatis ; 
anthers lineares, bréves v. elongate, 1-porose, connectivo basi non produeto antice inap- 
pendieulato postice .appendice obtusa v. subulata instructo, appendice interdum caleare 
adscendente-aucta. Ovarium ovoideuni, 3-7-loculare, carpellis sursum productis integris v. 
2-fidis; stylus ereetus, teres, stigmate obtuso. Capsula 3-7-valvis. Semina pyramidatá.— 
Arbores speciosz, glabrz v. ramulis ferrugineo-tomentosis v. setosis. Folia ampla, petiolata, 
coriacea, integerrima v. dentata, 3-5-nervia, in una specie ob nervos laterales margina- 
les et nervulos validos quasi penninervia. Panieulse magne, terminales, szpe brachiatz. 
Flores magni, purpurei. : 
Species 9, Mexici, Novie Granade, Guiansm et Peruviwe incole.  Bonpl. Rhez. t. 34, Melast. t. 
58. 
BnaonvcEeNTRUM, Meissn. Gen. Pl. llJ4, Comm. 81. S-TEPHANOGASTRA, Karsi. et Triana in 
Linnea, xxvii). 425 (quse.Conostegia Mutisii, DC., et Calyptraria Mutisii, Naud.), et DAvvx sect. 
"Sclerosareus, Naud. 1. c: xviii. 138, omnes ad Centroniam pertinent; 
59. Graffenriedia, DC. Prod. iii. 105, non. Mart.—Calycis. glabri v. furfuracei tubus 
oblongo-campanulatus; limbi 4—5-dentati v. irregulariter rupti lobi breves v. elongati, in- 
terdum dorso tuberculati. Petala 4-5, obovata v. lineari-oblonga, obtusa. Stamina 8 v. 10, 
equalia v. subzqualia, filamentis subulatis; anthere lineari-subulatz, obtuse v. rostratz, 
recurvz, l-poross, loculis sepissime undulatis, connectivo apice non v. parum producto 
antice inappendieulato postice calearato. Ovarium fere liberum, 2-5-loculare, glabrum v. 
setosum ; stylus gracilis, filiformis, stigmate truncato v. punetiformi. Capsula ealyee sepe - 
costato inclusa, 2-5-valvis. Semina oblongo- v. lineari-pyramidata.—Frutices et arbores, 
glabri v. pulverulenti, ramulis teretiusculis gracilibus v. robustis. Folia ssepius ampla, 
longe petiolata, ovata obovata v. rotundata, integerrima, 5-9-nervia. Flores parvi, in 
pauiculas terminales v. axillares nune brachiatas dispositi, flavi rosei v. purpurei. 
Species ad 17, Brasili: borealis, Novz* Granadz, Gian: et Venezuele incole. N«ud..oc.xviii. 
116.7. 5. Boupl. Rhez. t. 25.— Davya brachycentra, Naud., est Gr. affenriedie species. G. brachy- 
centra, Griseb. Pl. Wright. Cub. 186, est fide Trians Miconic species. 
CYoNROPODIUM, Nand. I. e. 118 (Deless. Ic. Sel. v. £. 8; -Griseb. FI. Brit. W. Ind. 265), a Graffen- 
riedia differt tantum ovario 2-loeulari. 
