760 LXVIII. MELASTOMACEZE. [ Miconiee. 
capitula terminalia breviter peduneulata bracteata congesti, majusculi, sessiles, albi; 
bracteze floribus sequilongze, pilis rigidulis serices. 
Species 1, Venezuele incola. .Naud. 1. e. xvii. 879 (Octomeris bracteosa). 
112. Cliáemia, Den in Mem. Wern. Soc. iv.306. (Staphidiurm, pro mazima P x INaud. 
l. c. xvii. 305,)— Calycis hispidi pubeseentis v. rarius glabri tubus elongatus campenulatus 
v. ovoideus ; limbus ssepe ultra ovarium produetus, truncatus v. 5- rarissime 6-lobus, lobis 
sepissime extus dentibus elongatis instructis. Petala 5, rarissime 6, obovata oblonga v. 
linearia, obtusa v. retusa, glabra, ad basin coronzg memnmbranaces non raro inserta. 
Stamina 10, rarissime 12, wqualia, filamentis glabris sepissime subulatis v. filiformibus ; 
anthere lineari-elongatse v. subulatz, recize recurvze v. incurvz, 1-porosse, connectivo basi 
non v. breviter producto inappendieulato gibbo v. 2-tubereulato. Ovarium plus minusve 
adhsrens, vertice tumido v. in coronam producto rarius intruso sepe hispidum, 3-9-loeu- 
lare; stylus filiformis, brevis v. elongatus, stigmate truncato v. capitellato. Bacca glo-. 
bosa v. urceolata, carnosa coriacea v. membranacea, calycis limbo coronata. Semina mi- 
nuta, sepissime obovoideo-dimidiata v. obtuse pyramidata, rarius majuseula, raphe ampla 
exsculpta,— Frutices ramosi, hirsuti villosi v. setosi, rarius glabrati. Folia sepius ampla, 
petiolata, 3-7-nervia, integerrima erenulata v. denticulata, Flores in panieulas v. fasci- 
eulos axillares rarissime terminales dispositi, in plerisque parvi, albi rosei v. purpurei, 
braeteati v. ebracteati. " 
Species ad 30-40, Americm :wquatorialis a Mexico ad Brasiliam australem incole. DC. Prod. 
iii. 155, excl. speciebus floribus terminalibus petalisque aeutis. — Griseb. F7. Brit. W. Ind. 246, excl. 
sect. 4 et 5.  Bonpl. Melast. t. 3. 4. Bot. Mag. t. 1971 (Melastoma). | Aubl. Pl. Gui. t. 167 
(Melastoma). Mig. Comm. Ihyt. t. 11 .B.—Generis typi sunt C. hirta, Don, C. bullosa, DC., et 
. C. spieata, DC. 
SrEPHANOTRICRUM, Naud. l.c. iv. 54, a seipso ad Staphidium relatum, species: paucas. ineludit, 
ovario apice in conum producto, cujus species inflorescentia modo axillari e& modo terminali, inter 
Clidemiam, Mieoniam et Heterotrichum vagantur. — 
113. Sagrsa, DC. Prod. iii. 170, 2on INaud. (Staphidiastrum, Naud. 1. c. xvii. 325.)— 
Calycis villosi pubescentis v. furfuracei tubus ureeolatus subglobosus v. campanulatus ; 
limbus ultra ovarium sspe produetus, 4-lobus, lobis dentibus elongatis, v. brevibus 
instruetis. Petala 4, obtusa v. retusa, interdum seta terminata. Stamina 8, zqualia, fila- 
mentis subulatis ; antherz lineari-subulate, recte v.lente i ineurva v. recurve, l-poross, 
connectivo basi non aut brevissime producto inappendieulato. Ovarium fere totum 
adhserens, 4- rarius 3-loeulare, vertiee convexo v. conico scpius setosum ; stylus filiformis, 
stigmate simplici v. capitellato. Bacca 4-locularis, sepe hirsuta. Semina ovoidea dimi- 
diato-ovoidea v. hemispharica, raro subpyramidata, smpissime minuta, interdum granulata. 
—Frutices villosi setosi v. tomentosi, rarius glabri, ramulis teretibus v. 4-gonis. Folia 
sessilia v. petiolata, ovata oblonga v. eorcata, 3-7-nervia, integerrima v. denticulata. 
Flores in paniculas axillares solitarias v. fasciculatas parvas v. amplas dispositi, rarius capi- 
tatim congesti, parvi v. minuti. é 
Species ad 27, Amerieme sequatorialis incole. — Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp. t. 981. — Bonpl. Melast. t.39. 
—QGenus a Clideiia charactere omumo crtificiali distinctum. Typi generis S. umbrosa, DC., S. 
Berterii, DO., et S. sessiliflora, DC. 
CarrrELLARIA, Naud. [. c. xviii. 103. (Clidemia capitata, Benth), est quoad numerum partium 
Sagrea species habitu Clidemie et floribus in capitula axillaria pedunculata involucrata dispositis ut 
in Clidemia rubrinervi, Griseb. et- C. involucrata (Staphidio, Naud.).. Petala omnino obtusa sunt. 
114. Calophysa, DC. Prod. iii. 166 .— Calycis setosi tubus eampanulatus ; limbus elon- . 
gatus et supra ovarium constrictus, truncatus v. 3-4-lobus, lobis obtusis extus dentibus 
brevibus v. elongatis instructis. Petala 3-4, obovata, obtusa. Stamina 6 v. 8, equalia, 
filamentis brevibus subulatis; anthere subulate, 1-poross, reotz? v. paulo reeurvg, con- 
nectivo basi non producto inappendienlato v. dorso breviter calearato. Ovarium semi- 
adhizerens, 3-4-loeulare, vertice conico interdum costato glabrum ; stylus filiformis, stigmate 
eapitato v. trüncato. Bacca 3-4.locularis. Sema obovoideo-pyramidata, raphe exseulp a 
