770 LXVIII. MELASTOMACEJE.- —— [Miconiee: 
. Oxymeris macrophylla, Benth. (Clidemia, Naud.), et Sagre newrocarpa, Naud., hue pertinent, 
et verisimiliter Staphidium diversifolium, Naud., Clidemia cyanocarpa, Benth., c. solearis, Naod., 
et Davya ciliata, Griseb. non Naud. 
Genus valde naturale, sed difficillime definiendum, ob petala modo obtusa modo acuminata, an- 
theras modo ineurvas modo recurvas, semina polymorpha et inflorescentiam in una. specie (O. rubes- 
centé, Triana) terminalem. Species inflorescentia terminali ad Oxymeridem et quae pene gaudent 
obtusis ad. Clidemiam si mavis referre licet. 
126. Osssa, DC. Prod. iii. 168, non- Naud. (Sagrea, Naud. 1. c. xviii. 92, non DC. Ys 
Calycis glabri v. varie induti tubus oblongus v. campanulatus; limbus szpissime pro- 
duetus, ore truncato v. lobato, lobis subulatis rarius obtusis nudis v. appendicibus brevi- 
bus v. elongatis 4-5 auctis. Petala 4, rarius 5, ovato-acuminata lanceolata v. subulata, 
' wstivatione srpius in cotum cohsrentia. Stamina 8, rarius 10, zequalia, filamentis fili- 
formibus glabris ; ; antherce sepius lineares, 1-porosz, recurvse raro rect? v. incurvs&, eoón- 
nectivo basi non aut brevissime producto inappendieulato. Ovarium fere omnino &dh:ze- 
rens, s:epius 4-loculare, vertice tumido obtuso v. rarius intruso glabrum v. setosum ; stylus 
filiformis, plerumque gracilis, stigmate punctiformi. Bacca globosa, sepissime 4-locularis. 
Semina angulata pyramidata v. obovoidea, raphe laterali exsculpta.— Frutices v. suffru- - 
tices scabri sericei pilosi v. tomentosi, rarius glabri, ramis teretibus. Folia petiolata, op- 
'posita et 3-natim verticillata, inter minera, rarius ampla, membranacea v. coriacea, 3-7- 
. nervia, integerrima v. denticulata. Flores smpissime parvi in cymas v. paniculas sepe 
fascieulatas axillares rarius quasi terminales paucifloras rarius 1-floras dipositi bracteati 
v. ebraeteati, peduneulo interdum capillari. 
Species ad 40, Ameriese tropicrze incole.— Sagre, Naud., species fere omnes wire. axillaribus 
hue pertinent cum sequentibus : Sagrea hirsuta, DC., S. microphylla, DC., S. hirtella, DC. ; nec 
non Clidemia penninervi, Griseb., C. trimitensi, Griseb., C. Wrightii, Griseb., C. Qrutete, 
Griseb., et. C. crossosepalg, Griseb. (eujus petala seta dorsali infra apicali instructa). —— 
DicrEMIA, Naud. l.c; xviii. 102, includit species Osscec floribus secus ramos scorpioideos pani- 
cule seriatis, e seminibus minutis subglobosis v. subcochleatis: Sectioni Clidemiastro generis Oxy- 
meridis inter Miconieas floribus terminalibus respondet. 
. Species complures Cubenses a Grisebachio Calycogonio relate sectionem Ossec efficiunt, Calyco- 
gonio inter genera obtusipetala respondentem, ob flores in axillis supremis solitarios v. paucos; includit 
C. hypoglaucum, , C. muricatum, C. verrucosum, C. echinatum, Clidemiam mieropkyllam, et; C. Aeterotri- 
cham, orania :Grisebachii. 
Calycogonium involucratum, Griseb., est quoque P veins spécies, floribus ad apicem peduneuli axil- 
laris capitatis involucratis ut in Sagrec et Clidemic speciebus variis. 
TniBus IX. BLAKE. E. 
127. Blakea, Lian. Gen. n.598. (Valdesia, Rwiz et Pav. Prod. 07. t. 11. )—Calyeis 4- 
bracteati tubus late campanulatus v. hemisphericus ; limbus brevis v. elongatus, sepe dila- . 
tatus, 6-lobus, persistens. Petala 6, oblonga v. obovata, glaberrima. Stamina 12, 
squalia, flàmentis erassiuseulia ; anthere subhorizontales v. pendule, breves, a latere eom- 
presse, obtusze, 2-porosz, connectivo crassissimo basi non elongato postice in calcar obtu- 
sum v. acutum produeto. Ovarium turbinatum, calycis basi adhzrens, vertice lato de- 
presso, centro.conico producto, 4-6-loculare ; stylus gracilis v; crassus, basi conicus, stig- 
mate truncatulo clavato v. capitellato. Bacca carnosa. Semina ovoideó-pyramidata.— 
Frutiees erecti v. scandenites, glabri pubescentes v. subsetosi, ramulis teretibus. Folia 
subsessilia v. petiolata, ampla, coriacea, oblonga, acuminata, subintegerrima, 3-7-nervia, 
vehis transversis creberrimis. Flores majusculi v. ampli, axillares, solitarii v. faseiculati, 
breviter v. longius peduneulati, rosei garpurei a v. albi, 4- rarissime 6-braeteati, bracteis 
ver paria oppositis. 
Species ad 16, Nov; Granadsz, Venezuelee, Peruvise et ins. Indize occidentalis incolae. Naud. 1. c. 
xviw. 142. Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. iv. í. 405-408. 
 PyxwANTHUS, Naud. [. c. xviii. 150. £f. 6,a Blakea aos modo differt, 
128. "Topobea, Aubl. PI. Gui. i. T6. t. 189.— Calycis glabri setosi v. villosi 4-bracteati 
