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Miconia alpestris Cogn. (§ Cremanium); ramis superne 



obtuse tetragonis et leviter compressis, junforibus petiolis 

 pedunculis calycibusque dense stellato-furfuraceis; foliis majus- 

 culis, longiuscule petiolatis, obovato-lanceolatis, longiuscule 

 subabrupteque acuminatis, basi late cuneatis, integerrimis, 

 triplinerviis fere trinerviis, supra primum furfuraceis demum 

 glabris, subtus ad nervos densiuscule stellato-furfuraceis caet- 

 ^ eris glabratis; floribus 5-meris, brevissime pedicellatis^calyce 

 "^ subhemisphserico, dentibus brevibus, obtusiuscuHs, carnosu- 

 h's; antheris"biporosis; stylo brevi, apice truncato. 



Rami robustiusculi, apice fuscescentes. Petiolus satis grac- 

 ilis, fuscescens, 2-5™ longus. Folia erecto-patula, rigidius- 

 cula, supra intense viridia, subtus satis pallidiora, 12-17'"' 

 longa, 4-7'"" lata, nervis subtus satis prominentibus. Panic- 

 ulae late pyramidatae, multiflorae, 5-8'™ longae; pedicelli sae- 

 pius vix i™"' longi. Calycis tubus fuscescens, 2"*"* longus, 

 2.5°^"^ latus; dentes erecti, 0.5'"" longi. Petala obovata, apice 

 leviter emarginata, 2"^" longa. Anther^ i"^™ longae. Stylus 

 rectus, 2'"'" longus. — Species M. carnece Cogn. (DC. Monogr. 

 Phan, 7: 912) proxima. San Miguel Uspantan, Depart. 

 Quiche, Guat, alt. 7,500^ Apr. 1892, Heyde & Lux, no. 



3,334- 



Clidemia radicans Cogn. (§ Calophysoides) ; caule brevi, re- 



pente,radicante; ramis junioribus petiolispedunculisque brevis- 

 sime denseque stellato-puberulis; foliis valde inaequalibus et 

 dissimilibus, integerrimls, trinerviis, supra primum puberulis 

 demum glabris, subtus ad nervos nervulosque densiuscule stel- 

 lato-f urfuraceis cseteris glabratis majoribus brevissime petiolatis 

 satis obliquis oblongis acutis basi leviter injequalibus subro- 

 tundatis, mlnoribus sessilibus ovatis vel suborbicularibus; 

 racemis axillaribus vel interdum terminalibus, breviusculis, 

 paucifloris; floribus 5-meris, breviter pedicellatis; calyce urce- 

 olato, leviter furfuraceo, brevissime 5-dentato. 



Rami graciles, breviusculi, leviter flexuosi, teretiusculi, cin- 

 erei, paulo ramulosi. Petiolus satis gracilis, 2-5""" longus. 

 Folia membranacea, supra saturate viridia, subtus viridi-cin- 

 erea; majora erecta vel erecto-patula, lo-i;'^'" longa, 3-5-5™ 

 lata; minora patula, i.S-4'^"' longa, 14-20""" lata. Racemi 

 erecti, ^-6''^ longi; pedicelli 2-2;^ longi. Calyx cinereo-fus- 

 cus, ultra medium satis constrictus, 2.5'""' longus, inferne 2™"' 

 latus. Petala patula, suborbicularia, 1.5'""' lata. Antherae 

 lineares, leviter arcuatae, 1.5""" long^e. Stylus rectus, 3'""' 



