COLLECTED BY MR. SPRUCE AT PARA. 241 
4-1 poll. lata, ex oblongo-lanceolata in obovatam formam abeuntia, 
in petiolum 3—4-linearem contracta, supra siccitate fusca et pilis 
conspersa, subtus pallidiora, crebre reticulata, glabra v. ad costas 
pilosula. Bractez setacew, ovarium subzequantes, dense ferrugineo- 
pilose, acumine subulato glabro terminate. Calycis limbus ovario 
paulo longior, usque ad medium divisus in lobos 5 late triangulares. 
Stylus basi incrassatus, pilosus, apice glaber, acutus. Filamenta 
glabra v. basi pilosula. Ovula 2.— Caripi, on the Rio Para. 
There are twelve Melastomacee, chiefly well known ; one, however, 
is a fine new Miconia, forming a tree of about thirty feet in height, 
from Tanaii, on the Rio Acarà, thus characterized :— 
Miconia (Eriosphzria) dispar, ramulis subtetragonis ferrugineo-tomen- 
tosis, foliis petiolatis amplis ovali-ellipticis breviter cuspidatis sub- 
denticulatis basi aeutis supra glabris subtus ferrugineo-tomentosis 
preter nervum marginalem trinervibus, panicula pyramidata, flori- 
bus in ramulos ultimos seriatis, calycis tomentosi dentibus brevissi- 
mis.—Folia maxima 1l-li-pedalia, 6 poll. lata, sed cujusve paris 
sepius valde inzqualia, omnia apice rotundata, cuspide brevi acuta 
terminata, margine plus minus denticulata, basi longiuseule angustata, 
petiolo crasso angulato .circiter.pollicari; tomentum pagins infe- — 
rioris stellatum. Panicula supra folia ultima breviter pedunculata, 
foliis brevior et ramulo excrescente mox lateralis, tota ferrugineo- 
tomentosa; rami oppositi, inferiores trifidi ramulis bifidis, inter- 
medii 2—3-fidi, summi simplices. Bracteole ovate, caducissime. 
Flores secus ramulos ultimos sessiles. Calyx ovoideus, dense tomen- . 
tosus. Petala parva, orbiculata, unguiculata, pallide rosea. Anthe- 
rarum connectivum basi biauriculatum. Ovarium semiadheerens ; 
vertice glabrum, 4-loculare, ovulis haud numerosis (in quoque : 
loculo 6-8). Fructus globosus, tomentosus, fere 2 lin. diametro. — 
The Myrtacee comprehend the Myrtus Gætheana, Mart., retained in 
that genus by De Candolle on account of the structure of the seeds, — 
although it differs considerably in habit from the generality of true 
Myrti, and three or four Myrcie or Eugenia, very difficult to determine — 
without working up the almost innumerable Brazilian species of those — 
two genera. There were no dried specimens sent of any of the 
Lecythidee mentioned in the Kew list. : 
The two following Angurie were not in sufficient number for dis- ; 
tribution.— *: 
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