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neaux, la face nfrieurc des feuiiics, les pdoncules et les clices 

 se compose de tres pclilcs cailles pcltcs et dchiquelces dans leur 

 contour. 



CONOSTEGIA. 



Conostegia, Don, Mem. Soc. weni., IV, p. 316. DC, 

 Prodr., III, p. 173. 



Calycis tubus ovario adnatus; limbiis indivisus, conicus, 

 calypti eeformis , per seslivationem ad basin circumscissus 

 aut irregulariter ruptus. Ptala 5-6. Stamina 10-16; an- 

 thera) saepius biauriculatae. Stigma capitatum aut pelta- 

 tum. Capsula baccata, 3-8 locularis. Semina ovoideo-an- 

 gulata. 



Arboresaut frtices, pleriqueamericani. Folia petiolata. 

 Thyrsi paniculati, terminales. Flores saepius albi (DC, 

 1. c). 



CONOSTEGIA SUBHIRSTA. 



Conostegia subhirsuta, DC, Proclr., III, p. 174. 



C. ramulis telragonis ; foliis, pedunculis nervisqiie foliorum 

 subtus pube ferraginea, ramosa, conferta hirsutisj fols ovali- 

 bus, basi subattenuatis, pice abrupte acuminatis, integerrimis , 

 5-nerviisj nervis, subtus cxceptis, utrinque glabris j thvrso pani- 

 culato, terminali, paucifloroj capsula ovoidea post dehiscentiam, 

 basi hemispherica, trncala, glabra. 



Crescit circa Havanam (de la Osa, e DC, 1. o.)- 



CO^OSTEGIA SEMICRENATA. 



Conostegia semicrenaia , Sering. in DC^ Prodr., III, 



p. 175. 

 Melastoma semicrenaia, Ricli. in Bonpl., Melast.^ t. 31. 

 Melastoma acuminata j Lamk., Dict.^ IV, p. 44. 

 Melastoma elongata, Vabl, Eccl.j III, p. 16. 



