310 SCHOMBURGK’S GUIANA PLANTS. 
ing a fifth group of Clidemie, with paniculate flowers and — 
large imbricate bracts. These Znvolucratz have also generally 
the teeth of the calyx much more duplicate than in ie 
greater number of the Clidemic. ; 
The Niange (of DC.) form a very natural section, to which 
I should refer Gardner’s n. 38, 385 and 386, ene "c 
1180, and Mathews n. 1718. EE 
The Secundiflore (among which is included Gardner's wo 
1607), especially the two following species, are in many 
respects nearer to Miconia than to Clidemia; although, on 
account of their rigid hairs, and especially the setze on the i 
ovary, I have thought it safer to leave them in Clidemia. : $ ae 
373. C.? (Secundiflore) miconioides, (sp. n.); ramis 
teretibus inflorescéntia petiolisque pilis rufis patentibus. hir- - 
sutissimis, foliis breviter petiolatis ovali-oblongis v. lanceo- 
lato-ovatis acuminatis plerisque denticulatis margine ciliatis e 
basi rotundatis 3-5-nerviis, supra glaberrimis v. marginem px 
versus sparse setulosis, subtus praesertim ad venas rufo-hirsutis — 
panicule terminalis v. demum lateralis ramis oppositis 293 
furcatis, floribus“ sessilibus secundis.— Folia 3-6-poll. longa, 
membranacea. Bractez parvae. Flores parvi 5-meri. ‘Calyx 
hispidus ovatus, dentibus ut in Miconiis membrana interna - 
subcontinua auctis. Petala ovato-oblonga, obtusa, patentia | 
Antherz longiuscule rostrate, basi biauriculate. Ovarium — 
setarum annulo coronatum, semi-adherens. © Stigma = : 
tatum. Bacca exsicca, trilocularis.— Pirarosa. Schom is 
n. 739. His n. 8, in some of the earlier sets, appears- to be i 
the same plant with the inflorescence less develipak® x- the : 
later sets, n. Sis Miconia rubiginosa. * 
374. C.? (Secundiflore) maculata (sp. n.); ramis dee 
tibus, foliis utrinque inflorescentia calycibusque pilis rigidis A 
patentibus hirsutis pube brevissima stellata plus minusve in- 
| _termixta, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongo-ovatis " obtuse 
E iatis basi rotundatis 5-nerviis margine seepius dentatis, 
erminalis ramis oppositis apice divaricato-ramosis 
d uns. secundis glomeratisve.— Folia 3-4 poll. longa 
rugosa, " Te eters Flores. -— praecedentis p 
