4>^ Antonii Bertolomi 



suhtrinoris, pediinculis, calycibusque piloso-glandiiloais. 



Habitat in Antigua Guntiinala. Friit. 



Caulis ramis patulis, iiiferne glal^ratua, superne, ramulisqnc 

 hirsutiis. Folia opposita, parva, niajora oclo lineas loDga, 

 Innccolata, aciuiuscula, iutegerriraa, brevissime petiolata, 

 trinervia, superne viriclia, snrsuin adpresse setosn, snbtus 

 albo-tomeniosa, tomcnlo brevissimo, et fere pnlveracco^ 

 ncrvisfjue sursum adpresse hirsula. Gorymbi solitarii, icr- 

 winales, et axillarcs in axillis siipremis, subtrillori, birsn- 

 ti, pilis apicc capitato-glanduiiCcris, breviter peduncnlali , 

 folio snl)aec|nales. Calyx campannlalus, pilis ajjicc cajjitato- 

 -glandnlilcris adspersus, qiiadrifidiis, laciniis lanceolatis, 

 acumiuatis, vcl acutis, patulis, sesf[niliDcain, diias-lrcs line- 

 as longis, saepe riibenlibus. Corolla laciniis calycinis qiiid- 

 quaai longior. Stamina octo. Antberae basi appendicu- 

 latae, caudiciila sursum inciirva. 



Qiiodammodo appropinquat Melastoma aspergi/IareHnmh. 

 iMelast. p. 44- falj' '9' 



27. Rbexia. fragilis : caule acute qnadrangulo;, foliis ovatis, 



adpresse setosis, uninerviis , alterne venosis-, racemo ter- 

 rainali, composito, pariialibus corymbosis, trifloris^ caly- 

 cibus breviter strigosis. 



Ha!)ilat in Antigua Guatimala. Frull 



Canlis acute tetragonus, qtiadrisnlcatus, adpresse pubescens. 

 Folia potius parva, ovaia , basi, et apice acuta, integerri- 

 ma, plus minus longiuscule petiolata, ulrinque viridia, et 

 setis sursum adpressis adspersa, uninervia, venis latcrali- 

 bus simplicibus,alternis, sursum arcuatis, aequidistanlibus. 

 Racemus lerniinalis, corapositus, interruptus, adpresse pi- 

 losus, racemulis partialibus lateralibus, opposilis, corym- 

 bosis, trifloris. Calyx campannlalus, strigis rariusculis, bre- 

 vibus, basi bulbosis, sursum adpressis adspersus, quadii- 

 fidus, laciniis lanceolatis, acuminatis, recurvis, striatis, tres- 

 -quatuor lineas longis. Peiala ovata, acuta, alba, relicula- 

 to-venosa, laciniis calycinis paulo longiora. Stamina octo. 

 Antberae caudicula dependenle appendiculatae. Capsula 

 quadrilocularis, apice quadrivalvis, placenlis in quovis lo- 

 culo demum liberis. Planta sicca (ragilis. 



28. Mglastoma umbilical a: foliis oblongis, acuminatis, basi 



rotundatis, quiuquencrviis, ciebre deuliculatis, subtiis al- 



