710 MELASTOMACEAE. cudemia. 



acutis ciliaiis iniermixiis. & — Cl. braeteqtae DC. proxima, scd vix varlel 

 ( rescll iii Surinam. 

 ;. ( i. EtENGGERl Stcudel 1. c. — Bamia Bublelragonis, petiolia paniealaeqae ramia 

 M>iis densissimia palentibns pnrparascentibus; foiiis gupra setia sparaii rlgidulls, 

 Bubtus densioribus molliorilm> leclis ; foliis ovalis vel oblongo-ovalia acuie 

 ci longiuscole acuminalis, basi obiusis, praeier nervos marginales obscuros quin- 

 quenerviis, margine serrulalls; panicnlae lerminalia ramis patenlfbus repetllo- 

 tricliolomis, pediccllis unilloris ; calycis lubo globoso, laciniis 5-0 aculis illo 

 longioribus villosissimis. 6 — Crescit in Surinam. 



8. CL. FENESI HATA Blh. Bol. of Bclcb. voy. of Ihe Sulphur 94. - Ramulis pello- 

 lisque dcnse tomenlosis; foliis cujusve paris inaequalibus pcliolatis latc ovalis 

 acuminalis, marginc crenulalis ciliatisque, basi subcordatis 7-9-nervii9, supra 

 pustulalis seloso-bispidissimis, subtus lomenlosis elcvalo-venosis; paniculis pau- 

 cilloris lerminalibus mox axillaribus; floribus in ramulis 1-3 sessilibus; calycis 

 tubo ovoideo, limbo breviter 5-denlalo; pelalis oblusiusculis. 6 — Tomenlum 

 ramulorura densum et breve. Folia majora 4-8 poll. longa, pctiolo 1-3-pollicari, 

 alterum cujusve paris allero dimidio vel triplo minus, omnia subtus canesccnli- 

 tomentosa, venis valde elcvatis eleganler feneslrala ct pnatulis in pagina su- 

 periore elevalis, in inferiore foveolalo-depressis, quasi punctata. — Crescil in 

 „Cocos Island." 



9. CL. BABBINEBVTS Btb. I. c. 95. — Ramis peliolisquc villis longis rufis sim- 

 plicibus ramosisque dense vcstitis; foliis parum inaequalibus breviicr peliolalis 

 ovali-ellipticis suboblongisve acuminatis, basi rotundato-cordatis subintegerrimis 

 5-nerviis, supra selosis, subtus ad venas rufo-barbatis; panicula thyrsoidea ter- 

 minali setoso-bispidissima; floribus capilalo-congestis; calycis hispidissimi den- 

 tibus brevitcr subulalis. 6 — Folia cujusvc paris vulgo fere aequalia, alterum 

 altero rarius subdimidio minus, majora 9-10 poll. longa, ramealia 4-5-pollicaria, 

 selae paginac superioris numerosae, at non e puslula ortae. Panicula 2-3-pol- 

 licaris, rami pauci, ramulis capitulum ferenlibus multiflorum, selis dense ob- 

 tectum. — Crescit ad Tumaco el Guayaquil. 



10. CL. POLYANDRA Blb. 1. c. t. 34. — Bamis petiolisquc glanduloso-pilosis et 

 rufo-pubescentibus; foliis vix disparibus peliolatis amplis lale cordalo-ovatis 

 acuminalis crenulalis 7-9-nerviis, utrinquc viscido-puberulis; panicula brevi 

 lata; floribus 7-9-meris polyandris; calycis dentibus latis acutis. 6 — Bamuli ut 

 in Tococis alternatim compressi, uli petioli, pcdunculi et costae foliorum pilis 

 glanduliferis rufo-hirsuli, pube brevi substellata rufescenle intcrmixla. Folia 

 8-10 poll. longa, crenis inaequalibus. Panicula fere Tococae, cui baec species 

 eliam floribus affinis, ut fere aequo jure vel ad hanc vel ad Clidemiam referri 

 possit. Calycis tubus ovoideus, limbus cyalhiformis 7-9-dentatus. Petala 7-9, 

 obovala oblusa. — Crcscit in Columbia. 



11. CL. ALPESTBIS Gardn. in Hook. Lond. journ. or bot. IV. 101. - Bamulis com- 

 pressis, petiolis, paniculis foliisque junioribus pube slellala decidua albido-lepi- 

 dolis; foliis cujusque paris plerumque inaequalibus longe petiolalis ovalis acu- 

 minatis, basi cordatis 7-nerviis, ulrinque scabriusculis inlegerrimis, margine pe- 

 liolisque rufo -pilosis; paniculis terminalibus pilosis folio brevioribus; calyce 

 carapanulalo piloso 5-denlato, denlibus brevibus oblusis. 6 — Frulex 8-pedalis. 

 Folia 4-5-pollicaria, l'/ s -2 poll. lata. Petioli 12-15 lin. longi. Petala oblongo- 

 lanceolala acula alba. Styli filiforraes 4 lin. longi. — Crcscit in Brasilia in mon- 

 libus dos Orgaos. 



6231. MYRIASPORA DC. 



(DC. Prodr. III. 105. — Wlprs. Reperl. bot. sysl. II. 140. *) 

 1, M. SURINAMENSIS Steudel, Flora (B. Z.) XXVII. II. 722. - Foliis ovato-oblongis 

 vel junioribus oblongo-lanceolatis (4-6 poll. longis, 2-3 latis) acute acuminatis, 

 basi obtusiusculis, margine tenuiter serrulatis, ad nervos densius, in lamina spar- 



