718 MELASTOMACEAE. piiyllagathis. 



2. ni. BOTUNDIFOLIA Blumc, Flora (B. /.. XIV. .507. - Wlprs. I. c. no. I. - 

 Krlhls. I. c. t. 57. — Foliis rolundalis; lloribus hraclealis congestis. 2J. — 1'lant.i 

 herbacea, caulis obscure telragonus selosus. Folia pauca opposila, aborlu allerna, 

 longe peliolata, pcliolo trigono, supra sulcalo fusco-farinoso, praescrtim iu 

 aciebus seloso 0,1 longo, rotunda brcviler acuminala, basi oblusa vel trnncala, 

 supra glabra, sublus glabra, saepc purpurea sepluplinervia, 0,3 longa, 0,9 lata. 

 Florcs terminales involucrali, bracleis subrolundis oblusis, in raccmo abbrevialo 

 secundi. Calyx obpyramidalus oclosulcatus, limbo (|uadriparlilo, parlibus obtusis 

 carinalis, carina sctigcra. Corolla aestivatione convolula, pelala 4 ovata acuta 

 carnosa. Slamina 8 aeslivalione inflexa, filamcnla subterelia glabra, antherae 

 basi affixae oblongae, apice poro bilabiato, labio allero abbreviato, allcro rotun- 

 dato dehiscentes, basi cordalae, connectivo inappendiculato. Ov-arium cum ca- 

 lycis tubo concrelum, verlice disco crcnulato excavalo quadriloculare, ovula nu- 

 mcrosa analropa, placentas ovoideas in parle inferiore opc slipitis axi loculi 

 affixas tcgentia, stylus teres, sligma punctiforme. Capsula cum calyce connata 

 obpyramidala glabra, apice loculicide dehiscens, columella angulata, placcnlas 

 scraiteretes apice aculas basi oblusas foveolaias stipitalas gerens. Semina nu- 

 merosa, hilum micropylae approximatum. — Melasloma rotundifolium W. Jack, 

 Transact. of the Linn. soc. XVII. 11. — DC. Prodr. III. 149. — Crescit in insula 

 Sumalra in sylvis juxta Paauw. 



0257. DE< ' lltll IPHE Miquel. 

 (Miquel, Commcnt. phytograph. 84. t. 10. — Wlprs. Repert. bot. sysl. II. 146.*) 



1. D. HOSTMANNI Steudel, Flora (B. Z.) XXVII. II. 722. - Fruticosa (?): ramis 

 teretibus, sursum angulatis cum petiolis, paniculae ramis nervisque foliorum 

 subtus pube brevissima scabrida rufescente teclis; foliis amplis (5-7 poll. longis, 

 3-4 lalis), praeter nervos 2 exlremos marginales 5-nerviis, basi cordalis, apicc 

 acuminalis inaequaliter serratis, supra glabris, sublus pube stellala rufescente 

 pilisque albidis tcctis; paniculae terminalis ramis opposilis vel ternis abbreviatis 

 decussalis, apice 2-3-fidis, bracteis ovalis involucralis; floribus subsessilibus; 

 calycibus stellato-pubescenlibus. 5 — Crescit in Surinam. 



2. D. FLORIBUNDA Miquel, Linnaea XVIII. 280. f — Ramulis junioribus, peliolis, 

 foliis subtus inflorescentiaquc pube slellala brevi setulisque puberulis; foliis cl- 

 lipticis acuminatis, basi oblusis quinquenerviis denlalis cilialis, supra setulosis; 

 paniculae terminalis pyramidalae mullillorae ramis brachiatis; bracleis lanceo- 

 latis; floribus in apice ramulorum aggregalis plcrumque ternis, bracteolis ellipticis 

 coriaceis; calycibus slellato-puberulis. 6 — Crescit in Surinam. 



3. D. FOCKEANA Miqucl, Comment. phytogr. (fasc. II.) p. 84. 1. 10. fig. F. — (Wlprs. 

 Repert. bot. syst. II. 146.*) — Foliis breviler petiolatis ovato-ellipticis crenato- 

 denticulalis, supra glabriusculis parcissime pilosis, infra praecipue ad nervos 

 rigide pilosis, margine ciliatis; panicula lerminali, ramis opposilis setoso-pilosis 

 et stellalo-pubesccnlibus, ullimis glomcrulum (lorum 3-5 sessilium gerenlibus. 6 

 — Caulis leres glaber laevis, tenuissime strialus. Folia trinervia, accedenlibus 

 nervis ulrinque marginalibus infra apicem cvanesccnlibus, omnes nervi fusci, su- 

 pra impressi, infra prominuli, folia majora 0,10-0,11 longa, infra medium 0,05 lala, 

 margine ciliala. Paniculae rami opposili decussali telragoni. Rracteolae lanceo- 

 laiae ciliatae membranaceae concavae florum glomerulos involucrantcs. Petala 

 albida reflexa obovata obtusa concava unguiculala. — Melasloma pleurocarpum 

 E. Mey. mss. — Crescit in Surinam. 



0257/,? STF.PIIWOTRICIIOI Naudin. 



(Naudin, Ann. sc. natur. [3. Ser.] IV. 54.) 



Calyx C-7-fidus, tubo turbinato, laciniis duplicatis, cxlerioribus lincari- 



filiformibus longis, interioribus membranaccis brcvibus obtusiusculis, cum 



prioribus basi connatis. Petala obovata. Stamina petalorum numero dupla 



acqualia, antberis subulatis, apice uniporosis, extrorsum arcuatis, loculis un- 



