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feriore convexa longe hirta , persislentes. StaminaS (an el 4 ?) 

 erecla, ovario regulariter circuinposila, filamentis praeflora- 

 tione subplicatis, subulatis^ bi-articulatis, basi dilatata subconna- 

 tis, anther is oblongo-ovatis bilocularibus. Ovarium sessile 

 depresso-ovatura pentagono-sulcatum, sulcis filamentis opposilis, 

 in sty lum pentagon um attenuatum, stigmatibus 3 crassis 

 oblougis acutis revolutis puberulis. Baccae obovatae fere ex- 

 succae, stylo persistente rostra tae. Semen obovatum, albumine 

 candidissimo farinoso. — Frutex mexicanus , habitus melastoma- 

 cei , dichotome ramosus villoso-hirtus , foliis membranaceis peU 

 lucido-punctulatis , septemnerviis , amentis longe pedunculatis , 

 oblongo-cylindricis densifLoris echinatis. 



1. Callianira melastoiuoldlcs. Piper Schlecht.! in Lin- 

 naea Tom. V.p. 74. Schilkria Kunth! I. e. Tom. Fill. p. 724. 

 Centridobryon Klotzsch! in Herb. reg. berol. 



Habitat in sylvis umbrosis prope Xalapara Regni mexlcani 

 (Humb. et Schiede! in Herb. reg. berol.), ibid, ad 4000 ped.alt. 

 (Galeotti! in Herb. De Less. n. 6011). 



Frutex dicholome ramosus; rami teretes, striati, juniores rainuliqae 

 pilis arliculatis ochraceis villoso-hirti. Internodia 4 — 7 cent. longa; nodi 

 haud valde tumidi, densius villosi. Folia crecto-patentia , molliuscule 

 membranacea , pellucido-punctata, supra alro-viridia, obscura vcl subniti- 

 dula, subtus glaucescentia , in nervis dense ct longiuscule, in venulis spar- 

 sius ochraceo-liirlello-villosa, inque parenchyniate ad Icntem punctata, pe- 

 tiolis teretibus antice profunde canaliculatis 1— 13 cent, long^is villosis 

 sostcnta, ovato-eUiptica , pleruinque oblongo-eJliptica, superiora lanceolato- 

 elliptica, inacquilatera, basi subaequali rotundata, in suminis ct juniori- 

 bus subinaequali niagis contracta, inarginibus plana, apicc angustato-acu- 

 minata, acumine sabobliquo acutato, majora 20y cent, longa, 8 lata, 

 alia 17 longa, 6 lata, summa 13 longa, 4 lata; septcuincrvia, nervis 3 

 mediis validioribus ad apicera ductis, sequentibus supra medium, infimis 

 raalto sabtilioribus juxta margines decurrentibus cito evanidis, omnes anas- 

 tomosibusregnlaribushorizontalibus in areas tetra- vel pentagonas (;onlluen- 

 tes, sabtus prominuli. Stipulae oppositifoliae deciduae lanceolato- 

 lineares, naviculares, acuminalae, dorso hirsutae, marginibus prope b.sin 

 ciliatae, IJ — 2 cent, longae, cnrvulae. Amenta oppositiiblia, demum 

 patula, pedunculo hirto pilis crispulis ochraceis, subanguloso, tenui, 

 2 — 45 cent, longo suffulta, oblongo-cybndrica, obtusa, juniora 2 cent. 

 looga, i crassa, adulta 31 longa, 1 circitcr crassa, adspectu in sicco nigricau- 



