244 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 



MELASTOMACEAE. 

 Blakea p. Br. 



B. MONTicoLA Johnston, Proc. Amer. acad. arts and sci., vol. 40, 

 p. 693 (1905). — Abundant on the exposed top of San Juan Mt., alt. 

 700 to 795 m., Johnston, no. 51, July 6. Shrub, 1-2 m. high, branch- 

 ing copiously; flowers pink. Endemic. Plate 27, fig. 1. 



Clidemia D. Don. 



C. NEGLECTA D. Don, Mem. Wern. soc, vol. 4, p. 307 (1823); 

 Mart., Fl. Bras., vol. 14, pt. 4, p. 483.— El Valle, alt. 600 m., Miller & 

 Johnston, no. 33, July 25. Further distribution, Peru and Brazil. 



MicoNiA Ruiz & Pav. 



M. LAEVIGATA (L.) DC, Prod., vol. 3, p. 188 (1828). Melastoma 

 laevigata L., Sp. pi., ed. 2, vol. 1, p. 559 (1762).— El Valle, Miller & 

 Johnston, no. 119, July 24; San Juan Mt., alt. 600 m., Johnston, no. 

 52, July 11. Venezuela: Colonia Tovar, Fendler, no. 22Q2, 1856-57. 

 Further distribution, tropical America. 



M. PRASiNA (Sw.) DC, Prod., vol. 3, p. 188 (1828). Melastoma 

 prasina Sw., Fl. Ind. Occ, vol. 2, p. 777 (1800). — Juan Griego trail, 

 alt. 450 m., Johnston, no. 53, Aug. 12-15. A slender tree, about 7 

 m. high, with small white flowers. Further distribution, tropical 

 America. 



ONAGRACEAE. 



JUSSIAEA L. 



J. suFFRUTicosA L., Sp. pi., vol. 1, p. 388 (1753); Griseb., Fl. Brit. 

 W. Ind., p. 273. — Juan Griego, Miller & Johnston, no. 45, Aug. 9. 

 Common to tropical countries. 



ARALIACEAE. 

 GiLiBERTiA Ruiz & Pav. 



G. ARBOREA (L.) March, in Durand & Pittier, Bull. soc. bot. Belg., 

 vol. 30, p. 281 (1891). Aralia arborea L., PI. Jam. Pugill., pt. 2, p. 11, 

 and Syst. nat., ed. 10, vol. 2, p. 967 (1759). Dendropanax arhoreum 



