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tus ptMliiiicullsque ferrugineo-furfurftceis; fuliis 

 late ovalihus, secus totum petiutum per alas cuneato- 

 decurrentihus, 5-tuplinerviis, aculis vei obtusi- 

 usculis, iuapqujiliter (iuplicato-deutatis (denti- 

 bus rotundatis), setoso-ciliatis, supra pilis l)revi- 

 bus raris adpressis iustructis trtste et obscure 

 viridibus, subtus |mlli(lir)i ibus (praeter uervos) 

 glabris, in eodem juyo utplurimum imparibus, ueiiipe 

 uno majore saepe subsemipedali longius petiolato, 

 altero minore petiolo abbreviato; tbyrsis in di- 

 chotnmiis S(difrjriis, brevihus, petioluin foiii rnajo- 

 ris raro superautibus, divaricatis; calycis tO- 

 costati deutibus 5, acutissimis, setulosis^ stylo 

 caljce duplo loue;iore; ^vucUhus depresso-globosiSj 

 nigricautibus. ))\:o 280. Melastoma. lu silvis 

 ad viam versus Panama». — Habitu peculi- 

 ari a Clidemiis liaud parum recedens, forte ly- 

 pum proprii generis exliibens. 



9^. Miconia argentea DC, Wikstr. /. c. (sub Mela- 

 stom.) ))N:o 274 Melastoma argentea Sw.l In 

 montibus)). — ixamuli iuter nodos alternatim 

 coiuplanati^) petioli poUicares et uitra acute 

 angulati peduncuii caiyc«\sque pube pulvcracea 

 demum subevanescente gdvi; foiia e rotmulata 

 basi oblonga ovalia vei subrotunda, 5-nervia, 

 postice integerrima, antice remotiuscule denti- 

 culata, acutiuscula vei rotuudato-obtusissima, 

 coriacea, semipedalia ad pcdalia^ supra glabra atro- 

 virentia nitidiuscula, subtus sublepidota albido- 

 gilva; tliyrsus tcrminalis, amplus; calycis costati 

 iobi 5, trianguiares, inflexo-conniventes ; stylus 

 caiyce pius duplo longioi ; sligtna dilatatum, 

 olitusura; fructus ^juuiores) virescentes gilvo-fari- 



nosi. 



•) Descriptiones porcanl rainis (ramulis?) angulosis. 



