278 — 63 C. IMAUDIIV. — MELASTOMACEARLM 



late ovata acuminala , 6-7 milliin. longa. Stamina inaequalia, antheris 

 basi breviter bilobis nec bifurcis. Calyx fructifer sub limbo constrictus 

 subglobosus. — In provincia Minas geraes ; Claussen, Martius, Weddell, 

 Gaudichaud, dePissis. 



Species addendse . 



6. C. LATE-VENOSA DC, /. c. — Mart. , Nov. gen., tab. 263. 



7. C. PURPURATA DC, /. c. — Mart., /. c, tab. 262. 



8. C ADAMANTiLM DC , /. c. An eadeiTi ac C. Hilariana? 



9. C BiDENTATA DC — C. esporcB et C. adamanlium quasi 

 intermedia ex clar. Martio. Fortasse a C. Hilariana non di- 

 stinguenda est. 



Species exclusae : 



C. balsamifera DC , l. c. — Microlicia balsamifera Mart. 

 C. sincorensis DC — Microlicia sincorensis Mart. 

 C. crenulata DC — Microlicia crenulata Mart. 



LX. RHEXIA. 



Rhexia, Nuttall, Gen.bor. am., I, 244, — DC, Prod., III, 121. — End- 

 licher, Gen. plant., n° 6200. — - Torrey et Gray, Flor.of north. Art}., 

 I, 476. — Mich., Flor. bor. Am., I, 222. — Rhexi* species Linn. et 

 aliorum. 



Flos 4-nierus. Calycis tubus ssepius oblongus, in flore aperto 

 nonnihil infandibuliformis, post anthesim et potissimum fructiferi 

 inferne ventricosus, superne in coUum angustatus; dentes tubo 

 ssepius multo breviores persistentes. Petala obovata subretusa. 

 Stamina 8 sequalia subsequaliave ; antheris 1-porosis , raro 

 oblongo-ovatis rectis , sa^pius linearibus arcuatis obtusis , basi 

 nonnihil incrassata ultra filamenti insertionem productis, connec- 

 tivo infra loculos nullo sed postice supra filamenti insertionem 

 calcare subulato acutissimo vel saltem tuberculo armato , rarius 

 inermi. Ovarium basi adhserens ovoideum /i-loculare. Stylus fili- 

 formis, stigmate punctiformi. Capsula in ventre calycis inclusa 

 4-valvis. Semina cochleata et pyramidata. 



Herbce suffrutescentes in America boreali usque ad gradum 

 /lO" latitudinis indigence, erectce ramosce ; foliis sessilibus aut bre- 



