16 ICONES PLANTARUM. + 
Prate 1022. 
HETERONEURON NIGRICANS, ook. fil. 
MELASTOMACEs, § MICONIER, 
H. nigricans, Hook. f. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Pl. 768. 
Has. Orinoco river, near = in — > se se — inary co 
lita, 45 poll. longa, nee aide recurva, in egerrima, penninervia, 
i d 
culatas ramulis infra folia orti, pedunculis bracteolatis pedicellisque pallide- 
viridibus calycibusque albo-punctatis demum rubris. Calycis tubus hemi- 
sphericus, 4 4 oe diametro, intus levis ; limbus cupularis, truncatus, ore sub- 
integro. Petala 5, crasse coriacea, obtusa; demum reflexa, alba. Stamina 10, 
pa alba, gAvtites brevibus com Jlanatis ; anthers magne, su ubreni- 
pees 1-recurvee, poro minuto dehiscentes, ito profunde sulcatis, connectivo 
so basi non producto inappendiculat arium aid cum fundo 
calyeda incrassato confluens, 5-loculare, valle concavo glabrum; stylus co- 
lumnaris, stigmate capitellato 5-lobo ; ovula eS oe hai Segoe subglobosis 
ab axi loculorum anes afi, Riser a pulposa, oo-sperma. * Semina 
minuta, anguste obo testa raphe laterali incrassata, hilo 
basilari ; embryo petoran sey lndontbias: plano-convexis. 
A very remarkable plant, the pinnate venation of whose leaves is very rare 
in the Order to which it belongs; it has many characters in common with 
Mouriria, to which Spruce allies it Tr but differs in the placenta- 
tion and numerous seeds.—J. D. Hooke 
Fig. 1. Bud. 2. Vertical section of calyx and ovary. 8 and 4. Stamens. 5. Trans- 
theipaectath of an anther. 6. Immature fruit. 7. Transverse section of the same. § and 
mbryo. 
Pirate 1023. 
KALIPHORA MADAGASCARIENSIS, Hook. f. 
CoRNACER. 
K. Madagascariensis, [Jook. f. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Pl. 951 
(staminibus false desiin. 
Has. Madagascar. 
rules v. j bor oes nitida, siccitate fuscescens, potassio es 
ramulis A eaaceceee Folia 2-4 poll. longa, alterna, oblique oblongo-lance 
lata, acuminata, basi cael, integerrima, coriacea, nervis grroents 
ettiyue nitida, Flores parvi, in paniculas parvas axillares nutantes dis- 
positi, pedicellis bracteatis non articulatis. : 
Calyx parvus, 4-lobus. Petala 4 4, lineari-oblonga, coriaceo-carnosa, valvata 
