Gardneriane. N. O. Melastomaceer. 
TAB. DII. 
LAVOISIERA LYCOPODIOIDES. Gardn. 
Fruticosa dichotoma glaberrima, ramis_ teretibus adscenden- 
tibus_ subradicantibus, foliis sessilibus quadrifariam im- 
bricatis ovatis obtusis supra medium subserratis uninervils 
venis lateralibus subobsoletis, floribus terminalibus solitaris 
sessilibus, calycis fusco-punctati tubo turbinato lobis 5 ovatis 
zequalibus, antheris 10 dissimilibus. 
Lavoisiera lycopodioides. Gardn. Herb. Bras. n. 4577. 
In bare elevated rocky places, Serro do Frio, Province 
of Minas Geraes, Brazil. Aug. 1840. 
Frutex parvulus. Rami dichotomi, teretes, adscendentes, subra- 
dicantes. Folia sessilia, quadrifariam imbricata, ovata, © 
tusa, supra medium subserrata, uninervia, venis lateralibus 
subobsoletis. Flores terminales, solitarii, sessiles. Calyct 
tubus turbinatus, limbo 5-lobo, lobis ovatis obtusis, demum 
deciduis. Petala 5, obovata, ampla, rosea, Stamina 10, 
inequalia. Anthere oblonge, brevi-rostrate, UNiporose. 3 
Stylus filiformis. Stigma obtusum. Ovarium supra medium 
liberum, glabrum. Capsula 5-locularis, apice dehiscens- 
Semina angulata. Testa eleganter pellucido-punctata. 
This most beautiful little shrub trails along the ground among 
a small species of Vellozia, and those portions of it which are 
not in flower resemble very much some of the larger kinds of — 
Lycopodium. It does not agree with the characters of any of | 
the species enumerated in De Candolle’s Prodromus; but, judging _ 
from the description, it comes nearest to his L. Itambana—G. : 
Gardner. 
Fig. \. Apex of a branch with a flower-bud. j 2. Two of the — 
stamens. /. 3. Pistil. f 4. 5. Leaves :—magnified. : 
