656 DICOTYLEDONEJE. LEANDRA, 
3. Folia lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, integerrima, supra subglaberrima, 
subtus longe setulosa. Ovarium glabrum. : 
97. L. linearifolia (Cogn. l. c. 149, tab. 33, fig. ID; caule satis 
ramoso; ramis densiuseule longeque setulosis; foliis erectis, brevis- - 
sime petiolatis, lineari-lanceolatis, obtusiuscule acuminatis; brac- 
teolis lineari-laneeolatis, extus densiuscule hirsutis; calycis dentibus 
exterioribus obtusis. 
Fruticulus 2 '/,-3 dm. altus. Petiolus 3-6 mm. longus. Folia rigi- 
diuseula, disparia, majora 3-5 cm. longa, 3-6 mm. lata, minora dimi- 
dio breviora. Paniculæ pauciflorze, 2-3 cm. longs, floribus sessilibus, 
 4-D-meris. Calyx densiuseule longeque setosus, tubo 3:,,-4 mm. 
longo, dentibus exterioribus 1-1 '/, mm. longis. Petala oblongo-lanceo- 
lata, 3 mm. longa. Stylus 5 mm. longus. Bacca nigra, subglobosa, 
4 mm. crassa. 
In Brasilize prov. Rio de Janeiro (Glaziou n. 14776). 
98. L. parvifolia (Cogn. l. c. 150); caule satis ramoso; ramis 
longe setosis; foliis erectis, brevissime petiolatis, lineari-lanceolatis, 
acute acuminatis ; bracteolis lanceolatis, extus sæpius glabris ; calycis 
dentibus exterioribus apice acutissimis setosisque. 
Petiolus 2-4 mm. longus. Folia rigidiuscula, zequalia vel disparia, 
majora 2'/,-5 cm. longa et 4-8 mm. lata, minora 1 !/,-2 !/, cm. longa 
et 2-4 mm. lata. Paniculz congestze, pauciflorze, 1 !/,-2 */, cm. longs, 
floribus sessilibus, 4-5-meris. Calyx densiuscule longeque hirsutus, 
tubo 3 '/, mm. longo, dentibus exterioribus 2 mm. longis. Petala pur- 
purascentia, triangulari-lanceolata, 3-3 '/, mm. longa. Stylus 4-5 mm. 
longus. 
In Brasiliæ prov. Minas Geraés (St-Hilaire, Langsdorff). 
99. L. salicina (Cogn. l. ec. 150); caule simplici vel superne 
paulo ramoso, ramis longiuscule setosis; foliis patulis, breviuseule 
petiolatis, elongatis, linearibus, acute acuminatis ; bracteolis lineari- 
subulatis, extus sparse setosis; calycis dentibus exterioribus apice 
acutissimis setosisque. — Melastoma salicinum Ser.! ex DC. 1. c. 199. 
— Clidemia angustifolia Naud.! 1. e. XVII, 358. — Oxymeris angus- 
tifolia Triana! l. c. 92. S 
Fruticulus 1 */,-3 dm. altus, ramis gracillimis. Petiolus 6-12 mm. 
longus. Folia rigidiuscula, satis disparia, majora 5-10 em. longa et s ; 
