102 i; | DICOTYLEDONEA. GONOSTEGIA. 
alabastris conico-acuminatis; petalis subaeutis ; ovario 7-8-loculari. — 
DC. 1. c. 174; Naud. 1. e. 110; Griseb. l. c. 254. — Melastoma ealyp- 
trata Desr. in Lam. Encycl. méth. Bot. IV, 51; Vahl, Eclog. I, 40; 
Rich. in Bonpl. Mélast. 107, tab. 46. 
Arbuseula ramis satis gracilibus, obtuse tetragonis. Petiolus graci- 
lis, 3-7 em. longus. Folia 1-2 dm. longa, 3-10 em. lata, in eodem jugo 
satis ingequalia, nervis subtus satis prominentibus. Paniculæ 1 dm. 
longz. Alabastra 7-8 mm. longa, 2-3 mm. crassa. Petala alba, 7- 
8 mm. longa. Antherz 12-16, cultriformes, 3 mm. long:e. Stylus sub- 
filiformis, 4 mm. longus, stigmate capitellato. 
In Guadalupa (L.-C. Richard, L'Herminier, Duchassaing), Domi- 
nica (Imray n. 59, 175, Ramage, Eggers n. 621), Martinica (Rivoire, 
. Funck et Schlim n. 49), Montserrat (Ryan). 
b. Flores 6 8-meri. — Spec. 12-16. 
T Fo'ia 5-nervia. 
12. €. polyandra (Benth.! Bot. Sulph. 96, tab. 35); foliis medio- 
cribus, ovato-ellipticis, basi'sepius rotundatis, apice obtusis rarius 
subaeutis, margine distincte remotiuscule serrulato-denticulatis, 
utrinque glabris; alabastris glabris vel vix furfuraceis, acutis vel bre- 
viter acuminatis. 
Rami obscure tetragoni, juniores leviter furfuraceo-puberuli vetus- 
tiores glaberrimi. Petiolus '/,-1 em. longus. Folia rigidiuscula, 6- 
11 em. longa, 3-6 em. lata, nervis subtus satis prominentibus. Pani- 
culze pauciflorze, 4-8 em. longs. Alabastra 10-11 mm. longa, 5 mm. 
crassa. Petala subretusa, 10-12 mm. longa. Antherz numerose, 3 mm. - 
longæ. Stylus crassus, 7-8 mm. longus, stigmate truncato. 
In Andibus Ecuadorensibus (Sinclair), ad Caeagual Tumaeo (See- 
mann n. 1033); in Nova Granata ad San Pedro lat. 1?34' N. (Hinds), 
prov. Barbacoas (Triana); in America centrali ad Darien (Seemann). 
13. €. Trianæi; foliis majusculis, anguste ovatis vel ovato-oblon- 
gis, basi aeutiusculis, apice obtusiuscule breviterque acuminatis, inte- 
gerrimis vel obscure undulato-denticulatis, supra glabris, subtus levi- 
ter furfuraceis præcipue ad nervos nervulosque ; alabastris densiuscule 
furfuraceo-puberulis, aeutiusculis. : 
Rami obscure tetragoni, juniores leviter furfuraceo-puberuli. Peti 
lus puberulus, 1 */,-2 em. longus. Folia submembranacea, 12-18 em. — 
