MICONIA. MELASTOMACEJE (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 845 
gis, basi rotundatis, 5-nerviis, integerrimis, supra glaberrimis lzvi- 
busque, subtus breviuscule et densiuseule stellato-pilosis praecipue ad 
nervos; calyce dense tomentoso, distincte 5-lobato. 
Rami robusti, obscure tetragoni, fusci. Petiolus 1-2 cm. longus. 
Folia subtus viridi-rufescentia, 1:/,-2'/, dm. longa, 6-11 em. lata. 
Paniculz congestze, 1 !/,-2 !/, dm. longæ; bracteolie tenuiter membra- 
nacez, ovata, obtusæ, 4-5 mm. longs. Calyx 3 '/,-4 mm. longus. 
Petala 2-2 '/, mm. longa. Stylus 5-7 mm. longus, stigmate peltato. 
In Brasiliæ prov. Rio de Janeiro (Glaziou n. 16935). 
2'. Panicule pyramidatze; flores sessiles, in ramis inflorescentis? dense 
glomerulati. — Spec. 274-279. 
]nfon-donfarmlaia 
a. Folia 2-nervia, c 
274. M, eriantha; ramis junioribus breviter denseque tomento- 
sis; foliis brevissime petiolatis, oblongis, longiuseule caudato-acumi- 
natis, subtus subsparse breviterque stellato-pilosulis; floribus dense 
congestis, bracteolatis; calyce dense tomentoso-lanato, lobis subula- 
tis, tubo dimidio brevioribus. 
Rami robusti, obscure tetragoni, juniores ferruginei. Petiolus '/,- 
1 em. longus. Folia rigidiuscula, subtus cinereo-fulva, leviter dispa- 
ria, 12-20 em. longa, 4-6!/, em. lata. Panicule pyramidatz, 1- 
1'/, dm. longs; bracteolæ lineari-subulatze, longiuscule tomentosze, 
3-5 mm. longs. Calyx canescenti-cinereus, tubo 2'/, mm. longo, 
lobis 1-1/, mm. longis. 
In Brasilize prov. Rio de Janeiro (Glaziou n. 16863). 
215. M. cinerascens (Miq.! in Linnza, XXII, 543, — 1849); 
ramis junioribus pilis tenuissimis adpressis densiuscule velutinis ; 
foliis breviuseule petiolatis, oblongis vel ovato-oblongis, acutis vel 
breviter acuminatis, subtus brevissime denseque tomentosis; floribus 
dense glomerulatis, ebraeteolatis; calyee brevissime tomentoso, 
obscure lobato. — Cogn. l. c. 357. — Melastoma albicans Raddi in 
Mem. Soc. Ital. Se. in Moden. XX, 136, tab. IV, fig. 2 (non Sw.). — 
Miconia proteoides St-Hil. et Naud.! ex Naud. l. e. 141 (1851). 
Frutex 3-4 m. altus. Petiolus 1 '/,-3 em. longus. Folia rigidiuscula, 
Subtus szepius canescenti-cinerea, 8-18 em. longa, 3-6 em. lata. Pani- 
culæ 1/,-1 '/4 dm. longæ. Calyx canescenti-cinereus, 2*/, mm. longus. 
Petala alba vel flavescentia, 2-2'/, mm. longa. Stylus 4 mm. longus. 
Bacca violaceo-nigra, oligosperma, 3-4 mm. crassa. 
