CLIDEMIA, MELASTOMACEJE (AUCT. COGNIAUX ). 985 
rarius paulo inzequalia, petalorum numero dupla (20 in una species), 
filamentis glabris, subulatis vel filiformibus; antheræ lineari-elonga- 
tæ vel subulatze, rectæ lente incurvæ vel recurvie, apice minute uni- 
poross, connectivo infra loculos non vel rarius breviter producto, 
basi inappendieulato vel interdum postice gibboso aut subealearato. 
Ovarium plus minusve adhærens, 3-4-5-loculare vel rarissime 6-7- 
loculare, vertice tumido conico vel in coronam producto rarius 
intruso glabrum vel sæpius setulosum, loculis multiovulatis; stylus 
filiformis, brevis vel elongatus, glaber, stigmate punetiformi truncato 
vel rarius subcapitellato. Bacca globosa vel urceolata, carnosa coria- 
cea vel membranacea, ssepe hirsuta, calycis limbo coronata. Semina 
minuta vel rarissime majuscula, ovoidea dimidiato-ovoidea raro sub- 
pyramidata, lzevia vel interdum granulata. 
Frutices ramosi, hirsuti setosi villosi vel tomentosi rarius glabri, 
Americæ :equatorialis incolze. Folia ssepius majuscula, petiolata rarius 
sessilia, seepius ovata vel oblonga, 3-5-nervia, integerrima crenulata 
vel denticulata. Flores in paniculas vel fasciculos axillares rarissime 
subterminales dispositi, rarius capitatim congesti, parvi vel minuti, 
albi rosei vel purpurei, szepius minute braeteolati. Bacca parva. 
CONSPECTUS SECTIONUM. 
I. Flores 5-6-meri; folia in eodem jugo æqualia vel plus minusve inæ- 
qualia et consimilia s 
s Calyeis limbus Best antheræ basi integerrims,.......-. y Staphidinm. 
B. Calycis limbus deciduus;-antheræ basi antice bilobatee ......... . Miconiopsis 
IL. Flores 4-5-meri; folia in eodem jugo valde inæqualia et dissimilia. i C diijoli: 
IU. Flores 5 -meri; folia in eodem jugo æqualia vel paulo inæqualia et 
DUM i 
cue iR apices ramulorum aphyllorum dense capitati , qur 
involueratis; calycis dentes interiores elongati, exteriores paru 
Sonépicti /10.. Diuliec olia po a a a IV. Capitellaria. 
B. Flores non in capitula pedunculata involucrata dispositi; calycis i 
dentes interiores breves vel subnulli, exteriores producti....... V. Sagrea. 
Sect. I. STAPHIDIUM, Cogn. l. c. 472 (non Griseb.). — Clidemize 
sect. Axillares DC. l. e. 156 (part.). — Staphidium Naud. l.c. — 
Clidemi:e sect. Stephanotrichum (part.) et sect. Staphidium (part.) 
Griseb. 1. c. 246 et 247. — Clidemia Benth. et Hook. 1. c.; Triana, 
l. c. 
Flores 5-6-meri, cymosi paniculati vel subspicati rarius glomerati, 
