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vel pauci, brevissime pedicellati. Calyx minute dentatus, ]'/, mm. 
longus. Petala lanceolato-linearia, 1 '/, mm. longa. Antherz lineares, 
1 '/, mm. longze. Stylus capillaris, 3 mm. longus. 
In Cuba (Wright n. 2482). 
2. Rami juniores petiolique setulis patulis hirtelli. — Spec. 21-22. 
21. ©. hirtella (Triana! l. c. 146); ramis breviter hirtellis; foliis 
submembranaceis, oblongo-lanceolatis, basi acutis, apice breviter 
acuminatis, brevissime sparseque setuloso-ciliatis, supra glabris, sub- 
tus vix pilosulis ; calyce subglabro. — Melastoma hirtella Sw.! Prodr. 
72, Fl. Ind. occ. 810. — Sagræa hirtella DC.! 1. c. 171. — Clidemia 
hirtella Griseb.! 1. c. 249 (pro parte). 
Rami graciles, teretiuseuli. Petiolus */,-1 em. longus. Folia in eodem 
jugo satis inzequalia, 5-8 em. longa, 2-3 '/, em. lata. Cymæ paueiflorz. 
"al em. longz, floribus minutis. Calyx breviter dentatus, 1 '/, mm. 
longus. Petala lanceolata, acuminata, 1 mm. longa. 
In Jamaica (Swartz, Wilson). 
> 22. 0. Grisebachii (Triana! l. c. 146, nomen tantum); ramis 
longe hirtellis ; foliis tenuiter membranaceis, anguste lanceolatis, basi 
Subrotundatis, apice longe attenuatis, densiuscule longeque ciliatis, 
Subtus ad nervos dense longeque hirtellis czeteris utrinque sparse 
setulosis; calyce sparse longeque setuloso. — Clidemia hirsuta Gri- 
seb.! Pl. Wright. 185 et Cat. Pl. Cub. 96 (non Fl. Brit. w. Ind.). — 
Ossæa neurotricha Wr.! in Sauv. Fl. Cub. 46. 
Rami graeillimi, teretiusculi. Petiolus 1-1'/, em. longus. F olia in 
eodem jugo satis inzequalia, 6-10 cm. longa, 1'/-2 cm. lata. Cymæ 
Sæpius triflorze, 1 em. longæ, floribus minutis. Calycis tubus 1'/, mm. 
longus ; dentes subulati, fere 1 mm. longi. Petala lanceolato-linearia, 
11, mm. longa. Antherz lineares, 1'/, mm. longe. Stylus gracilli- 
Inus, 3 mm. longus. 
In Cuba prope Monteverde (Wright n. 1228). 
B. Folia 3-nervia. — Spec. 23-24. 
> 23.0. Triansei; ramis junioribus petiolis calyceque longe dense- 
que hirtellis; foliis tenuiter membranaceis, oblongis, basi oblique sub- 
rotundatis, breviter. acuminatis, minute crenulato-denticulatis et 
longe ciliatis, utrinque subsparse longeque pilosis przecipue subtus. — 
Suire av. Prodromus VII. 67 
