457 



3. iÄofÄ%a/wt N. foliis latc cllipticjs , acumine recurvo 

 acumiuatis, l)asi (lamiua in petiolum producta) breviter acumi- 

 nato-acutis rariusquc obtusis, trlpliuerviis et simul quinqtie- 

 uerviis, uervis exterioribus submarginalibus conspicuis in acu- 

 meu decurrentibiJS. 



j^Melastoma, frntex 6 — 8 ped., foliis ovatis 5-nerviis 

 glaberrimis , floribns albis, antheris luteis. In humidis prope 

 Rio Janeiro Novbr. 1829." Lhotzky et Manso. Flora Matto- 

 grosso cujabeusis. n. 68. 



Folia 5 poUices longa, trcs lata, novella dentlcnlata, adul- 

 ta subintegerrima , quam in snperioribus glabriora ; pube stel- 

 iata alphitoide uonuisi in iuflorescentia, calycibus, gemmis fo- 

 liisque novellis observanda. — Nonne propria species? 



Brasilia. Lhotzky. Sellow. Martins. (Unicnm specl- 

 nien in terbario mouacense.) 



4. Olfcrsiana N. foliis ex elliptico lanceolatis angnsta- 

 tis acnminatis utrinqne acutis snbintegcrrimis triplinerviis , ner- 

 vis exterioribns margiui proxiniis parum conspicnis. 



Brasilia. Sellow. 



Folia 4* /2 pollices longa, sesqnipollicem lala, exiinie tri- 

 plinervia, uervis lateralibus a nervo medio quatuor circiter 

 liueas snpra basin discedentibns, parallele cum marginibus 

 decurrentibus ; glabra, pube stellala in infloresceutia atque gem- 

 mis obvia. Nonne propria species ? Fructns prorsus idem ac iu 

 Selloiviatia, 



Ulterioribus scrutatorum curis dnas comniendanms stlrpi^s 

 tota facie, foliorum indole, pube stellata alphitoide, ramis 

 compressis, panicnla thyrsoidea, calycibus pluribnsque supe- 

 rins cnumeratis simlllimas , diversas vcro llore minori , pela- 

 lis brevioribus oblusls, ülamentis tenuloribns, antheris minori 

 bns, conncctivo minus conspicue calcarato, calcare dii]>liri? 



