. 281 



Crescit jnxla viaro uovam nd Paramaribo, m. Nev. et 

 Sept. fl. et cum fr. iinraat, 



Frntex elatior, praccedeuti simllis, sed foHis crassiorJ- 

 btis, grossins denlalis, piilie molliorft bracteolisque discernen- 

 dns, in posterum cum Miconia Majcimüianea DC, Prodr, 

 HL p, 186, cujus phrasis brevior vix rcpiignat, confe- 

 rendus. 



Ramuli tetragoui pube stcllata sordide alba piiberuli 

 sensim glabrati , band flcxnosi. Folia opposita, petiolis 

 crassis dense stcllato-pubescentibus 1/3, raro ferc 1 ceut, 

 longis snsteuta, coriaeco -membrauacea, iu sicco lutescentia, 

 siipra nitidula setis crispulis supra reticulatioues sparsis, 

 subtiis simiiibus et iusuper praeserlim iu nervo niedio pube 

 slellata dccidua puberula, eliiptiea, basi obtusa, sursnm at- 

 tenaata et bieviter acumiuata, inacqnaliter grossiuscule den- 

 tata ciliataqne, quinquenerfia, n. medio forti, 3 mediis ad 

 apicera ductis, lateralibus subraargioalibus tenuibus, anasto- 

 mosibus trausversis parallelis promineulibus, 9 — 12 cent, 

 longa, 4 — 5 vel fere 6 lata. Panicula basi folils genninis 

 vel depauperalis susteuta, 10 — 12 cent. alla, ramis ramu' 

 lisqtte opposilis tetragouis pilis stcllatis albido- pubescenti- 

 bus. Ultimi ramuü trifidi totidcm fasciculos fl. ternorum vel 

 paniioniin sessiliutn sustentantes, pedicellatos Tel sessiles. 

 Bracteae lanceolatae yiridescenlcs dorso pnberulae. Bra~ 

 cteolae flores basi iuvolucrantes in sicco fuscescentes vel ti- 

 rides ellipticae obtusae ciiiolatae, magnitudine dispares. Ca- 

 lyx tubo cjlindrico-obloDgo 10-costulato stellalo- puberulo, 

 limbo patnlo intus membranaceo extus in dentes 5 brevissi- 

 mos acutiuscnlos crassiuseulos diremto. Petala 5, in sicco 

 lutescentia, elliptico-obovata , concava unguiculata, inferne 

 subdenticulatim pauci-ciliolata vel et iutegerrima, 3 — 4mm. 

 longa. Stamina 10, petala superautia, ^7am«M/a subnlalo- 



