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eylindraceis patcntim iilaiidiiloso - pilosis, lacinlis calyclnis 

 aciimiualis acutis patiilis, tiibo paululum pctaloque dimidio ini- 

 noribns, calcare gracili clougato adsceiideute. — Loco nou 

 iudicato in impcrio Mexicaiio (Schiede). Habitii haec spc- 

 cies, cujus nnicura et raadore corruptnm possideraus speciinea 

 cum Ftlicxia nostra rufipili raaximopere conrenit,! scd 

 charactcre gencrico foliis floribusque paulo niiiioribns differt, 

 Exemplar nostrum caulis superiorera partem S-poIlicarem si- 

 stlt, raniis brevibus lateralibus sibi oppositis ramulisqne ite- 

 rura tani sterilibus quam Iloreutibns ouustum. Folia maxima 

 \^ln^ p. longa cum petlolo 3-lineari, 4 — 5 circ. lln. lata; 

 piii strigosi in superficie occupaut nee nervös nee spatium in 

 ntroque latere nervorum sed interstitlorum medium et regio- 

 ncra marginalem, fascias igitur animadvertis quatuor lougitu- 

 diuales. Calyx florens vix 4 lin. altus, pctala paululum lon- 

 "lora. Calcar staminnm l^/^ lin. longum inferue augustatum 

 cetcrum lineare obtusiusculum. Pili, in calyce pedunculisquc 

 minus dcnsi quam in caule et patuli tantum, glandula minuta 

 elliptlca terminantur. 



Minim certe scctionis Monochaetum quatuor jam esse de- 

 tcctas specics Mexicanas, calcaris forma cougruentes, genug 

 igitur proprium indicantes. 



HÄ, {Hcerian, gen.) elegans n. sp. — In nmbrosis pr. 

 Jalapam Juu. llor. ; pr. Chlconquiaco Sept. fruct. (Schiede). 

 „Caulis tIx lignesccns, repens, caespites efformans. Corol- 

 la magnitudine et colore Geranii sanguinei. Stirps elegans. 

 (Sosocola)". — Char, gen»: Melastomacea suffruticosa; fo- 

 liis petlolatis late ovatls crcnatis ciliatis ; lloribus terralnali- 

 hus solitarlls, calyce setoso, lacinlis 4, persistentibus, corol- 

 la sanguinea 4-petala; stamina 8, disparia nniporosa, 4 

 laciniis cal. opposita majora conucctivo tenui in calcar elon- 

 gatnm bifidum producto, quatuor minora ad basin authcrae 



