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64. Miconia Andreana, nov. spec. (sect. Amblyarrhena). 
Ramis obtuse tetragonis superne leviter compressis, junio- 
ribus tenuiter furfuraceis vetustioribus glaberrimis laevi- 
busque; foliis magnis, rigidiusculis, breviuscule petiolatis, ova- 
tis, basi rotundatis et intcrdum leviter emarginatis, apice brevi- 
ter acuteque acuminatis, margine minute serrulatis et breviter 
ciliatis, 7-9 nerviis, supra glaberrimis laevibusque et elegante 
bullatis, subtus ad nervos nervulosque leviter furfuraceis cae- 
teris glabris; paniculis majuseulis, pyramidatis, multifloris, 
satis congestis; floribus 5-meris, brevissime pedicellatis, basi 
minute bracteolatis; calyce densiuscule furf@racco, tubo cam- 
panulato, dentibus minutissimis, late triangularibus, acutis; 
petalis obovatis, apice subtruncatis; antheris oblongo-lineari- 
bus, connectivo basi vix bituberculato; stylo subeapillari , 
glabro, apice leviter dilatato. 
Frutex vel arbusenla 5-5 m. alta, robusta, pauciramosa, 
ramis erectis vel patulis, fuscescentibus, leviter ramulosis. 
Petiolus erassus, angulato-sulcatus, leviter furfuraceus, supra 
leviter barbatus non vel vix canaliculatus, 2-6 cm. longus. Folia 
patula, pulchre purpureo-metallica, 2-5'/, dm. longa, 12-22 em. 
lata; nervis robustis, supra profundiuscule impressis, subtus 
valde prominentibus, mediano satis crassiore, exterioribus 
caeteris multo gracilioribus brevioribusque; nervulis transver- 
salibus numerosissimis, crassiusculis, leviter arcuatis, supra 
profunde impressis, subtus valde prominentibus, valde ramu- 
loso-retieulatis, Paniculae erectae, satis ramosae, 4 '/, dm. 
longae; rami patuli, satis graciles, longiuseuli, leviter com- 
pressi, densiuscule furfuraceo-puberuli, valde ramulosi, basi 
interdum bracteati; pedicelli saepius vix 4 mm. longi. Brac- 
teolae caducae, adpressae, oblongae, acutiusculae, 1-2 mm. 
longae. Calyx dilute roseus, teretiuséulus, 2 mm. longus, 
4 !/, mm. latus. Petala rosea, patula, tenuiter membranacea; 
2 mm. longa Staminum filamenta tenuissima, flexuosa, 1 ‘/2- 
