388 ASCLEPIADACEAE. 



METASTELMA R.Br. 



Metastelma stenolobum Dene. Prodr. VIII p. 515. 



Lower Saramacca River, near plant. Hamburg : Splitgerber 849 H. L. B. 



898, 168—416 (fl. April.). 

 Upper Coppename River: Boon 1066 (fl. Aug.). 

 Upper Nickerie River: Tulleken 436 H. L. B. 903, 322—1559 and 



1572 (fl. Sept.) 

 Surinam: Hostmann 827. 

 Northern Brazil, British Guyana. 



Melastelma Decaisneana (Miq.) Bth. in Bth. Hook. Gen. plant. II. 756. 

 Tassadia Decaisneana Miq. Linnaea XVIII p. 25. PI. II. 

 Lower Surinam River, near plant. Jagtlust: Focke 601 (fl. June). 



TASSADIA Dene. 



Tassadia guyanensis Dene Prodr. VIII. p. 579. 



Marowyne River: Kappler (coll. 1861) H. L. B. 903, 322 — 435. 

 Upper Saramacca River: Pulle 201 (fl. March). 

 Surinam: Kappler ed. Hohenack. 1410. 

 British Guyana. 



Tassadia propinqua Dene Prodr. VIII p. 579. 



Commewyne River, near plant. Lustryk : Splitgerber 375 H. L. B. 898, 



171— 61 (fl. Dec). 

 Para district: Kappler ed. Hohenack. 1474 (fl. Febr.-Apr.). 

 Surinam : Hostmann 70. 

 British Guyana. 



Tassadia leptobotrys Dene Prodr. VIII. p. 579. 

 Surinam : Leschenault ex Dene 1. c. 



Tassadia obovata Dene Prodr. VIII. p. 580. 

 Surinam : Leschenault ex Dene 1. c. 



BLEPHARODON Dene. 



Blepharodon Steudelianum (Miq.) Puile. 



Metastelma Steudelianum Miq. Linnaea XVIII. p. 753. 

 Cottica district, near plant. Vaderzorg: Kegel 955 (fl. July). 

 Paramaribo, near Beekhuizen: Kegel 737 (fl. Febr.). 

 Para district, near Santigron : Went 197 (fl. Aug.). 

 Surinam: Kappler 161 i. 



ROULINIA Dene. 



Roulinia surinamensis Miq. Stirp. Surin. Select. 169. 

 Upper Saramacca River: Pulle 474 (fl. March). 



