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LaGuncuLaRiA, Gaertn. 
L. RAcEMOSA, Gaertn. Fruct. iii. 209, t. 217, f. 2 (1805); Brandis in 
Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenf. iii. Ab. 7, 127, f. 64.— ALBEMARLE 
Ist.: Elizabeth Bay, lava fields near beach, Snodgrass & Heller, nos. 
270 (hb. Gr.), 937 (hb. Gr.) ; Point Christopher, Snodgrass & Heller, 
no. 931 (hb. Gr.). Narsorouau Ist.: east side, Snodgrass & Heller, 
no. 920 (hb. Gr.). Further distrib. shores, Mex., W. Ind., S. Am., trop. 
Afr. Not before recorded from the Galapagos Ids. 
MELASTOMACEAE. 
Miconta, R. & P. 
M. Robinsoniana, Cogniaux, nov. sp. (sect. Zamonea); J. sp. Rob. 
& Greenm. (1), 146; “glaberrima; ramis junioribus acute tetragonis 
non alatis; foliis breviuscule petiolatis, anguste ligulato-oblongis, leviter 
obtuseque acuminatis, basi breviter attenuatis vel subrotundatis, margine 
integerrimis, trinerviis vel obscure 5-nerviis, nervulis transversalibus 
humerosis tenuissimis; floribus sessilibus, secus ramulorum paniculae 
solitariis; calyce oblongo, limbo leviter dilatato, brevissime 5-lobato, 
lobis late rotundatis ; staminum filamentis glaberrimis. 
“ Rami robustiusculi, laeves. Petiolus gracilis, leviter tortuosus, 1-1.5 
em. longus. Folia rigidiuscula, utrinque laevia,. siccitate non nitida, 
14-16 cm. longa, 3-3.5 cm. lata, nervis subtus satis prominentibus. 
Paniculae majusculae, multiflorae, trichotome ramosae, ramis gracilibus, 
erectis vel paulo patulis, leviter compressis, articulatis. Bracteae paten- 
tissimae, rigidae, triangulari-ovatae, acutae, 1-1.5 mm. longae. Calyx 
laevis, basi rotundatus, sub apice leviter constrictus, circiter 5 mm. 
longus. Petala erecta, anguste obovata, obtusa, 6 mm. longa. Stami- 
num filamenta capillaria, 3-4 mm. longa; antherae valde arcuatae, apice 
longe attenuatae, 4-5 mm. longae. Stylus crassiusculus, glaber, apice 
arcuatus caeteris rectus, 5 mm. longus, stigmate paulo incrassato. — 
Affinis MW. nitidissimae, Cogn. in DC. Monogr. Phan. vii. 748, sed bene 
distincta.” — CuaTHam Isu.: southwest end, upper region, Baur, no. 
163 (hb. Gr. & hb. Cogniaux). Endemic. 
HALORRHAGIDACEAE. 
Myriopnyitium, L. 
M. sp. Wolf (1), 284. — Cuartes Isx.: in brook near the hacienda, 
ace. to Wolf, 1. ¢. 
