eN THE MELASTOMACEiE. 
gerrtrna^ coriacea^ penninervia, reticulato-venosa, suprd 
glabra J nitida^ suhtus m junioribus Jhsco-tomeniosa, demitm 
denudata. Panicula terminalis, magna^ brachiata. Flores 
mugni, purpurei. Calyces valde setosi. 
Obs. Nomen desumpsi a xsyrgov, stimulus^ quod antheraj 
postice calcare longo acutissimo instriictse. 
1. C. laurifolia. 
Osbeckia peruviana, Pavon MSS. 
Hob. in Peruvise nemoribus. Pavon. h. (v, s. in 
Herb. Lamb.) 
MicoNiA, Ruiz et Pavon, 
Mel ASTOM.E magna pars Ji^dor. 
Calyx brevis, tubulosus : limbo 5-dentato urceolato, per- 
sistente : dentibus brevissimis, acutis, apice intus membrana 
obtusa ipsis latiore auctis. Petala 5, oblonga, obtusa caly- 
cis ori inserta. Stamina 10, erecta : filamcnta longa, linea- 
ria, compressiuscula, apice curvata : anther as, longae, decli- 
n^to-curvatae, subulatae, carina dorsali crassa obtusa apice 
poro hiantes, basi filamentis adnatse, auriculo crasso obtuso 
auctae. Ovarium calyce obvolutum. Stylus teres, staminibus 
longior, rectiusculus, superne curvatus. Stigma Tp^vwxmy 
planiusculum, tenuissime barbatum. Capstda baccata, glo- 
bosa, glabra, S-locularis^ 5-val\ is, calyce arete connata, limbo 
calycino persistente coronata: valvis in medio cuj usque loculi 
riraa oblonga hiantibus. Dissepimenta, 5, membranacea, me- 
dio valvarum inserta, axi centrali adnata, utrinque simul cum 
parietibus capsulss lacunosa, imbricate seminifera. PlacenttE 
5, succulentse, latae, oblongce, scrobiculatas, angulis columellas 
adfixae, imbricate seminiferse. ;$'^???^m^^numerosa,pa^va,ovata, 
angulata,umbilico oblongo coiivexocrassokterali nigroaucta: 
