244 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
MELASTOMACEAE. 
Blakea p. Br. 
B. MONTICOLA Johnston, Proc. Amer. acad. arts and sci., vol. 40, 
p. 693 (1905).^ — ^ Abundant on the exposed top of San Juan Mt., alt. 
700 to 795 m., Johnston, no. 51, July 6. Shrub, 1-2 m. high, branch- 
ing copiously; flowers pink. Endemic. Plate 27, fig. 1. 
Clidemia D. Don. 
C. NEGLECTA D. Don, Mem. Wern. soc, vol. 4, p. 307 (1823); 
Mart., Fl. Bras., vol. 14, pt. 4, p. 483.— El Valle, alt. 600 m., Miller & 
Johnston, no. 33, July 25. Further distribution, Peru and Brazil. 
MicoNiA Ruiz & Pav. 
M. LAEVIGATA (L.) DC, Prod., vol. 3, p. 188 (1828). Melastoma 
laevigata L., Sp. pi., ed. 2, vol. 1, p. 559 (1762).— El Valle, Miller & 
Johnston, no. 119, Jvily 24; San Juan Mt., alt. 600 m., Johnston, no. 
52, July 11. Venezuela: Colonia Tovar, Feruller, no. 22Q2, 1856-57. 
Further distribution, tropical America. 
M. PRASiNA (Sw.) DC, Prod., vol. 3, p. 188 (1828). Melastoma 
prasina Sw., Fl. Ind. Occ, vol. 2, p. 777 (1800). — Juan Griego trail, 
alt. 450 m., Johnstoyi, no. 53, Aug. 12-15. A slender tree, about 7 
m. high, with small white flowers. Further distribution, tropical 
America. 
ONAGRACEAE. 
JUSSIAEA L. 
J. suFFRUTicosA L., Sp. pi., vol. 1, p. 388 (1753); Griseb., Fl. Brit. 
W. Ind., p. 273. — Juan Griego, Miller & Johnston, no. 45, Aug. 9. 
Common to tropical countries. 
ARALIACEAE. 
GiLiBERTiA Ruiz & Pav. 
G. ARBOREA (L.) March, in Durand & Pittier, Bull. soc. bot. Belg., 
vol. 30, p. 281 (1891). Aralia arhorea L., PI. Jam. Pugill., pt. 2, p. 11, 
and Syst. nat., ed. 10, vol. 2, p. 967 (1759). Dendropanax arboreum 
