Miconia staminea (Desr.) DC.

HERBARIUM
M°KON( PARAGUAY
j Miconia staminea (Desr.), D. C., var. parvifolia, Cogn., k o., 231.
Caballero (502). January. Named by A. Cogniaux.
A shrub in dense thickets on the banks of the Tebicuary, near
Caballero, 3-4 m. in height. Flowers large, yellow, in terminal
panicles. Fruit a red berry. Leaves simple, smooth, oval, or
elliptical, thick, the blade about 10 cm. in length. Upper part of
the stem covered with a cinereous scurf.
According to M. Cogniaux (D.C., Mon. Phaner. vii, 725),
Miconia is antedated by Tamonea, Aubl., PI. Guian., i, 441 (1775),
but the name does not appear on that page of our copy of Aublet’s
work, but is published on page 659 of the second volume, for the
verbenaceous genus with which it is usually associated. Leonicenia,
Scop. (1717), is, however, doubtless an equivalent of Miconia, R.
& P. (1794), and would be adopted here, but for the uncertainty
which we feel concerning Tamonea, Aubl., which, if really any-
where in Aublet’s book before page 659, ought to be taken up.
We have failed to find it, but have concluded to allow Miconia to
stand.—N. L. B.
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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PLANTS OF SOUTH AMERICA
Collected by Thos. Morong, 1888-1890.
Central Paraguay.
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