476 MB. J. G. BVKEB OX THE 



as the petals ; anthers I in. long, bright yellow, with a pair of 

 small curved spurs from the base of the connective ; filament 

 nearly as long as the anther. Style finally ^ in. long.— Baron 

 4909! 



AiipnoBOCALTX, genus novum Melastomacearum tribus 



Oxysporese. 



Calyx glaber, urceolatus, tuho verticaliter multistriatus, ore dentibus 4 

 brevissimis subdeltoideis instructo. Petala 4,oblongo-unguioulata. Sta- 

 mina 8, sequalia, antheris rectis apice 1-porosis, connectivo basi breviter 

 producto postice bicalcarato, filamentis brevibus deorsum ajiplanatis. 

 Ovarium 4-loculare5 in tubo profunde immersum, ovulis permultis ; stylus 

 elongatus, filiformis, sursum curvatus, apice stigmatosus. Fructus inferus 

 indehiscens 4-locularis, seminibus permultis cuneatis. 



Allied to Veprecella and Bousseauxia. 



Amphokocalyx mtjltiflobtjs, Balcer. Species sola. 



An erect shrub, with glabrous woody rather stout quadran- 

 gular stems. Leaves opposite, cordate-ovate, acute, 3-5 in. long, 

 2-3 in. broad, moderately firm in texture, distinctly triplinerved, 

 with a few bristles on the surface above and on the main ribs 



below. 



4-5 



with cymose branches, the lower subtended at the base by re- 

 duced stalked leaves; pedicels short. Calyx-tube -jtin. long and 

 broad, constricted to a distinct neck -^ in. in diam. 3 vertical ribs 

 about a dozen ; teeth very short. Petals deciduous, probably 

 yellow, I in. long. Anthers yellow, \ in. long, with a couple of 



spreading yellow spurs ^— ^ line long from the back just below 

 the base ; filament shorter than the anther. Capsule completely 

 immersed in the calyx-tube below the neck. Seeds very numerous, 

 very minute. — Baron 4889 ! 



DlCH(ETAWTHEBA CKASSIXODIS, U. sp. 



Arborea, ramuUs validis glabris nodis inerassatis, foliis hysteranthiis 

 oblongis meinbranaceis hispiduUs, floribus tetraraeris in paniculas laxas 

 deltoidea dispositis, pedicellis elongatis erecto-patentibus supra medium 

 artieulatis, ovario globoso glabro, calycis segmentis deltoideis ciliatis, 

 petalis purpurascentibus orbiculatis unguiculatis, staminibus 4 rubellis 

 connectivo infra antheram longe producto, 4 luteis connectivo breviter 

 producto. / 



A tree, with the flowers in lax deltoid panicles 3-4 in. long and 

 broad, at the end of the stout woody leafless branches ; pedicels 

 erecto-patent ; lower \-^ in. long; bracts lanceolate or ovate- 



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