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MELASTOMACE^ 



729 



cj?ex. Vapsule dry. Seeds ovate or angular, with a lateral times nearly obsolete. Petals 5. Anthers ovate-obtuse, open- 



hear hilum. 



. y,^ y ^ . ^"g ^y 1 P^'*^ • attenuated at the base, but hardly or not auri- 



1 Mebiania. Calyx campanulate (f. 108. a.), 5-6-lobed ; culated. Capsule trigonal, 3-valved. 

 lobes subulate at the apex (f. 108. h.). Petals 5^Q (f. 108. d). 16 Meisne^ria. Calyx globose, 4-lobed. Petals 4. Sta- 



Anthers openjng by 2 pores, furnished with a short spur at the mens 8. Anthers ovate, beaked, tubular : in 4 of which the con- 



base. Capsule 5-6-celled ; placentas lunate. 



nective is long and auricled at the articulation, in the other 4 



2 AxiN^^A. Calyx cup-shaped, 5-6-toothed. Petals 5-6. it is hardly evident. Capsule 2.celled. 



Anthers opening by two pores, ending in a simple spur at the 

 tase. Capsule 5-6-celled. 



Tribe II. 



3 Chastens' A. Calyx campanulate, truncate, entire. Petals Rhexie'^. Anthers opening by 1 pore at the apex. Ova- 



5. Stamens 10. Anthers linear, acute, opening by 1 pore: ^^ / 



scaly nor bristly at the apex. Capsule 



nawng the connectives drawn out into an ample roundish ap- ^^y- Seeds cochleate^ with an orbicular basilar hylum. Species 



pendage at the base. Capsule 5-celled. ' , all Amcricany except one. 



4 Lavoisie'ra. Calyx turbinate, 5-10-lobed. Petals 5-10. 17 Appendicula'ria. Tube of calyx somewhat urceolate ; limb 



Stamens 10-20. Anthers opening by 1 pore, furnished with a somewhat campanulate, bluntly 4-toothed. Petals 4. Stamens 



snort, blunt beak ; the alternate ones drawn out into a 2-lobed 8, equal. Connectives drawn out into 2 long bristles at the 



appendage at the base. Capsule 5-10-celled. 



5 DaVya. Calyx campanulate, with the teeth concrete into sule 3-celled, 3-valved. 



articulation beneath and above the cells of the anthers. Cap- 



an entire, membranous limb. Petals 5-G. Anthers beaked, 



1 8 Com6lia. Tube of calyx campanulately cylindrical ; lobes 



opening by 1 pore : having the connectives drawn out at the base 4-linear. Petals 4. Anthers 8, oblong-linear, falcate ; having their 

 m a simple or bristled spur. Capsule 5-celled. connectives short and drawn out into 2 auricles at the articula- 



6 GraffenrieW. Calyx campanulate, bluntly 5-toothed. tfon. Capsule ovate, 2-celIed. 

 retals 5. Stamens 10. Anthers linear, acute, opening by 1 19 Spe'nnera. Calyx globose, with 4-5 short lobes. Pe- 



pore, furnished each with a simple appendage at the base. Cap- tals 4-5. Stamens 8-10. Anthers ovate, obtuse, with their con- 

 nectives long, but not appendiculated. Capsule 2, rarely 3-celled. 



Calyx globose, or ohovate ; lobes 5, su- 



MlCROLI 



sule 5"valved. 



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7 CEj^fTRoNiA. Calyx oblong, beset with bristles ; with a 

 coarctate, entire limb. ; Petals 5. Anthers with a long beak, bulate. Petals 5. Anthers alternately "dissimilar, ovate, short- 

 and furnished with a long subulate process at the base. Capsule beaked, with their connectives drawn out into a simple spur at the 

 5"Celled. articulation. Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved. 



8 Trunca'ria. Calyx cylindrical ; limb truncate, almost en- 21 Erne'stia. Calyx globose; lobes 4, narrow. Petals 

 ^'^e* Stamens 10. Anthers elongated, beaked, but without any ciliated. Anthers triquetrous, drawn out at the base into 2 long 



PJ"ocess at the base, opening by 1 pore. 



9 Rhynchanthe'ra. . Tube of calyx ovate, globose; lobes 5, 

 linear or setaceous. Petals 5. Stamens 10, 5 of which are ste- 



bristles. Capsule 4-celled. 



22 Siphanthe^ra. Calyx campanulate, 4-toothed, girded 

 by many bracteas. Petals 4. Stamens 4. Anthers furnished 



rile. Anthers ending in a long beak, with the connectives long with an obcordate, ascending process at the base, and a tubular 



^d auricled at the base. Capsule 3, but usually 5-celled. 



beak at the apex. Capsule depressed, 2-celled, obcordate. 



10 Macai'rea. Tube of calyx ovate; lobes 4. Petals 4. 23 Rhe'xia. Tube of calyx ventricose (f. 109. a.) at the 



Stamens 8, the 4 longest beset with glandular hairs inside, base, but narrowed into a neck at the apex (f. 109. b,\ limb 



Anthers linear, opening by 1 pore: in 4 of which the connective 4-cleft. Petals 4. Anthers 8 (f. 108. c), with their connectives 

 's elongated and stipe-formed. Capsule 4-celled. 



and 



Capsule at the bottom of 



11 BucQUETiA. Tube of calyx globose; lobes 4, broad, the calyx, 4-celled ; placentas lunate, pedicellate. 

 Petals 4. Stamens 8, equal. Anthers opening by 1 pore, 24 Heteron6ma. Calyx tubular, 4-toothed. Petals 4. 



without any auricle at the base. Ovary furnished with 4 tuber- Anthers 8, alternate ones longer; the connectives of the shorter 



^'es at the apex. , Capsule 4-celled. 



^Z Cambessede'sia. Tube of calyx globose ; lobes 5, nar- 

 ^^^- Petals 5. Stamens 10. Anthers linear, falcate, a little 



ones drawn out into 2 firistles, of the longer ones into a linear ap- 

 pendage, each of which is bifid at the apex. Capsule 4-celled. 

 25 Pachtloma. Calyx obconically cylindrical, drawn out 



^^aked, drawn out at the base into an obtuse, undivided auricle, beyond the ovarium, hardly 4.toothed. Petals 4. Stamens 8, 



^ach of various lengths. Capsule 3-celled. 

 13 Ch^tostoma. Tube of calyx obovate-turbinate, girded 



equal. Anthers linear, elongated: with the connectives long in 



dag 



V a ring of 4-5 stiff bristles under the lobes, which are 4-5. the base, but in the other 4 drawn out into 2 bristle-like ap- 

 peals 4-5. Anthers with short beaks, with the connectives hardly pendages each. 



dr 



26 Oxy'spora. Calyx 



Petals 4. Su- 



fi- 



awn out at the base. Capsule prismatic, 4-5-gonal. - , , , • . -. ui 



H Salpi'nga. Caly^ oblong-turbinate, S-lO-ribbed, 4-5- mens 8, equal. Anthers elongated, drawn out mto 2 blunt 

 ■' ■ ^ Capsule trigonal, spurs at the base, with their connectives hardly perspicuous. 



Capsule 4-celIcd, 4-valvcd. 



27 Trice'ntrum. Calyx ovate; lobes 4, narrow, often with 



A 



^^thed. Petal 



unknown 



valved. 



15 Bertolonia. Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed; lobes some- 



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