730 



MELASTOMACEiE 



3 bristles at the apex. Anthers 8, linear : having their connec- naked, opening by 2 pores at the apex. Capsule square, 4- 



lives furnished with 3 spurs at the base. Capsule 4-celled. 

 28 Marce'tia. Calyx oblong or cylindrical, 4-lobed. Petals 



winged at the apex, 4-celled, 4-valved, Seeds triangular. 

 88 Mela'stoma. Calyx ovate, densely covered with scales or 



4. Stamens 8, equal. Anthers oblong, with 2 tubercles at the bristles ; limb 5, (f. Ill, a.) rarely .6-cleft, the segments alter- 

 base. Capsule 4-valved, 4-celled, 



*: 



nating with deciduous appendages. Petals 5-6. Stamens 10-12. 



29 TrembleVa. Calyx ovate, constricted at the apex, 5- Anthers a little arched : the connectives stipe-formed (f. 111. f.) 

 lobed. Petals 5. Stamens 10, with 5 of the anthers ovate, in the longer anthers, in the shorter ones biauriculate (f lll.y*.) 

 shortly and bluntly beaked, having their connectives drawn out or emarginate. Ovarium bristly at the apex. Capsule baccate, 

 into an obcordate or spatulate simple ligula : the 5 alternate ones 5-6-celled. 



having the ligula almost abortive. Capsule 5 -celled. 39 Otanthe^ra. Calyx with an ovate tube, half adhering 



30 Ade^lobotryS. Calyx somewhat campanulate, bluntly to the ovarium, beset with palmately ciliated scales ; limb 5- 

 5-toothed. Petals 5. Stamens 10. Anthers bifurcate at the cleft, deciduous. Petals 5. Stamens 10, equal. Anthers'ob- 

 base. Capsule 5-valved. 



long-linear, a little arched, tapering upwards, and opening by a 

 pore, but biauriculate in front at the base. Ovarium bristly 



at the apex. Berry 5-celled, pulpy. 

 Orbe'cki^. Anthers opening by one pore at the apex. Ovary 40 LACHNoroniuM. Tube of calyx ovate-oblong; limb 5- 



Tribe III. 



sometimes J) 



basilar 



hylum. 

 tralian* 



African, Asiatic, and a ft 



31 Lasia'ndra. Calyx ovate; lobes 5, narrow. Petals 5. 

 Stamens 10, pilose. Anthers elongated, with a short beak: 

 having their connectives tumid and biauriculate at the base. 

 Ovarium bristly at the apex, rather adnate to the calyx. Cap- 

 sule 5-celled. 



32 Ch-btooa'stra. Calyx turbinate (f. 109. a.), pilose or 

 scaly, 5 -lobed. Petals S (f. 109, d,). Filaments 10, glabrous. 



cleft; segments subulated. Petals 5. Stamens 10, equal ; fila- 

 ments girded by a ring of hairs at the base ; anthers oblong, 

 beaked, naked. Capsule 5-celled ; crowned by the segments of 

 the calyx. 



41 Pleroma. Calyx ovate, when young often inclosed in 

 2bracteas; lobes 5, deciduous. Petals 5. Stamens 10, glabrous. 

 Anthers nearly equal, elongated, arched at the base: having 

 their connectives stipe-formed, and furnished with 2 short auri- 

 cles at the base. Ovarium adnate to the calyx, bristly at the 



apex 



Capsule baccate, 5-celled. 



42 Diploste'gium. Calyx 5-cleft, inclosed in the double, 

 Anthers oblong: having their connectives drawn out into a simple cucuUate, hispid calyptra. Petals 5. Anthers nearly equal, 

 or bifid spur, and sometimes only into 2 blunt tubercles. Ovarium biauriculate at the base. ' Capsule baccate, 5-celled. 



bristly at the apex. Capsule 5-celled. 



43 AcioTis. Calyx globose, fleshy ; limb coarctate, 4'toothed. 



33 Arthrostemma. Calyx turbinate or campanulate, usually Petals 4, awned. Stamens 8, furnished with long connectives, 



beset with bristles or scales on the outside, 4-lobed. Petals 4. and as if it were jointed in the middle. Anthers erect, naked 



Stamens 8, glabrous. Anthers oblong : having their connectives at the base. Capsule baccate, 4-celled. 

 rather long, and bluntly biauriculate at the base. Ovarium 44 Centrade^nia. Calyx somewhat campanulate, tetragonal ; 



bristly at the apex. Capsule 4-celled. 



limb 4-toothed. Petals 4. Stamens 8, unequal ; the connectives 



34 Orbe'ckia. Calyx ovate, usually clothed with stellate of the larger anthers are drawn out into an elongated cuneate 

 bristles or down on the outside, 4-5-lobed, furnished with ap- spur, but those of the smaller anthers are gland-formed. Cap- 

 pendages between the lobes on the outside, of various forms and 



sule 4-valved, 4-celled. 



Tribe IV. 



sizes. Petals 4-5. Stamens 8-10, glabrous. Anthers nearly 



equal, ending in short beaks, but their connectives are furnished Miconie'^. Anthers opening by \ or 2 pores at the apex. 



with 2 short auricles at the base. Ovarium bristly at the apex. Ovarium adnate to the calyx. Fruit baccate. Seeds not each- 



Capsule 4-5-celled. 



rfr ^ 



leate. Species for the most part American 



35 TiRou'cniNA. Calyx turbinate, clothed with imbricate 45 Rousseau'xia. Calyx hemispherical, glabrous 



4-lobed. 



and 



Petals 4. Stamens 8. Anthers oblong-linear, sometimes all fer- 

 base, both composed of 2 connate bracteas ; lobes 5. Pe- tile, with their connectives somewhat gibbous at the base : som - 



the 



tals 5. Stamens 10, glabrous. Anthers with their connectives times the alternate ones are sterile, with short connectives, 



bluntly biauriculated at the base. Ovarium free, bristly at rest fertile with long connectives, which are furnished with 



the apex. bristles at the base. Ovary furnished with 4 scale-like brist es 



36 Triste'mma. Calyx tubular, girded by many bracteas at at the apex, 

 the base, 4-5-cleft, and furnished with bearded appendages near 46 Lea'ndra. Calyx urceolate, drawn out beyond the o^ 



a- 



al 



the base, bristly at the apex. Berry 4-5-celled. 



the limb. Petals 4-5. Stamens 8-10. Anthers arched, biau- rium ; lobes double, 4-6 exterior ones subulate, 6 mtenor 



riculate at the base. Ovarium hardly adnate to the calyx at Petals 4-6. Stamens 8-12. Anthers linear, hardly biauriciua e 



37 Sarcopy'ramus. Calyx obversely pyramidal, adnate to 47 Tschxj'dya. Calyx"~globose ; lobes 5, bnstle-for^ • 



the ovarium at the base, with a truncate 4-toothed limb; teeth Stamens 10. Anthers oblong, without auricles. Ovary 



ciliated. Petals 4, Stamens 8. Anthers simple, straight, bristly at the apex. Capsule globose, 4-5-celled. 



at the base. Berry dry ? S-4-celled. 



