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MELASTOMACE^. I. Meriania. 



73 Creochi'ton. Tube of calyx globose, adhering to the 

 ovarium ; limb short, obsoletely 4-toothed, permanent. Petals 4. 



Tribe I. 



RE^ 



in the characters mentioned below). 



Stamens 8, equal. Anthers long, thick, arched, beaked, api- ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^ p^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^p^^ • 



D. C. prod. 3. p. 100. 



OvariunTTree 



culated at the base by a short connective each. Ovarium gla- f^^^ ^^^ ^^j^^^ neither scaly nor bristly at the apex. Capsule 



dry. Seeds ovate or angular, never cochleate, with a lateral linear 

 hilum.- — American plants. 



brous. Berry dry, globose, 4-celled, 



74 Phyllaga'this. Tube of calyx oblong, glabrous, adher- 

 ing to the ovarium at the base ; limb 4-cleft, drawn out beyond 



I. MERIA^NIA (in honour of Maria, Sybylla Merian, or 

 Graeffin, authoress of De Metamo 



the ovarium. Petals 4. Stamens 8, equal. Anthers arched, -* \ c ^ ^ • j a qoa * is n n^r, 



' ' ^ ' namensium). Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 824. t. 15. 1). JJon, 



beaked at the apex, but unappendiculate at the base. 



75 Lore'ya. Calyx campanulate, truncate at the apex, only 

 adhering to the ovarium at the very base. Petals 5. Stamens 

 10. Anthers thick, ovate, obtuse, somewhat gibbous at the 

 base. Berry 5-celled. 



Wern 

 Brown. 



W ^ 



Rh6xia species, Swartz, prod. Ser. mss. 



Lin. syst. 



Mono 



(f- 



Calyx with a campa- 



dilated, and membranous at the base and subulate at the apex. 



^^ , . . n ^ . 1. :i -o 1 Fetah 5-6. (f. 108. d.) Stamens 10-12. Anthers obtuse at the 



76 MicoNiA. Limb of calyx short, 5-toothed. Petals 5. apex, and bursting by 2 pores, furnished with 2 short processes 



Stamens 10. Anthers oblong-linear, shortly and bluntly auri- at the base. Ovarium globose, rather depressed, glabrous at the 



culated at the base. Berry 5-celled. 



apex. Style filiformly-clavate. 



Capsule free, 5.6-celled; pla- 



Trees or shrubs, 



77 Ox\'meris. Calyx obovate-turbinate; teeth 5, callous, centas lunate. Seeds small, cuneately angular. 



1.4. u*i/: c* iA 1 A*i, ^11. native of Jamaica or South America. Leaves petiolate, denticu- 



very short. Petals 5. Stamens 10, equal. Anthers oval-ob- i j , , i J^ j ^t pu^mrc lartrp 



•^ . I, • t. • • nr lated, glabrous, or hardly downy on the nerves, rlowers large. 



long, obtuse, tapering to the base : having their connectives fili- 

 form, short, and rather gibbous at the base. Berry 3-5-celled. 



pedicellate, solitary, axillary, white, or purple 



1 M. LEUCA>THA (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 826.) branches 

 78 CremaVium, Tube of calyx campanulate or obovate ; tetragonally compressed, glabrous; leaves petiolate, ovate-ob- 

 limb 4-5-toothed. Petals 4-5. Stamens 10, equal. Anthers long* acuminated, 3-nerved, denticulated, glabrous; peduncles 



short rather cuneated at the base oneninff hv 2 nores at thp axillary, solitary ; bracteas 2, under each flower, ovate-lanceo- 

 short, rather cuneated at the base, opening by ^ pores at the j^^^^ g.nerved, quite entire; tube of calyx campanulate. 5- 



apex 



Berry 3-5-celled. 



lobed ; lobes broad at the base and subulate at the apex. ^2 • S- 



Rhexia leucantha. 



70 Bla'kea. Calyx campanulate, girded at the base by Native of the higher mountains of Jamaica. 

 4-6 broad scales, which are disposed cruciately or in a triple Swartz, prod. 61. Rhexia speciosa, Bert, in herb. Balb. letals 

 order; limb membranous, 6-lobed, or 6-toothed. Petals 6. white, reddish at the base. Anthers large, appendiculated by a 



Anthers large, twisted into a ring, obtuse at the apex, and open- 

 ing by 2 pores, and furnished with a short spur-like process at 

 the base. Berry crowned by the calyx, 6-ceUed. 



short horn. 



M 



-Jlowered 



Sub-order II. CflARiA'^NTHEiE. Anthers 2'CeUed, bursting nerved, 



78. t. 1.) branches terete, gla- 

 brous ; leaves petiolate, oval, 3- 



rather serrulated, gla- 



Clt. 1825. Tree 15-30 feet. 



FIG. 108. 



(f- 



Jleshy 



Seeds 1^^^"^^ ; pedicels axillary, 1 -flow- 

 ered, longer than the petioles; 

 bracteas 2, linear, rather dilated 

 at the apex. T2 . S. Native of 

 Jamaica. Flowers rose-coloured, 

 drying black. This species dif- 



M, 



cuneated^ angular. 



80 Kibe'ssia. Limb of calyx falling off in the form of a 

 calyptra. Petals 4. Stamens 8. Ovarium muricated by 

 branched bristles. Fruit indehiscent, 4-celled.* 



81 Ewy'cKiA. Tube of calyx hemispherical, adhering to the 

 ovarium ; limb truncate, obsoletely 4-toothed. Petals 4. Sta- 

 mens 8, equal. Anthers oblong, obtuse at both ends, furnished in the colour of the flowers, and 

 each at the base with a short fleshy connective. Berry glo- from both in the form of the 

 bose, 4-celled. 



82 Charia'ntiius. Tube of calyx ovate, rather urceolate ; 



being only 2 bracteas under each 



M 



(f. 113. a.) limb 4 -lobed. 



(f. 



(f- 



Stamens 8. 



bracteas. 



Hose - coloured - flowered Ja- 

 maica Rose. Shrub 6 feet. 



licate, 4-celled. 



83 Ch^noplexj'ra. Calyx adnate to the ovarium ; limb 

 bluntly 5-toothed. Petals 5. Stamens 10. Anthers bluntly 



^,^ .>.., w. ^ ^yj^ PURPUREA (^jswartz, n. ina. occ. ^^ ^--v ^ ^^ 



Berry globose, umbi- terete, glabrous ; leaves petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, denticu i 



3 M. purpu'rea (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 826.) 



, ^ , ^...^late, ovate-lanceolate, deuu.^^^^^^^ 



glabrous ; peduncles axillary, opposite, longer than ^"^ P^ » ^ ^f 

 bracteas 4, under each flower, lanceolate, denticulated; ^^^^^ 

 calyx campanulate, 5-lobed ; lobes broad at the base an ^^^^ 



biauriculate at the base. Berry 3-4-celled. 



late at the apex 

 mountains. 



h 



_... , . _. Native of Jamaica on the tops ot^^^^ 



Rhexia purpurea, Swartz, prod. p. t> I- 



84 AsTRONiA. Calyx adnate to the ovarium ; hmb 5-6- purple or blood-coloured. Leaves brownish-green, 

 toothed. Petals 5-6. Stamens 10-12 ; filaments compressed. Pwr^/e Jamaica Rose. jClt. 1825. Shrub 6-10 feet. 



Berry dry, umbilicate, 2-4-ct'lled. 



M. oBxusiroLXA (D.C. prod. S. p. 101.) <l^'f^'^uZ: 

 urauches nearly terete ; leaves on short petioles, eu^p > ^^^ 

 somewhat emarginate, coriaceous, 3-nerved, besides '^ ^ , /brac- 

 ginal nervules, denticulated ; pedicels axillary, ^'^^/^^^^ ' u . S. 



SuB-ORPER L Melastome^ (plants agreeing with Meldstoma, ^ .v,^, «v.wwv,^.«.^« , ^ 



in the anthers opening by pores at the apex). Ser. in D. C. teas obovate, 3-nerved, denticulated, 4 under each flower. 

 prod. 3. p. 100. Anthers bursting by I or 2 pores at the apex. Native of St. Domingo. Melastoma involucrata, DesV. 





