244 MELASTOMACE.E. 



account been introduced from the American continent. The flowers of Meriania are 

 mentioned among the astringent and aromatic drugs, and this astringent principle prevails 

 through the whole family. 



ARTIFICIAL KEY 0? THE WEST INDIAN GENERA. 



A. Miconiea. — Fruit berried. Connective not enlarged. 



Anthers without tail. 



Anthers opening with pores. 

 Anthers oblong, blunt. 



Divisions of calyx-limb filiform. 



From below the margin Calycogonium. 



From the margin Clidemi^e sp. 



Divisions of calyx-limb subulate . Heterotkichum. 



Divisions of calyx-tube minute Miconia, sect. Hartigia. 



Divisions of calyx-tube none. 



Limb subentire Loreya. • 



Limb operculate . Conostegia. 



Anthers linear. 



Divisions of calyx-limb subulate Clidemia . 



Divisions of calyx-limb minute Tschudya. 



Authers tapering towards the top or beaked. 



Anthers iuflexed to the bottom of the calyx .... Diplochita. 

 Anthers inflexed above the ovary. 

 Anther-cells connected. 



Anthers without a beak Miconia. 



Anthers beaked Tetrazygia. 



Anther -cells separated by a furrow. t 



Anthers bluntish Miconia, sect. Arrhenotoma. 



Anthers beaked Henriettea. 



Anthers tapering towards the base, elliptical-oblong. 



Anther-cells connected Clidemia sp. • 



Anther-cells distinct Octopleura. 



Anthers opening with one anterior fissure Evjrych^enia. 



Anthers opening with two longitudinal fissures Pleuroch^enia. 



Anthers tailed. 



Anthers opening with terminal pores. 



Anthers oblong Oss^ea. 



Anthers obovate-truncate Cremanium. 



Anthers opening with one anterior fissure. 



Ovules indefinite Ch.enopleura. - 



Ovules two in each cell. Tail of anthers very short . . Eurych.<enia. 



B. Fyxidanthea. — Fruit berried. Connective enlarged. 



Stigma minute, even. Involucre Blakea. 



Stigma capitate, furrowed. Involucre none Bellucia. -^ 



C. Charianthece. — Fruit capsular. Seeds not cochleate. 



Anthers without appendages Charianthus. 



Anthers spurred. 

 Spur descending. 



Spur conical. Ovary 5-locular Meriania. 



Spur short. Ovary 2-locular CycnopodtcM. — 



Spur reflexed Davya. 



D. Lasiandrea. — Fruit capsular. Seeds cochleate. 



Ovary adherent. 



Stamens unequal fe . . Heteronoma. 



Stamens of the same structure Ch^togastra. 



Ovary at length free from the calyx. 



Ovary crowned with bristles Arthrostemma. «, 



