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Ovary without terminal bristles. 



Anthers without appendages Spenneka. 



Anthers with appendages. 



Stamens of the same structure. 



Spurs ascending Nepsera. 



Tails bitubercled , . Comollia. *» 



Stamens unequal Acisanthf.ka. 



Tribe I. MICONIEjE. — Fruit berried. Seeds not cochleate. — Anthers without an enlarged 

 connective : appendages usually, small or none : tail, if existing, contiguous to the 

 filament. 



1. CALYCOGONIUM, DC; Naud. Ann. Sc. Nat. III. 16. p. 85. 



Calyx campanulate or pitcher-shaped : lobes 4, filiform, inserted below the margin of the 

 produced limb. Anthers 8, oblong, without appendages, indexed above the ovary, opening 

 with a single terminal pore : cells distinct below the top. Ovary adherent, 4-locuIar, not 

 produced at the top. Seeds pyramidal. — Shrubs, not hispid, with single or a few, clustered, 

 terminal or axillary flowers ; leaves entire, petioled : the lateral ribs delicate and disappear- 

 ing below the end of the leaf ; petals 4, obovate, usually mucronate. 



1. C. glabratum, DC Glabrous; leaves ovate-lanceolate: axils of nerves usually 

 bearded ; flowers as long as the peduncle ; calyx terete ; style fusiform, with the stigma 

 minute. — Melastoma, Sw. — A diffuse shrub, 3'-6' high ; leaves l-J"-2i" l°ng. triplinerved, 

 bluntish and callous at the point ; flowers solitary, terminal ; calyx pitcher-shaped : tube 

 2"'-3'" long, as long as the keeled filiform lobes, with the interior margin of the limb 

 subentire ; petals white, somewhat shorter than the calyx-lobes ; berry globose, black. — 

 Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Wils., in the mountains of Port lloyal. 



2. C. rhamnoideum, Naud. Glabrous ; leaves obovate or oval : axils of nerves glan- 

 dular, with a single gland ; flowers subsessile ; calyx terete ; " style fusiform, with the stigma 

 minute." — 0. glabratum, Macf. (non DC). — A shrub, 6' high ; leaves usually 1" long, 

 blunt, triplinerved ; flowers solitary or geminate, terminal ; calyx and petals of the preceding 

 species. — Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., March, rare, on pastures; [Cuba]. 



2. LOREYA, DC; Naud. (I. c. 18. p. 109). 



Calyx ovate : limb short, entire or repand. Anthers 1 0, oblong, without appendages, 

 inflexed above the ovary, opening with a single terminal pore : cells distinct below the top. 

 Ovary adherent, 5-locular, umbilicated and glabrous at the top ; stigma conical or capitate. 

 Seeds pyramidal. — Large-leaved, glabrescent, shrubs or trees ; flowers lateral, i.e. axillary 

 in the axils of former leaves, fascicled,' or cymose. 



3. Xj. trinitensis, Crueg. ! Leaves oval, eminently triplinerved, tapering at the sub- 

 sessile base ; flowers fascicled : the pedicels simple, longer than the calyx ; the stigma coni- 

 cal. — Br. Jam. t. 24. /. 1, 2 : very good. — L. fasciculiflora, Naud. — A shrub, 20' high ; 

 leaves 6"-18" long, entire, or with 'distant, minute, blunt teeth, perfectly glabrous : the 

 lateral ribs separating from the midrib, 2", and the juxtamarginal ones about 6"' above the 

 base; pedicels usually 3-7-nate, filiform, 4"'-8'" long; calyx-tnbe 2'" long, double the 

 length of the spreading, entire limb; petals roundish, clawed, about 4'" long (including the 

 broad claw), white.— Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., M'Nab, Wils., at 3000' alt., in moist woods ; 

 Trinidad, at S. Anns, Cr. 



3. HENRIETTEA, DC; Naud. {1. c. 18 p. 104). 



Calyx campanulate : limb produced, spreading. Anthers 10-12, beaked-subulate, with- 

 out appendages, inflexed above the ovary, opening with a single terminal pore : cells distinct 

 below the top, beak incurved. Ovary adherent, crowned with a glabrous, denticulated neck j 

 style thickened towards the capitate stigma. Seeds obovate.— Arborescent shrubs or trees, 

 rough in the younger parts ; leaves large, entire, shortly petioled; flowers lateral, i.e. ax- 

 illary in the axils of former leaves, fascicled : pedicels simple, usually shorter than the 

 flower ; petals of the West Indian species rosy, with blue anthers. 



