tEiNT* VI. 



i 



i):i 



v/ 



plox 3-5fidus coriaceui^, pctaljr=; 7-0 epicalix tin- 

 giiic, fimbriata, stam. 12-18, filain, coniiiv. an- 

 theris liberis, stylo incurvo clavato, bacca piu- 

 riloc. polysp, — very different from Blakea with 

 double calix, outer inferior, both 6fid, 6pet. 12 



of 



& 



Both 



554. Bellucia nervosa 1^3.^. 



via L. auct. 

 18 feet high. 



Aubl 



of Guvana 



-H/^ 



555. Melastoma L. this beautiful G 



increased from 

 and now over 

 America. As 



Kunth alone h 



of 



8 



of G. has been blended 



fhey 



h 



I 



fly shrubs and pi 



revision, 

 seldom 



Genera types 



Mklastomides, except those 



Rhexia of family h; 



subfamily Rhexides 



556. Melasto.ma Raf. cab camp. 5dent. pet. 

 5, stam, 10, stig. obt. vel capit, bacca coronata 



5Ioc. polysp. &/C 



may be formed by th 



shapes of stigma, anthers 4'^. Most of th 



belong here, such as if/. 



strigosa^ re- 



pens^ trinervis^ parmflora^ agrestis^ 

 graniilaris^fiervosa^ ciliata^cymosa ^i 



grossa 



pili 



and 

 Dancera Raf. (hot) d 



hirtis, h 



postice 



aiicta lac. linearib. stylo crasso, stig. concav. 



pet. oS^ stam. K 

 foh 5n€ri\ fl. aa. 



L. Sw. auct. but 

 name of other genera ? 

 558* Sericola Raf. diff. 



ntheris b 



Friitex 



Type I), hirta Raf. M. do 

 many blended sp. under that 



