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CENTURIA VII. 



601. Maieta Aubl. Jus. Vitm. diff. 555, caL 

 obi. Sgonus, antheris bicornis, ovar. 5gon. stylo 

 brevis, stig. cap. ¥rut. /?. axil — Type 3L guia- 

 nensis Aubl. &c. Mel. maieta W. P. &c. 



602. TococA Aubl. Jus. Vitm. diff. 556. caL 

 turb. 5d. pet. 5 cone, invol. stam. 10 inserta ad 

 disco annularis supra cal. anther, obi. acut. bac- 

 ca Slocul. Frut. fl, spic. vertic. — Type y. 

 guinensis Aubl. Sec. Mel. pbysiphora V. W. P. 



Is. M. verticillata a 2d sp? 



603. ToPOBEA Aubl. J. V. Drepanandrum 



Neck 793, diff. 556, cal. camp. 6cuspid. ad basi 

 calic. involucro 4partito, pet. 6 ineq. stam. 12 

 incurva connivens, stylus declinatus, stig. capit. 

 6sulc. bacca spongiosa 61oc. involucro obvol. cal. 

 deciduo non coronata. Sarment. fl. axiL — 

 Type T, parasitica Aubl. t. 189. Mel. do auct. 

 M. involucrata is perhaps a 2d sp. and all the 

 doubtful dodecandrous sp, may be refered to it 

 till better known, such as M. patens Sw, nivea 

 and setinoda Kunth &c. 



604. Savastana Necker 795, Tibou china 

 Aubl. J. V. (n. barb) diff. 556, caL 5fid. basi 

 squamis calicul. pet. ineq. 1 major, filam. incur- 

 vis, anth. bicornis, stylo 5gon. stig. acutura,caps. 

 Slocul. 5valvis libera. Frut.fl. axil — of family 

 Rhexides, Type Sav. aspera Raf. Tib. do Aubl. 

 177. V. Melast. aromatica Vahl, P. Rhexia as- 

 pera W. Pers. put in 2 Genera by Persoon ! 



605. Rhexia L, this G. has been greatly in- 

 creased also by throwing into it all the capsular 

 Melastomas and even Osbeckia, Kunth has 27 

 sp. those of N. America and akin form a natural 

 genus by calixlike a bottle 4toothed, 8 stamens 

 &C; all the others must be removed. 



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