414 | MYRTACEZ. 
12. GRIAS. 
Grias, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 659; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 722; Miers in Trans. Linn. Soc. 
Xxx. p. 298. 
Four species. 
1. Grias fendleri, Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 126. 
Panama, Chagres (Fendler). Hb. Kew. 
13. COUROUPITA. 
Couroupita, Aubl. Pl. Guian. p. 708; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 722; Miers in Trans. Linn. 
Soc. xxx. p. 188. 
_ Miers describes nine species, Berg only four. 
1, Couroupita nicaraguensis, DC. Prodr. iii. p. 294. 
_ NICARAGUA. 
2. Couroupita odoratissima, Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘Herald,’ p. 126. 
Panama, Rio Jesus, Veraguas (Seemann). 
“This is the celebrated Palo Paraiso of Veraguas” (Seemann). Hb. Kew. 
14. LECYTHIS. 
Lecythis, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 664; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 723; Miers in Trans. Linn. 
Soc. xxx. p. 200. 
Miers enumerates upwards of forty species under this genus, and refers about fifty 
to other genera. 
1. Lecythis coriacea?, DC. Prodr. iii. p. 291. 
Panama, dark forests near Remedios (Seemann). Hb. Kew. 
Order LV. MELASTOMACEE. 
Melastomacee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 725; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 
Bentham and Hooker describe 134 genera, and estimate the number of species at 
1800. ‘Triana enumerates 1763 species, and retains the same number of genera. The 
family is generally dispersed in tropical and subtropical regions, but much more 
numerous in America than in the Old World, and very rare in Australia, the Pacific 
islands, and South Africa. A few species are found in Eastern Temperate North 
America. Where not otherwise stated, the genera consist entirely of woody plants, 
either shrubby or arboreous. 
