Subs! LXVIII. MELASTOMACEJE.- T 
tubus hemispheerieus turbinatus v. campanulatus ; limbus dilatatus v. campanulatus, brevis 
v. elongatus, truncatus v. 5-6-dentatus v. lobatus, persistens. Petala 5-6, obovato-ob- 
- longa, obtusa v. acuta. Stamina 10 v. 12, exqualia, filamentis filiformibus; anthers lineari- v 
oblongo:subulatz, ineurvre, rostrat, 1-2-porosc, connectivo basi non producto postice sim- 
pliei v. calearato. Ovarium liberum, glaberrimum, ovoideum v. subglobosum, 4-6-locu- 
lare, vertice depresso eum areola parva intrusa v. in eonum producto nudo v. apice aris- 
tato; stylus filiformis, stigmate punctiformi clavato v. capitellato. Bacca sicca v. spon- 
giosa. Semina 'obovoidea, punetulata, raphe lata laterali.—Frutices glabri villosi v. to- 
Tentosi, erecti v. seandentes. Folia petiolata, ampla, 5-7-nervia, venis transversis smpe 
creberrimis, integerrima. Flores mediocres; axillares v. in ramos infra folia oriundi, soli- 
tarii v. fasciculati, longe v. breviter pedunculati. Bractez sepius calyee breviores, arete 
imbrieatze. ; 
Species ad 12, Guianse, Nove Granado, Peruvise et Mexiciincole. —JNawd. 1. c. xviii. 145. t. 6.— 
Genus non nisi forma antherarum a B/akea distinguendum; | In T. anisophylla, Triana, folia valde 
ingqualia. 
Subordo IL (Tribus X[) ASTRONIEJB. 
129. Astronia, Blume, Bijd. 1080.—Calycis glabri v. puberuli tubus campanulatus ;. 
limbus irregulariter riptus v. 3-8-lobus v. calyptrsformis. Petala 4-5, oblonga v. obovata, 
obtusa. Stamina 8 10 v..12, gqualia, filamentis brevibus complanatis ; ànthere dolabri- 
formes, breves, obtusz, loculis rimis anticis debiscentibus, conneetivo crasso lateraliter ceom- 
presso basi non elongato inappendiculaio v. postice calcarato. Ovarium calyci omnino ad- 
hierens, 2--5-loculare, vertice plano v. intruso glabrum ; stylus brevis, stigmate capitellato, 
placentis angulo inferiori loculorum affixis. Capsula calyce coriaceo demum in fragmenta 
disrupto inclusa; calycis nervi rigidi, a parenchy mate soluti, stellatim patentes. Semina 
. nuinerosa, minuta, linearia v. anguste obcuneata, hilo basilari, raphe laterali excurrente.— 
Arbores et frutices, glabro v. tomentellz, ramulis teretibus. Folia petiolata, ampla, coria- 
cea, ovata v. oblonga, integerrimia, 3-nervia. Panieule terminales. Flores albi v. pur- 
|» purei, inter minores, pedicellati, ebracteati. 
Species ad 12, ins. Malayensium et maris Pacifici ineole.  Naud.[l. c. xviii. 257, et xii. t. 10. : 
Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i.pars 1.666. Blume, Rumph. i.t. 6,7. 4. Gray, Bot. U. S. Expl. Exped. 916. t. 
72 A. B. . Seem. F1. Vit. 85. 
ASTRONIDIUM, 4. Gray, Bot. U..S. Expl. Ezped. i. 582. t. 72 C, constat speciebus 2 Astronie 
calycis limbo irregulariter repando 6-8-dentieulato et staminibus 8. Seem. F7. Vit. 87. 
Navpryn, Dcne. mss. ex Triana in Seem. Fl.Vit. 86 (non Planch. et Lind. supra, 285), species 2 
includit ex ins. Tahiti, quibus calycis limbus calyptreformis deciduus. 
130..  Pternandra, Jack, Malay. "Misc, li. App. 3, ex Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 158. 
(Ewyckia, Blume in Flora, 1831, 524; Rumph.i.24.(.8; Mus. Bot. 5. f. 1.) —Calycis 
tubus hemisphiericus, levis ; limbus truneatus, obsolete 4-dentatus. Petala ovata v. lanceo- 
lata, acuta v. obtusa. Éiaimina 8, iequalia, filamentis brevibus subulatis ; anthere late ob- 
longs, utrinque obtusz, 9-rimos;, connectivo basi non elongato postice.breviter ealcarato 
v.mutieo. Ovarium calyci adhsrens, 4-loeulare, vertice depresso glabrum ; stylus gra- 
cilis, stigmate clavato sulcato, placentis in fundo loculorum parietalibus v. ex angulo in- 
 feriore adscendentibus. Bacca umbilieata. Semina cuneata v. angulata, hilo basilari, 
raphe laterali.—Arbuseule et frutices glabri, ramis teretibus. Folia sessilia v. petiolata, 
ovata oblonga v. lanceolata, coriacea, integerrima, 3-nervia. Flores parvi, in cymas pani- 
culasve paucifloras dispositi. 
. Species 5, Archipelagi Malayani incole. - Naud. 1. c. xviii. 260 (Ewnckia). 
131. Kibessia, DC. Prod. iii. 190.—Calycis tubus hemisphizericus v. verrucosus, setis 
tubereulisve elongatis crassis conieis subimbricatis simplicibus v. glochidiatis onustus ; 
- limbus 4-lobus v. calyptrformis v. cireumscissus, v. irregulariter ruptus. Petala 4, oblonga 
v. ovata, obtusa v. subaeuta. Stamina 8, zqualia, filamentis subulatis € antheree 
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