CENT. VI. 97 



tif. microphyla, capillaris, umbrosa, coccinea, 

 vaccinoides, fascicularis, hispidajaxillaris, alpina, 

 verticillata, lateriflora, virgata, glabrata, repens. 



584. Antisola Raf. difi*. 583 stam. 4. Frutex 

 jl. racem, certainly a very striking G. the sta- 

 mens being equalised to petals. 



485. Antisola racemosa Raf. Mel. tetrandra 

 S\v, auct. fol, obi. glabr. integr. Snervis, racemo 

 erecto term Shrub of Jamaica ^c. 



586. LoMANODiA (Raf. (edge entire) diff 556, 

 calix integro truncato . . 2 types L. glabra, and 

 mucronata Raf. Melast. do auct. 



587. Malabathris Raf diff. 556, cal. squa- 

 mis fimbriatis vestitus imbricatis ut in Cyanus 

 this may be only a subg. unless other characters 

 exist, it was the original Melastoma, two types 

 1 M, nigra R, (Mel. malabathrica Lj and M. 

 cyanoides Raf. Mel. do Smith, both Indian 

 shrubs, Smith quotes for the last Kadali Rh. 4, 

 t. 43 and Rumf 4 t. 71. 



588. FoLOMFis Raf. vel Pholomphis (scaly 

 umb) diff. 556, bacca duplice umbilicata, squa- 

 mis fl. umb. centralis clauso. Probably other 

 characters also. Type Mel. fragilis. Shrub of 

 Guyana, compare Gynomphis, 597. 



589. ZuLAiiA Neck. 791. Raf. emend, diff. 

 556, petalis 5 ineq. 4 eq. minor, 1 major, anthe- 

 ris bifidis, bacca 31oc. 6sp. 3 types Z, levigata, 

 alata, grandifiora Raf. all Melastomas do Au- 

 blet. Shrubs of Guyana. His lemgata is differ- 

 ent from Synoptera 596. Is his grandifiora the 

 same as Alosemis grandifiora? 



590. ExoDicLis Raf (out 2v) diff. 556, petalis 

 ineq. 4 minima, cal. caliculato, bracteis 2 bival- 

 vis, ovar. libero, capsula libera 2-5valvis, cal. et 

 ^alvis obsita. Annuis cinereisjfl. corymbs ^c 



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