CI. 14.] melastom*:. 169 



Decumaria, Punica, Philadelphns, Sonneratia, Fce- 

 tidia Commers. Lamarck Illustr. t. 419, Catinga Aubl. 

 and Eucalyptus, L'Herit., fig. 253. To these are to be 

 added Calypt rant lies Swartz Ind. Occ. 917, Bceckea, 

 to which Mr. Brown refers Jungia of Gaertn. t. 35 

 (Imbricaria Sm. Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. 3. 257), Fabricia 

 Gaertn., Memecylon and Jambolifera, as well as Mr. 

 Brown's new genera from Australasia, Tristania, Ca- 

 lothamnus, Beaufortia Ait. H. Kew, v. 4. 418, Callis- 

 temon, Eudesmia Bot. Terr. Austr. t. 3. 



Sect. 2. Flowers clustered, alternate. Leaves ge- 

 nerally alternate, and not dotted. Barringtonia, (Bu~ 

 tonka Juss.), Stravadium J uss., Gustavia, Couroupita 

 Aubl., and Lecytliis. 



The first Section constitutes, for the most part, 

 a very natural family of aromatic and elegant trees or 

 shrubs, in which New Holland is remarkably rich, 

 Mr. Brown having found there considerably above 

 200 species, nearly 100 of which compose the genus 

 Eucalyptus. Alangium belongs rather to the 2d Sec- 

 tion, and Dodecas, as Jussieu suspected, to the Sali- 

 caiice, Ord. 91. 



Ord. 90. Melastox\i.£. " Calyx of 1 leaf, tubular, 

 superior or inferior, sometimes surrounded by scales 

 at the base. Petals definite, inserted into the top of 

 the Calyx, alternate with its segments, and equal to 

 them in number. Stamens inserted into the same 

 part, definite, twice as many as the Petals ; the apex 

 of each Filament, under the Anther, generally fur- 



