MELASTOMACEH. (MELASTOMA FAMILY.) 131, 
* Flowers in axillary cymes. 
1. E. dichotoma, DC. Leaves oblong-obovate, obtuse or emarginate, 
rigid, and, like the branches, roughened with appressed hairs, at length smooth- 
ish, the margins revolute ; peduncles twice as long as the leaves, 3 — 7-flowered, 
the central flowers sessile; calyx-tube obconical, 2-bracted, downy and hoary, 
the lobes roundish, spreading; petals orbicular, ciliate; stamens numerous. — 
South Florida. — A small tree. Leaves l'long. Branches compressed. 
* * Flowers solitary or umbellate. 
9. E. procera, Poir. Smooth; leaves ovate, tapering but obtuse at the 
apex, abruptly contracted at the base into a short petiole; peduncles solitary or 
2—4 together, filiform, not half the length of the leaves, 1-flowered ; calyx-tube 
hemispherical; petals orbicular, ciliate ; berry globose, 1-seeded. — South Flor- 
ida. May.— A small tree. Leaves 1}/-2' long. Flowers conspicuous, white 
and fragrant. Berry as large as a grain of pepper. 
* * * Flowers minute, in very short cluster-like racemes. 
3. E. monticola, DC. Smooth; leaves coriaceous, ovate-oblong, some- 
what tapering towards the apex, but obtuse or emarginate, contracted at the base 
into a distinct petiole; racemes clustered, several-flowered, shorter than the peti- 
ole; stamens numerous ; berry globose. — South Florida. — Shrub 4°- 6° high. 
Bikaches compressed. Leaves 2! long. Flowers white. Berries Soina: as 
large as a grain of pepper, black. ; : 
4. E. buxifolia, Willd.? e uU SQL durus io. 
rounded at the apex, short-petioled ; racemes single or clustered, few-flowered, 
about as long as the petiole; flowers minute; stamens few (9-12) or numerous ; 
berry 1- 3-seeded. — South Florida. — Varies much in the size of the leaves and 
berries, length of the petiole, and number of stamens, and probably includes two 
or more species. 
2. CALYPTRANTHES, Swartz. 
Calyx-tube obovate; the limb entire, opening across like a lid, deciduous. 
Petals none. Stamens numerous. Ovary 2-3-celled, with 2 ovules in each 
cell, Berry I-celled, 1-4-seeded. Seeds roundish: testa smooth. Embryo 
curved ; the long and slender radicle coiled around the distinct unequal folded 
and contorted cotyledons. — Shrubs or trees. Peduncles a many-flow- 
ered. 
1. C. Chytraculia, Swartz. Leaves ovate and B acumi- 
nate but obtuse, pubescent, becoming smooth above; peduncles longer than the 
leaves, cymose-panicled, tomentose; flowers minute; berry dry, globose, 1-2- 
seeded. — South Florida. — A small tree. 
ORDER 51. MELASTOMACEX.  Qisssson. Fi 
