Myrtales.] 



MELASTOMACEiE. 



733 



or the Indian Archipelago, 12 from Africa and the adjacent islands, and 620 from 

 America, according to De Candolle; hut this computation now rccjuires coiTcction. 



A slight degi-ee of astringency is the i)revailing chai-acter of the Order, \vhii.-h although 

 one of the most extensive known, is entirely destitute of any unwholesome species. The 

 succulent fruit of many is eatable ; that of some dyes the mouth black, whence the name 

 of Melastoma. Blakea triplinervis produces a pleasant and eatable yellow fruit in the 

 woods of Guiana. The fruit of Lasiandra argentea and some others is used in Brazil 

 for dyemg black. Osbeckia Principis and Miconia longifolia are emphjyed in the sanie 

 manner. The leaves of Memecylon edule form an ingi-edient in the dyes of CV.romandel. 



The ripe berries, though somewhat astringent, are eaten by the natives. lioyh. The 



juice of Tococa guianensis is used in Demerara as ink. Cremanium reclinatum and tinc- 

 torium, and Miconia tinctoria, like the Memecyls, dye yellow ; Blakea parasitica and 

 many others red. The flowers of Guildingia psidioides are foetid, the Ijcrries nauseous, 

 the seeds with the flavour of Filberts. The berries of Myrrhinium atropurpm-eum are 

 eatable. Some ai-e mentioned in medical books. The leaves of iMelastoma malabathrica 

 are used in diarrhoea, dysentery, &c. The bark of Medinillas is emollient, and is pre- 

 pared for poultices, as are the leaves of Osbeckia chinensis. Astronia papetaria (Ubat 

 papeda) and some others have sub-acid leaves, which in the Malay Archipelago are 

 cooked as a sauce to fish ; the wood of that plant is hard, and used for door-posts.^ The 

 berries of Tristemma virusanum are given in the Mauritius as a cure for syphihs. A 

 few are aromatic, others vulnerary ; but none of any moment. 



I. MELASTOMEiE. 



LA VOISIERSm. 



Meriania, Swartz. 



Wrightia, Soland. 

 Pachj-meria, Benth. 

 Axinaea, Rriiz et Pav. 

 Chasten sea, JJC. 

 Lavoisiera, DC. 

 Davya, UC. 

 Adelbertia, Meisn. 

 Graff enrieda, DC. 

 Huberia, DC. 

 Behurla, Cham. 

 Centradenia, G. Don. 



Plagiophyllum, Schlct. 

 Brachycentrum, Meisn . 

 Pyramia, Cham. 

 Centronia,/>o«. 

 Tnincaria, DC. 

 Rhynchanthera, DC. 



Proboscidea, Rich. 

 Bucquetia, DC. 

 Cambessedesia, DC. 

 Chaetostoma,X»(7. 

 Meisneria, DC. 

 Siphanthera, Pohl. 

 Salpinga, Mart. 



Aulacidium, Rich. 

 Bertolonia, Radd. 



Trihlemma, Mart. 

 Eriocnema, Naud. 

 Augustinea, Naud. 

 Stenodon, Naud. 

 Miocarpus, Naud. 

 Tulasnea, Naud. 

 Lithobium, Bong. 

 Sonerila, Roxb. 



Cassehecria, Dennst. 



Trigonocapsa, Blum. 



RIIEXIE^. 



Dicrananthera, Pohl. 

 Poteranthera, Bong. 

 Spennera, 31 art. 



Jaravcea, Scop. pai"t. 

 Noterophila, Mart. 

 Microlicia, Don. 



GEN 



Jaravcea, Scop. part. 

 Uranthera, Naud. 

 Chsetostoma, Naud. 

 Fritzschia, Cham. 

 Ernes tia, DC. 

 Rhexia, R. Br. 

 Leiostegia, Benth. 

 Heteronoma, DC. 



Paehyloma , DC. 

 Heterocentron, Hook, et 

 Am. 

 Oxyspora, DC. 

 Tricentrum, DC. 

 Marcetia, DC. 

 Trembleya, DC. 



Jacobia, DC. 



Abrahamia, DC. 



Eriolcma, DC. 

 Adelobotrys,i>C. 



OSBECKIE^. 



Lasiandra, DC. 

 Macairea, DC. 

 Chaetogastra, DC. 



Monocentra, DC. 



Diotanthera, DC. 

 Bractearia, DC 

 Brachyandra, Naud. 

 Arthrostemma, Pav. 



Melanium, Rich. 



Chcetopetalum, DC. 



Brachyotum, DC. 



Ladanopsis, DC. 



Trifurcarium, DC. 



Monochcetmn, DC. 

 Heeria, Schlecht. 

 Svitramia, Cham. 

 Tibouchina, Aubl. 



Savastania, Neck. 

 Diplostegium, Don. 

 Tristemma, Juss. 

 Pleroma, J>on. 

 Lachnopodium, Blum. 

 Melastoma, Burm. 



Acinodendron, Linn. 

 Otanthera, Blum. 

 Osbeckia, Linn. 

 Pterolepis, DC. 



ERA. 



iChsetolepis, DC. 

 JMicrolepis, DC. 

 Aciotis, Don. 

 I 



MICONIE.^. 



Rousseauxia, DC. 

 Dicho3tanthera, Endl. 

 j Leandra, Radd. 

 Clidemia, Don. 

 I Tchudya, DC. 

 Jucunda, Cham. 



Graf enrieda. Mart. 

 Myriaspora, DC. 



Hamastris, Mart. 

 Tococa, Aubl. 

 Myrmidone, Mart. 

 Majeta, Aubl. 

 Calophysa, DC. 

 Medinilla, Gaudich. 

 Gallaria, Schrank. 

 Hypenanthe, Blum. 

 I Dactyliota, Blum. 

 I Triplectrum, J>on. 

 I Pachycentria , Blum. 

 I Pogonanthera, Blum. 

 lAllomorphia, Blum. 

 \ Calycogonium, DC. 

 \ Calycopteris, Rich. 

 jOsssea, DC. 

 ISagrsea, Z>C. 

 Tetrazygia, Rich. 

 Ueterotrichum , DC. 

 Dissocha?ta, Blum. 



Diplectria, Blum. 

 Aplectrum, Blum. 

 Conostegia, Don. 

 Calycolomus, Rich. 

 Bruguicra, Rich. 

 Erioslcgia, DC. 

 Diplogenea, Lindl. 

 Diplochiton, Spreng. 

 Diplochita, DC. 

 Chiton ia, Don. 

 Fothergilla, Aubl. 

 Leonicenia, Scop. 

 Phyllopus, 1>C. 

 Henriettea, DC. 

 Loreya, DC. 



Marumia, Blum. 

 iCreochlton, Blum. 

 \ Phyllagathis, Blum. 

 : Decarhaphe, Miq. 

 i Miconia, Ruiz et Pav. 

 j Hypoxanthus, Rich. 



Oxymeris, DC. 

 j Hartigia, Miq. 



Cremanium, Don. 

 i Cyathanthera, Pohl. 



Blakea, Linn. 



Topabea, Aubl. 

 j Valdesia, Ruiz et Pav. 

 I Bellucia, Neck. 

 j Drepanandrum, Neck. 

 I Apatitia, Desv. 

 [Sarcopyramis, Wall. 



i IL Charjanthe.*. 



Charianthus, 7>oh. 



Chcenanthera, Rich. 



Tetrazygos, Itich. 

 Chaenopleura, Rich. 

 Kibessia, J>C. 



Pternandra, Jack. 

 Ewj'ckia, Blum. 

 Astronia, Blum. 

 Spathandra, Ouill. et 



IIL ME.MECYLE.B. 



Mcmecylon, Linn. 



Valikaha, Adans. 



Scutula, Lour. 

 Mouriria, Ju.<ts. 



Mouriri, Aubl. 



Petaloma, Swartz. 

 Guildingia, Hook. 



OUsbea, DC. 



IV. OLINIBiE. 



Olinia, Thunb. 



Cremastostemon, Ilort. 

 Myrrhinium, Schott. 



Felicianea, Canibess. 



Tetrastemon, Hook. 

 Fenzlia, Endl. 



Numbers. Gen. 118. Sp. 1200. 



Combretacece. 



Position. Melastomace.e. — MvTtacere. 



Lythracece. 



