602 MELASTOMACEAE. 



6218. SjA€fil]¥©PO®IiJM Blume. 



(Wlprs. Repert. If. 132.) 



1, *L. BRACTEATUM Blurae. Mus. bot. Lugd. Batav. 5fi. no. 139. — Olanlhera bracteala 

 Krthls. — Wlprs. Repert. Y. 707. no. 1. 



6222. PTEROIiEPIS DC. 



(Wlprs. Repert. IL 137. V. 708. — Osbeckiae Sect. 3. DC. Prodr. lU. 140.) 



1. *PT. GLOMERATA DC. I. c. 141. — Miqu. Stirp. Surin. select. 55. — Pterolepis Host- 

 manni Steudel. — Wlprs. Repert. V. 708. no. 2. — Cliaetogastra callichaeta Bnth. — 

 Wlprs. Repert. 11, 130. no. 4. 



6222/i. BIS80TIS Bnth. 

 (Bntb. in Hooker. Niger Flora 346.) 



Calyx ovoideo-lubulosus, ovario mediantibus costis adnalus vel 

 demum liber, limbi laciniae 5, deciduae, apice pJurisetae, squamae pal- 

 matim setosae in tubo sparsae vel subseriatim dispositae. Petala 

 5 ampla. Stamina 10, antheris lineari-falcatis rostratis uniporosis, 5 

 petalis opposita connectivo Jongissimo filiforini postice in appendices 2 

 tenues producto, 5 laciniis calycinis opposita anlheris dimidio minori- 

 bus, connectivo brevi sed pariter liliforiui et bicalcarato. Ovarium 

 disco setoso coronatum 5-loculare. Slylus acqualis vel superne leviter 

 incrassatus, apice ti^uncato-dilatatus et stigmatosus. Capsula calyce 

 inclusa, fere libera 5-locularis, valvuiis 5 loculicide dehiscens. Semina 

 numerosa cochleata. — Herba Africana erecta, habitu Chaetogastris 

 Americanis approximans. 

 1. 'D. GRAKDIFLORA Bnth. — Osbeckia cjrandiflora Sm. — DC. Prodr. 111. 143. — \fe- 



lastoma clongatum Don. — DC. I. c. 147. — Crescit In Sierra Leone. 



6222/2. HETEROTIS Bnth. 



(Cnth. in Hooker, Kiger Flora 347.) 



- Calycis tubus ovatus vcl oblongus, ovario mediantibus costis adna- 

 tus vel demum liber, liinbi laciniae 5, persislentes membranaceae re- 

 Ilexae, apice uni — plurisetosae; squamae setiferae in tubo sparsae, vel 

 sub limbo nuraero definito (calycis laciniarum aequali vel duplo) in an- 

 nulum dispositae vel omnino deficienfes. Petala quinque ampla. Stamina 

 decem, anlheris lineari-falcatis subrostratis uniporosis, quinque petalis 

 opposita connectivo elongato filiformi postice in appendices 2 obtusas 

 vel in unam bifidam producto, 5 laciniis calycinis opposita antheris 

 minoribus, conncctivo brevi postice leviter emarginato. Ovarium disco 

 setoso coronatum quinqueloculare. Stylus aequalis vel superne leviter 

 emarginatus, apice truncatus stigmatosus. Capsula calyce inclusa, fere 

 libera" quinquelocularis, valvulis 5 loculicide dehiscens. Semina nu- 

 merosa cochlcata. — Herbae suffruticesve Africanae, prpcumbentes vel 

 ascendentes, rarius erectae. Flores terminales solitarii vel capitati. 



