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MELASTOMACEjE. 



3 bristles at the apex. Anthers 8, linear : having their connec- 

 tives furnished with 3 spurs at the base. Capsule 4-celled. 



28 MARCB'TIA. Calyx oblong or cylindrical, 4-lobed. Petals 

 4. Stamens 8, equal. Anthers oblong, with 2 tubercles at the 

 base. Capsule 4-valved, 4-celled. 



29 TREMBLE'YA. Calyx ovate, constricted at the apex, 5- 

 lobed. Petals 5. Stamens 10, with 5 of the anthers ovate, 

 shortly and bluntly beaked, having their connectives drawn out 

 into an obcordate or spatulate simple ligula : the 5 alternate ones 

 having the ligula almost abortive. Capsule 5-celled. 



30 ADE'LOBOTRYS. Calyx somewhat campanulate, bluntly 

 5-toothed. Petals 5. Stamens 10. Anthers bifurcate at the 

 base. Capsule 5-valved. 



TRIBE III. 



ORBE'CKM. Anthers opening by one pore at the apex. Ovary 

 sometimes free, sometimes adnate to the calyx, crowned by bristles 

 or scales at the apex. Seeds cochleale ; with an orbicular, basilar 

 hyliim. Species American, African, Asiatic, and a fen Aus- 

 tralian. 



31 LASIA'NDRA. Calyx ovate ; lobes 5, narrow. Petals 5. 

 Stamens 10, pilose. Anthers elongated, with a short beak: 

 having their connectives tumid and biauriculate at the base. 

 Ovarium bristly at the apex, rather adnate to the calyx. Cap- 

 sule 5-celled. 



32 CH.ETOGA'STRA. Calyx turbinate (f. 109. a.), pilose or 

 scaly, 5-lobed. Petals 5 (f. 109. </.). Filaments 10, glabrous. 

 Anthers oblong : having their connectives drawn out into a simple 

 or bifid spur, and sometimes only into 2 blunt tubercles. Ovarium 

 bristly at the apex. Capsule 5-celled. 



33 ARTHROSTE'MMA. Calyx turbinate or campanulate, usually 

 beset with bristles or scales on the outside, 4-lobed. Petals 4. 

 Stamens 8, glabrous. Anthers oblong : having their connectives 

 rather long, and bluntly biauriculate at the base. Ovarium 

 bristly at the apex. Capsule 4-celled. 



34 ORBE'CKIA. Calyx ovate, usually clothed with stellate 

 bristles or down on the outside, 4-5-lobed, furnished with ap- 

 pendages between the lobes on the outside, of various forms and 

 sizes. Petals 4-5. Stamens 8-10, glabrous. Anthers nearly 

 equal, ending in short beaks, but their connectives are furnished 

 with 2 short auricles at the base. Ovarium bristly at the apex. 

 Capsule 4-5 -celled. 



35 TIBOU'CHINA. Calyx turbinate, clothed with imbricate 

 scales on the outside : and girded by a double involucrum at the 

 base, both composed of 2 connate bracteas ; lobes 5. Pe- 

 tals 5. Stamens 10, glabrous. Anthers with their connectives 

 bluntly biauriculated at the base. Ovarium free, bristly at 

 the apex. 



36 TRISTE'MMA. Calyx tubular, girded by many bracteas at 

 the base, 4-5-cleft, and furnished with bearded appendages near 

 the limb. Petals 4-5. Stamens 8-10. Anthers arched, biau- 

 riculate at the base. Ovarium hardly adnate to the calyx at 

 the base, bristly at the apex. Berry 4-5-celled. 



37 SARCOPY'RAMUS. Calyx obversely pyramidal, adnate to 

 the ovarium at the base, with a truncate 4-toothed limb ; teeth 

 ciliated. Petals 4. Stamens 8. Anthers simple, straight, 



naked, opening by 2 pores at the apex. Capsule square, 4- 

 winged at the apex, 4-celled, 4-valved. Seeds triangular. 



38 MELA'STOMA. Calyx ovate, densely covered with scales or 

 bristles; limb 5, (f. 111. a.) rarely 6-cleft, the segments alter- 

 nating with deciduous appendages. Petals 5-6. Stamens 10-12. 

 Anthers a little arched : the connectives stipe-formed (f. 111. e.) 

 in the longer anthers, in the shorter ones biauriculate (f. lll.y.) 

 or emarginate. Ovarium bristly at the apex. Capsule baccate, 

 5-6-celled. 



39 OTANTHE'RA. Calyx with an ovate tube, half adhering 

 to the ovarium, beset with palmately ciliated scales ; limb 5- 

 cleft, deciduous. Petals 5. Stamens 10, equal. Anthers ob- 

 long-linear, a little arched, tapering upwards, and opening by a 

 pore, but biauriculate in front at the base. Ovarium bristly 

 at the apex. Berry 5-celled, pulpy. 



40 LACHNOPODIUM. Tube of calyx ovate-oblong ; limb 5- 

 cleft; segments subulated. Petals 5. Stamens 10, equal ; fila- 

 ments girded by a ring of hairs at the base ; anthers oblong, 

 beaked, naked. Capsule 5-celled ; crowned by the segments of 

 the calyx. 



41 PLEROMA. Calyx ovate, when young often inclosed in 

 2 bracteas ; lobes 5, deciduous. Petals 5. Stamens 10, glabrous. 

 Antliers nearly equal, elongated, arched at the base : having 

 their connectives stipe-formed, and furnished with 2 short auri- 

 cles at the base. Ovarium adnate to the calyx, bristly at the 

 apex. Capsule baccate, 5-celled. 



42 DIPLOSTE'GIUM. Calyx 5-cleft, inclosed in the double, 

 cucullate, hispid calyptra. Petals 5. Anthers nearly equal, 

 biauriculate at the base. Capsule baccate, 5-celled. 



43 ACIOTIS. Calyx globose, fleshy ; limb coarctate, 4-toothed. 

 Petals 4, awned. Stamens 8, furnished with long connectives, 

 and as if it were jointed in the middle. Anthers erect, naked 

 at the base. Capsule baccate, 4-celled. 



44 CENTRADE'NIA. Calyx somewhat campanulate, tetragonal ; 

 limb 4-toothed. Petals 4. Stamens 8, unequal ; the connectives 

 of the larger anthers are drawn out into an elongated cuneate 

 spur, but those of the smaller anthers are gland-formed. Cap- 

 sule 4-valved, 4-celled. 



Tribe IV. 



MICONIE\E. Anthers opening by 1 or 2 pores at the apex. 

 Ovarium adnale to the calyx. Fruit baccate. Seeds not coch- 

 leate. Species for the most part American. 



45 ROUSSEAU'XIA. Calyx hemispherical, glabrous, 4-lobed. 

 Petals 4. Stamens 8. Anthers oblong-linear, sometimes all fer- 

 tile, with their connectives somewhat gibbous at the base : some- 

 times the alternate ones are sterile, with short connectives, the 

 rest fertile with long connectives, which are furnished with 2 

 bristles at the base. Ovary furnished with 4 scale-like bristles 

 at the apex. 



46 LEA'NDRA. Calyx urceolate, drawn out beyond the ova- 

 rium ; lobes double, 4-6 exterior ones subulate, 6 interior oval. 

 Petals 4-6. Stamens 8-12. Anthers linear, hardly biauriculate 

 at the base. Berry dry ? 3-4-celled. 



47 TSCHU'DYA. Calyx globose ; lobes 5, bristle-formed. 

 Stamens 10. Anthers oblong, without auricles. Ovary free, 

 bristly at the apex. Capsule globose, 4-5-celled. 



