CENT. VII. 103 



Ododeca Raf. Hexarina Ra and I will add 2 

 here. The incongruity was glaring, L. salica- 

 via is the type of the Genus. 



624. MELTON A R. (nymph) diff. cal. tubul. in- 

 fund. strictus 6-10dent. petalis 6-10, stam. 6-10 

 ineq. stig. acut. caps, uniloc. oligosp. ad cal. 

 erumpens, fl. alt. axil. Type M. purpurea 

 Raf, Lythr. mclanium L. auct. 



625. EDITELES R. (is 2 perf,) -cliff. Lythr. cal. 

 4dent. basi 2bract. calic. petalis 4, stam. 2. caps 

 2ioc. fol. aft, Type E. thymifolia Raf. Lythr, 

 do L. 



626. DIPETALON Raf. diff, Lythr. petalis 2 

 erectis, stam. 12. <$*c G, akin to Endecaria617, 

 Type D. speciosum Raf. Lythr. dipetal. L. 

 auct. frut. fol. opp. ternisque sess. ovatis visco- 

 sis scabris Fine shrub of S, Amer. fl. violaceous. 



627. NESAEA Jus. diff, Lythr. cal. ventric. 

 4-6d. pet. 4-6, stam. 8-12, caps. 41oc. Type N. 

 triflora K. Lythr. do L. and the two next shrubs, 

 but Decodon united by Kunth has caps. 31oc. 



628. Nesaea speciosa K. frut. fol. sess. ovat. 

 acutis, ped. ifl. fl. 12andris Brazil shrub. 



629. Nesaea salicifolia K. frut. fol. pet. lane, 

 acutis ped. Ifl. 12andris Mexican shrub. 



630. BECKEA Osb. Sm. this G. has also been 

 deformed by forcing N. G. into it, the original Gr. 

 had cal. 5fid, pet. 5, stam. 8-10 ineq. caps, coro- 

 natis 3-41oc. 3-4sp. but the 3 next G. are not 

 such, all are shrubs and belong to the Myrtoi- 

 des. Types B. chinensis nnd densifolia. 



631. GOMPHOTIS R. (club ear) diff. Beckea, 

 cal. Slobus coloratus, pet. 5, stam. 10 eq. orar. 

 concretum, stig. capit. caps. 5loc. 



632. Gomphotis saxicola R. Beckea do 

 Hook. b. m. 3160, fol. oppos. imbric. obov. acu- 

 tis. fl. axil, and term. Australian shrub. 



