96 SVLVA TKLLTTR. 



cal.*5i5dus, pet. 5, stam. 10 irieq. declinatis, fi- 

 1am, supra lanatis, antheris linearib. flexuosis 

 nigosis. Frutex ji, panic, 



570, Aiitheryta granulosa Raf. Melast, do 

 Lam. Pers. b* reg. 671, b. mag. 2431. Rhexia 

 fontainesia H. B. t. 36, ramis 4gonis alatis, fol. 

 ovat. lanceol. integris 5nervis, supra grajQuIosis, 

 panic, termin — Shrub of Brazil, fl. purple. 



577. AuTiiRosTEMA Grab. diff. 556,cal.4dent. 

 pet. 8. retusis, stam. 8 ineq. antheris porosis bi- 

 auricul. caps. 4locul — by capsule nearer to 

 Rhexia? is it free '^ 



578. Arthrostema nitida Gr. b. mag. 3142. 

 frutic. pilosa fol. ovat. 5nervis serrul, — Shrub of 

 Buenos Ayres. 



579. Alosemis Raf. (half diff.) diff. 556, cal. 

 4-5dent, pet. 4-5, stam 8-10, ineq. alternis bre- 

 vior sepe sterilis vel castratis — 3 Types 1 Al. 

 zeylanica Raf. Me!ast. octandra L. auct. 2 AL 

 grandifiora^ Melast. do auct. and next. 



580. Aloseris villosa Uaf. Melast. do Led. 

 853 (non Aublet) b. mag. 2630— Frutic. fol. ova- 

 tis villosis integris 5nervis, fl. term. 1-4. — South 

 America. 



581. GoNEMA Raf. {g^n, hY) diff, ^5Q, cal. ur- 

 ceolatus 4fidus, pet. 4 parvis acutis, stam, 8 fi- 

 lam. genicul. antheris linearis acutis, styl. crasso 

 stig. obt. Frutex^ JL axil, — Types G, scahrosa 

 Raf. Melast. do L. auct. 2 G, divaricata^W , P. 



582. LowANTiiERA Raf. diff. 556, cal. 4d. pet. 

 4 unguic. stam. 8, antheris utrinque latere mem- 

 brana marginatis, stylus elong. bacca 41oc.— 

 Type L, glandulosa Raf. Melast. do auct. 



583. OcTELLA Raf. diff. 556, cal. 4d. pet. 4, 

 stam. 8, filam. abreviatis, antheris curvis, bacca 

 41oc. — Types, several octandrous sp. but must 

 all be examined affain, such are Melast. an^us- 



