Cl. 14.] MELASTOM7E. 1 69 



neratia, Ftttidia Commers. Lamarck Illustr. t. 419, 

 Cating-aAubl.nnd Eucalyptus, fig. 253, L'Herit. To 

 these are to be added Calyptranthes Swartz Ind. Occ. 

 917, B&ckea, to which Mr. Brown refers Jungia of 

 Gaertn. t. 35 (Lnbricaria Sm. Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. 3. 

 257), Fabricia Gaertn., Mcmecylon and Jambolifera, 

 as well as Mr. Brown's new genera from Australasia, 

 Triotaniffj Calothamnus, BeaufortiaA.it. H. Kew.v. 4. 

 4 1 8, Callistemon, Eudesmia Bot. Terr. Austr. t. 3. 



Sect. 2. Flowers clustered, alternate. Leaves ge- 

 nerally alternate, and not dotted. Barringtonia (Bu- 

 tonica Juss.), Stravadmm Juss., Gustavia, Couroupita 

 Aubl., and Lccythis. 



The first Section constitutes, for the most part, 

 a very natural family of aromatic and elegant trees or 

 shrubs, in which New Holland is remarkably rich, 

 Mr. Brown having found there considerably above 20d 

 species, nearly 100 of which compose the genus Eu- 

 calyptus. Alangium belongs rather to the 2d Section, 

 and Dodecas, as Jussieu suspected, to the Salicarice, 

 Ord.91. 



Ord. 90. MELASTOM.E. " Calyx of 1 leaf, tubular, 

 superior or inferior, sometimes surrounded by scales 

 at the base. Petals definite, inserted into the top of 

 the Calyx, alternate with it's segments, and equal to 

 them in number. Stamens inserted into the same 

 part, definite, twice as many as the Petals ; the apex 

 of each Filament, under the Anther, generally fur- 

 nished with a pair of bristles, or auricles. Anthers 



