LX. MELASTOMACEiE. 



I. MELASTOMA SEMES. 



Melastoiiia (fig. 1-7)^ has hermaplirodite and regular flowers, the 

 receptacle having the form of a sac with a large superior opening. 



Melastoina maJabath) iciim. 



Fis:. 1. Florifcrous branch. 



Near the margin of the orifice are inserted externally the sepals 

 generally five in number, twisted ^ in the bud and covered externally, 



^ Melastoma Burm. Fl. Zeyl. 72. — L. Gen. n. 

 544 (part).— J. Gen. 329 (part).— Don. Mem. 

 Wern. Soc. iv. 286 (part).— DC. Frodr. iii. 144. 

 — Spach, Suit, d Biiffon, iv. 249. — Endl. Gen. 

 n. 6219.— ISTaud. Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, xiii. 272. 

 — B. H. Gen. 746, n. 45.— H. Bn. Payer Fam. 



VOL. VII. 



Nat. 356.— Tri. Melant. 59, t. 4, fig. io.—Aci- 

 nodendron L. Gen, ed. 1, n. 363 (ex Endl.).— 

 Grosstdaria Plum, (ex J.). 



2 DucHARTRE describes the calyx of the Me- 

 lastomacecB as constantly valvate. 



