MELASTOMACE^.. 49 



gamopliyllous, lobes moderate or minute. Petals obtuse or more 

 rarely pointed {Anerincleistiis,^ Ochthocliaris^), much contorted. 

 Stamens 4, alternipetalous (Euhlastiis,^) or oftener 8, very {Driessenia) 

 or little unequal (OchthochariSf Anerincleistus) ; anthers elongate 

 subulate, 1-porous at apex ; connective dilated at base and furnished 

 with 1 rather long thin slender dorsal and 2 often short obtuse or 

 subnil ventral appendages. Germen by means of septa more or less 

 adnate to receptacle, 4, 5-celled, at vertex more or less depressed or 

 hollowed ; style slender, at apex stigmatose punctiform. Fruit 

 capsular, girt or enclosed by receptacle, 4, 5-valved ; seeds oftener 

 obovoid - cuneate, sometimes (Euhlastiis) more or less curved. — 

 Glabrous or more rarely {Anerincleistus) tomentose shrubs, sometimes 

 subherbaceous (Driessenia) ; leaves opposite, entire, sinuate or denti- 

 culate ; flowers * fasciculate in axillary or very rarely terminal cymes.-' 

 (Malaya, East India, Cochin China, China.^) 



25. Kendrickia Hook f.^ — Flowers 4-merous; receptacle tur- 

 binate obtusely 4 - gonal. Sepals short obtuse fleshy. Petals 

 roundly obovate, contrariwise contorted. Stamens 10, subequal ; 

 anthers thick, produced externally at base to a conical spur.® Germen 

 to middle adnate to receptacle, 4-6-celled ; style slender, at apex 

 stigmatose minute; ovules oo , inserted on slightly prominent placentae. 

 Fruit capsular, finally (from disappearance of septa) sub- 1 -celled, 

 4-6-valved at apex ; seeds oo , ^* small prismatic." — A high-climbing ^ 

 glabrous shrub ; leaves somewhat fleshy oblong- obovoid entire, 3- 

 nerved ; flowers ^^ cymose at top of twigs ; cymes umbelhform ; 

 pedicels 3-bracteolate. {Ceylon}^) 



26. Medinilla Gaudich.^^ — Flowers 4-6-merous ; receptacle tur- 



1 KoRTH. loc. cit. 250, t. 68.— B. H. Gen. 753, Lugd.-Bat. i. 216 (Oehthocharis). —Bl. Mus. 

 n. 70.— Tri. Melast. 75, t. 5, fig. 71.— Hook. Lugd.-Bat. i. 13 [Driessenia), AO {Ochthocharis). 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 529. —Hook. f. Herb. Rdfer, n. 2304 [A nerindeistus) . 



2 Bl. Fhra (1831), 523; Mm, Lugd.-Bat. i. — Walp. Itep. v. 681 {AnerxucUistus, Ochthocha- 

 39.— Naud. loc. cit. XV. 306, t. 15.— B. H. Gen. ris), 687 {Driesseina). 



752, n. 66.— Tri. Melast. 74, t. 6, fig. 67.— ^ Gen. 751, n. 63.— Tri 3ielast. 75, t. 5, fie-. 



Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 528. 70.— Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 526. 



3 Blastiis of authors.— Tri. loc. cit. 8 Superior in the bud, compressed and with 

 * Minute, inconspicuous. all other spurs contorted before anthesis. 



5 Anthers in all sections cited above certainly ^ Spuriously parasitic, 



of the same character ; the basilar appendages i" Rather large, pink, 



only differing in size and thickness. ' " Spec. 1. K. TFalkeri Hook. Y.—MedinUla ? 



« Spec, about 8. Korth. op. cit. t. 64 {Ochtho- TFalkeri Gardn. Calc. Joiim. Nat. Hist. viii. 11. 



charts).— Bet^tk. Fl. Hongk. 116 (Anplectrum). —Wight, ///. i. 217.— Pachgcentria Walkei'i 



—Wall. Cat. n. 4087 {Melastoma).—TEYs^. et Thw. Enum. PL Zetjl. 107. 



BiNx. Nat. Tijdschr. xxv. — Miq. Ann. Mus. ^^ Freydn. Voy. Bat. 4Si, t.lOe.— DC. Prodr. 



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