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NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



lageniform and constricted above (Gharianthus^), costate or vertically 

 alate (Pterodadon ^), more rarely tubular or obconical above germen 

 and more or less glandular within (C/iifo?im ^). Calyx rarely closed 

 (Laceraria"^), opening irregularly, or calyp triform and circumcissus at 

 base (Conostegia ^) ; sepals sometimes free, sometimes connate below ; 

 lobes membranous externally bare or furnished with accessory appen- 

 dages (Pachyanthus,^ Tschudya'^), Petals 4-8, various inform, either 

 pointed (Tschudya, Platycentrum,^ Leandra,^ Calycogonium ^°), or oftener 

 obtuse, patent or reflexed {Eumiconia), sometimes ovately apiculate 

 (Pleiochiton ^^), free or approximate in a spuriously campanulate 

 corolla (Charianthus). Stamens rarely equal in number to petals,^^ 

 generally 8-10-16, very rarely oo ,^^ equal or slightly unequal ; anthers 

 various in form, sometimes subulate (Tetrazygia^'^), at apex 1- or 2- 

 4-porous (Cremanium) ; pores small or large ; more rarely 1, 2-rimose ; 



ser. 3, ii. 145. — Eurychcenia Griseb. Fl. Brit. 

 W.-I)id. 2oS.—Plei(rorJicenia Griseb, loc.c'U.2QO. 

 — Catachcenia Griseb. Erl. Pfl. Trcp. Am. 54. — 

 Jncunda Benth. liooh. Journ. Bot. ii. 302 (not 

 Cham.). — Tamonea Aubl. Guian. i. 441 exB. H. 

 Gen. 764, not in our copy. Futhergilla Aubl. t. 

 175, the same plant, but the name wanting 

 priority disused. 



1 Don, Mem. Wern. Soc. iv. 327.— DC. Prodr. 

 iii. 196. — Endl. Gen. n. 6263.— Naud. loc. cit. 

 xviii. HI (part).— B.H. Gen. 762, n. 103.— Tri. 

 Melast. 99 (Stamens far exserted, not or scarcely 

 appendicula;e). 



2 Hook. f. Gen. 763, n. 104.— Tri. Melast. 97 

 ( Wings alternating with sepals ; stigma discoid 

 orbicular. Mouth of receptacle crenulate). 



2 Don, M. Wirn. Soc. iv. 317 (not Naud.). 



-» Tri. loc. cit. 101. 



5 Don, M. Wern. Soc. iv. Z16.— DO. Prodr. iii. 

 173.— Endl. Gen. n. 6248.— B. H. Gen. 763, n. 

 105. — Tri. Melast. 97 (Stamens sometimes 15- 

 25, exappendiculate ; apex of germen produced 

 around base of style in a sheathlike cone, a sect, 

 not generically separable from Laceraria) . 



« A. Rich. Fl. Cub. i. 559.— B. H. Gen. 762, 

 n. 101. — Tri. Melast. 97. — Sarcomeris Naud. loc. 

 cit. XV. 340 ; xvi. t. 1^5. — Chalybea Naud. loc. cit. 

 xvi. 99 ; xviii. t. 3 (not separable from the legi- 

 timate Mieonias, If. Wrightii and others inter- 

 vening. Germen and receptacle sometimes 

 nearly of BlaJcca) . 



' DC. Prodr. iii. 155 (not Griseb.). — Oxymeris 

 DC. Ice. cit. 190.— Endl. Gen. n. 6259.— Naud 

 loc cit. xvii. 346.— B. H. Gen. 761, n. 99.— Tri. 

 Melast. 90. — Clidemiastrum Naud. loc. cit. xviii. 

 87, t. 4 (Of this sect., distinct only by acute 



petals, appears Ossaa euphorhioidea Tri.). 



8 Naud, loc. cit. xviii. 114, t. 5. — B. H. Gen. 

 760, n. 97.— Tri. Melant. 89 (Petals nearly of 

 Tschudya DC. ; dorsal appendage of sinuate 

 anthers larger). 



* Radd. Att. Soc. Ital. Scienz. xviii. 6. — Naud. 

 loc. cit. xviii. 88.— B. H. Gen. 760, n. 98.— Tri. 

 Melast. 89 (Very near Tschudya^ cymes more 

 contracted and involucrate with lateral 

 bracts). 



10 DC. Prodr. iii. 168.— Endl. Gen. n. 6241. 

 — B. H. Gen. 761, n. 100.- Tri. Melast. 96 

 (Petals obtuse or acute. Flowers solitary or 

 cymose 3-oo . Sect, notwithstanding habit, 

 closely allied to Puchyanthus, P. angustifolius, &c. 

 intervening. Sepals often as in Tetrazygia, 

 longer externally 1-aculeate). 



'1 Naud. A. Gray Un. St. Ezpl. Exp. Bot. i. 

 583, t. 73.— B. H. Gen. 764, n. 107.— Tri. Me- 

 last. 96 (Flowers 4-merous; sepals with as many 

 accessory teeth. Flowers capitate, 3-nate, in- 

 volucrate with bracts. Sect, apparently con- 

 necting Eumiconia with Leandra). 



^2 In 2 or 3 species. 



^^ In M. depauperata Gaudich. stamens Eire 

 indicated 20-25. 



^4 Rich. I>C. Prodr. iii. 172.— Endl. Gen. n. 

 6244.— B. H. Gen. 762, n. 102.— Tri. Melast, 

 100.— Naudinia A. Rich. Fl. Cub. i. 561, t. 44 

 bis (not Done, not Pl.). — Harrera Macf. Fl. 

 Jam. ii. 60 (ex B. H.). — Chitonia Naud. loc. cit. 

 XV. 339 ; xvi. t. 25 (not Don). — Miconiastrum 

 Naud. loc. cit. xv. 341 ; xvi. t. 25 (Receptacle 

 constricted beyond germen. Calyx dilated, 4, 

 5-lobed. It differs from all sections by corym- 

 biform cymes). 



