MÉLASTOMACÉES. 55 
gato v. simplici, exappendiculato (Charianthus), antice varie appendi- 
culato, postice nudo v. appendiculato (Platycentrum). Germen plus 
minus alte, nune omnino (Conosteg gta, Charianthus) intus receptaculo 
adnatum, nunc septorum plus minus completorum 6pe cum eo inter 
antheras inflexas continuum, vertice convexum v. rarius concavum 
(Calycogonium), glabrum, setosum v. hirsutum, apice dentatum, 
planiusculum v. tubulosum ; stylo erecto, sæpius gracili, apice capi- 
Lato v. discoideo stigmatoso ; loculis 2-6, sæpius œ-ovulatis ; ovulis 
raro paucis v. nunc %, 3. Fructus baccatus, coriaceus v. carnosus, 
demum irregulariter ruptus (nec valvis dehiscens) ; seminibus obo- 
voideis, obcuneatis-v. obpyramidatis, raro areuatis v. subcochleatis.— 
Arbores v. frutices, erecti v. scandentes, glabri v. indumento vario ; 
foliis sessilibus v. pler umque petiolatis, integris, dentatis v. serratis ; 
floribus ‘in racemos terminales v. rarius Hterales axillaresve, plus 
minus cComposito-ramosos, nunc parce divisos, glomerulatos, cymosos 
v. 1-3-n0s (Pachyanthus), sessiles v. sæpius pedicellatos, abortu nune 
Î-laterales, 1-seriatos, dispositis. (America trop. utraque ?.) 
33? Anæetocalyx Tri. ° — Flores fere Miconiæe, majusculi; recep- 
taculo subeampanulato. Sepala 5, 6, inæqualia, elongata, subulata. 
Petala 5, 6, obtusa, torta. Stamina 12. Germen liberum, 5,6-loculare 
cæteraque Miconie. Fructus...? — Frutex hirtus v. maxima ex parte 
ferrugineo-sericeus ; foliis oblongis petiolatis, denticulatis, 5-7-nerviis, 
subtus strigillosis; floribus? in spicas breves capituliformes agore- 
gats; bracteis sericeis floribus paulo longioribus, in involucrum con- 
miventibus, imbricatis®. (Venezuela *.) 
34? Catocoryne Hook. F.7 — « Flores 5-meri ; receptaculo late 
1. Majus she À «44 ribus v. minimis, ru- , 698 (Auguslinea), Res aa ere 715, 718 
nes. roseis, albi teint bus. vera) 722 (Oxymeris, Crem nium, Har- 
2. ss _. 500. AugL., Guian., L. 170 (Me-  tigia); Ann., I, 609: III, 888 (Chtonio), 889 
lastoma). — B., Melast., t. 1, 6-10, 12- us He (Sarcomeris, Tetrazygia) : IV, 695 (Calycogo- 
19, 20-24, 31- ge, A1, 42, 44, 46 5, 48,51, nium), 700 (Chalybea), vs (Conostegia), 705, 
ME in ns Soc. _. . Par. n. et 761 M nophyllum), 710 (Octomeris), 713 
: 276 ca 0 ( Lea pere sé 780. PA rase 
il, nn 285 pe 285 (Oxy 3. is , 765, n. ‘191; Melast., 91. 
— BENTH., Sulph., t. 34 (Clidemia). — 4. 
Ho, Kew Journ., 1, t. 12 (Tetrazygia); in 5. ter “hic Tococæ, inde Miconiæ proxi- 
Bot. Mag., t. 4383 ( ne à pr — sé mum, 2 bractealtis et sepalis inæqualibus 
FI. cub., t. 44 = à cogonium) , FL. imprimis ab utraque distinguendum 
Brit. W.-Ind., pm 250 C Tsch és), 6. Spec. 1. 7 bracteosa TR, loc. cit. 
261 (Creme 2 . sr cm _ Octomeris bracteose NaUD., in Ann. sc. nat., 
Wright. cub., ÎRe sie 3, XVII, 379. 
ps 
(Lestitra}; 140 ne Ai, 147 (Ce 7. Gen 178, n. 109. — Tui., Melast., 134. 
