ALLOMORPHIA , MELASTOMACEJE (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 468 
fig. VI; Triana, Mélast. 74, tab. VI, fig. 69; H. Baill. l. e. 12, fig. 19. 
— Melastoma chrysophylla Desr.! in Lam. Encycl. méth. Bot. IV, 
50 (non Rich.). 
Rami satis graciles. Petiolus '/,-1 cm. longus. Folia coriacea, sub- 
tus flavescentia, 3-5 em. longa, 1 '/,-2 em. lata. Calycis tubus 7 mm. 
longus ; lobi 6-7 mm. longi. Petala 13-15 mm. longa. Antherz 6 mm. 
longae. 
In Madagascaria (Commerson). 
LXIV. ALLOMORPHIA, Blume in Flora, 1831, IL, p. 522; Naud. in 
Ann. Sc. nat. ser. 3, XV, 310; Benth. et Hook. Gen. 1,152; Triana, 
Mélast. 14 et 166; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. Il, 527. 
— Oxysporz spec. H. Baill. Hist. des Pl. VIL, 13 et 48. 
Flores 4-5-meri. Calycis glabri vel pilosuli tubus cylindraceus vel 
oblongo-campanulatus, obtuse angulatus; limbus dilatatus, obtuse 
dentatus, persistens. Petala parva, obovato-oblonga, apice rotun- 
data vel subacuta. Stamina petalorum numero dupla, :qualia vel 
subæqualia ; antherz ssepius incurvæ, subulate vel rarius oblongo- 
lineares, minute l-poross, basi ssepius bilobze, connectivo basi non 
producto, antice inappendiculato, postice calearato. Ovarium ovoi- 
deum, basi calycis inclusum, liberum vel plus minusve adhærens, 
3-5-loeulare, vertice tumido depresso, marginibus s:epius ciliolatis; 
stylus filiformis, sigmoideus, stigmate punctiformi. Capsula parva, 
ovoidea, imo apice exsculpta, calyce urceolato costato inclusa, 
3-5-valvis. Semina lineari-clavata, angulata, oblique acuto-rostrata, 
hilo subbasilari. 
Frutices ramosi, vel herba basi suffrutescentes scapigeri, penin- 
sulæ Malayanz Chinæ et ins. maris Pacifici incolze. Folia sepius am- 
pla, longe petiolata, ovata ovato-oblonga vel orbicularia, integerrima 
vel subdenticulata. Flores parvi, in panieulas terminales vel subradi- 
cales angustas dispositi, breviter pedicellati, verticillatim fasciculati, 
albi vel rosei. 
Sect. I. EUALLOMORPHIA. — Flores 4-meri. Antherz subulatz, 
basi bilobatze. Ovarium 3-4-loculare. — Spec. 1-13. 
A. Frutices sæpius ramosi ; folia )-nervia. — Spec. 1-4. 
1. A. longispicata; foliis majusceulis, elliptico-ovatis. apice ob- 
