268 MELASTOMACEiE. 



calyx-lobes narrow, divergent ; anthers 10 : tail very short. — Bompl. Rhex. t. 21. — Chseto- 

 gastra, DC. Micanthella laaceolata et longifolia, Naud. Chsetog. havanensis, BO. Ch. 

 longifolia, DC— Branches subcylindrical, strigose, with soft hairs ; leaves subentire; cymes 

 equalling the leaves or shorter ; petals 5, white ; anthers tapering towards the end. — Hab. 

 S. Vincent !, Chiild. ; Trinidad !, Sch., Cr. ; [Cuba \, Mexico !, to Brazil ! and Bolivia !]. 



26. COMOLLIA, DC; Naud. (I. c. 13.^). 25). 



Calyx-tuhe setose : lobes 4, subulate. Anthers 8, equal, subulate : tail arcuate, bituber- 

 cled at the base. Omry at length free, withoiit terminal bristles, 2-locular. — Suffrutesoent 

 herbs or shrubs ; flowers mostly axillary, solitary or in short cymes, red or white. 



95. C. veronicifolia, Benth. SufFratescent or shrubby, shaggy with rusty often 

 glandular hairs ; leaves obovate or elliptical, serrulate or repand, petioled, 5-nerved ; flowers 

 solitary or temate ; tail of anthers without a posterior gibbosity. — Branches diffuse, elon- 

 gated, tetragonal ; leaves 8"'-12"' long, hairy ou both sides ; petals rosy, obovate, blunt. — 

 Hab. Trinidad!, Pd., Cr., on sandy savannahs; [Guiana!]. 



27. NEPSERA, Naud. {I. e. \%.p. 28, and 12. t. 14./. 1). 



Cah/x-lobes 4 (-5), linear. Anthers 8 (-10), equal, lanceolate-linear: tail arcnate, equal- 

 ing its two ascending spurs. Ovary at length free, withoat terminal bristles, 3-locular. — A 

 suffrutescent branched herb, with thin foliage ; panicle terminal, loose ; pedicels slender ; 



96. N. aquatica, iVizue^. — Leaves ovate-lanceolate, taper-pointed, cordate at the base, 

 serrulate, 3-5-nerved; panicle trichotomous : pedicels filiform. — Aubl. t. 169. Bonpl. 

 Rhex. t. 40. — Rhexia, Sw. Spenuera, Mart. Sp. hydrophila, Miq. Sp. Asphalti, Crueg. ! : 

 a form with curled leaves. — Branches tetragonal, i^sually somewhat hairy ; petals flesh- 

 coloured. — Hab. Jamaica ! to Trinidad !, inwet and woody situations ; [Cuba and Panama ! 

 to Brazil !] . 



28. SPENNERA, DC; Naud. {I. c. 14,. p. 141. t. 5). 



Calyx-limi with 4 minute teeth. Anthers 8, equal, oblong or roundish, without append- 

 ages ; connective either not exceeding the cells or produced into a tail, continuous with the 

 filament. Ovary at length free, without terminal bristles, 2-locular. — Herbs with thin foli- 

 age, growing in swampy situations; panicle slender, loose, terminal, constituted of dichoto- 

 msus cymules ; buds conical. 



97. Sp. pellucida, DC Suffrutescent; stem four-winged ; leaves ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, ciliate and roughish chiefly on the upper side ; panicle forming an elongated 

 thyrse ; tail of anthers nearly as long as the cells. — Mig. Comment. Fhytogr. 1. 10 : quite 

 agreeing with our plant, but the capsule is described as trilocalar (perhaps by monstrosity). — 

 Sp. tetraptera, Miq. Sp. martinicensis, Naud. — The shape of the leaves is variable, as has 

 been remarked by Miquel : there ocoui foi-ms where the base is cordate or tapering, and the 

 top blunt or acuminate. — Hab. Trinidad!, Lockh., Cr., in swampy grounds and alono-river- 

 banlts ; [Martinique, Guiana!]. 



98. Sp. Kappleriana, Naud. Hairy and glandular ; leaves elliptical, ovate, or ellip- 

 tical-lanceolate, petioled ; cymes dichotomous, terminal on the branches, spreading ; anthers 

 oblong-linear: tail very short.— %^. viscida, Mig^. Sp. laxa. Or.! {an DC .?').— The 

 cymes are shorter and the leaves are narrower than in Kappler's plant : but Crueger re- 

 marks that the form of the leaves is yariable, and that they are sometimes blunt and cor- 

 date, nrhile in our specimens they are tapering ou both ends. — Hab. Trinidad!, Cr.; 

 [Guiana !]. 



29. ACISANTHERA,P.5r.; DC. Prodr. {i.p. 88). 

 (Appendicularia, DC. Dicrananthera, Prl. Noterophila, Mart. ; Naud. I. c. 13. p. 279. 



t.\Z.f.\. TJranthera, iVaaa!. j4. ^. 282.) ' 



Ciflyx-loies 4-6, subulate. Stamens unequal, the larger ones alternating with the petals : 



