MELASTOMA CE^. 



4 ? Dinophora Bbnth.' — Flowers nearly of Osheckia ; receptacle 

 very glabrous; calyx membranous shortly sinuate. Petals 5. Staimens 

 10; anthers linear subulate, 1 -porous at apex, connective at base 

 shortly produced dilated and anteriorly emarginate. Grynaecium of 

 Melastoma, 0-merous. Fruit capsular, opening unequally; seeds 

 cochleate. Other characters of Osbechia. — " A subglabrous shrublet ; 

 branches herbaceous, 4-gonal; leaves at base cordate, ovato-lanceolate, 

 ciliato-serrulate ; flowers in terminal compound divaricate racemes ; 

 pedicels long and slender." ^ (Trop. West Africa.^) 



5. Tibouchina Aubl.*— Flowers (nearly of Melastoma or Osheckia) 

 4, 5-merous ; receptacle glabrous or variously clothed. Petals 4, 5, 

 contorted. Stamens 8-10, rarely subequal {Marcetia,^ Ghcetolepis ^) , 

 generally somewhat (Purpurella,'' Macairea,^ Fritzschia,^ CotnoUa,^" 

 Pterolepis "), oftener very unequal {Heeria,^^ Arthrostemma,^^ Nepsera,^* 

 Emestia,^^ Microlepis,'^^ Desmoceles,^' Appendieularia,^^ ? Acisanthera^^) ; 



' Niffer, 355.— B, H. Gen. 745, n. 41. 



' A genus unknown to us, " very like Nepsera 

 and Ermstia in haMt " (B. H.). 



^ Spec. 1. D. speHtieroides Benth. — Tki. 

 Melast. 56, t. 4, fig. 42. 



< Attbl. Guian. i. 446, t. 177 (1775).— DC. 

 Prodr. iii. 143.— Endl. Gen. n. 6214— H. Bn. 

 Ad»nsonia, xii, 70, 95.^Savastania Neck. Elem. 

 n. 795 (1790).— i»&ro»i» Don, Mem. Wem. Soc. 

 iv. 293 (1823).— DC. Frodr. iii. 151.— Enel. 

 Gen. n. 6217.— B. H. Om. 743, n. 31.— Tki. 

 Melast. 40, t. 3, fig. 31. — Zadandra DC. Frodr, 

 iii. 127; Mem. Melast. 42, t. 7. — Endl. Gen, n. 

 6208. — Naud. Ann. Se. Nat. ser. 3, xiii. 126. — 

 Diplostegium Don, Mem. Wern. Soo. iv. 296. — 

 Hephestionia Natjd. loe. cit. xiii. 36. — Oreocosmus 

 Naud. he. cit. xii. t. 14 ; xiii. 37. — Micranthella 

 Naud. op. cit. xiii. 347. 



» DC. Frodr. iii. 124.— Endl. Gen. n. 6205.— 

 B. H. Gen, 744, n. 34.— Tw. Melast. 50, t. 3. 

 fig. 34. 



* DC. Prodr. iii. 140 (sect, of Osbeckia). — Mia. 

 Comm. Phyt. ii. 72.— B. H. Gen. 744, n. 55.— 

 Tki. Melast. 50, t. 3, fig. 35. — Haplodeemiiim 

 JJixiiD. Ann. Sc. Nat, ser. iii. xiv. 150, t. 6. — 

 Trimeranthm Karst. Fl. Columh. i. 193, t. 96 

 (accessory teeth of calyx 0). 



' Naud. Iqc. cit. xiii. 301.— B. H. Gen. 742, n. 

 30.— Tki. Melast. 35, t. 2, fig. 22. 



8 DO. Prodr. iii. 109;,M£m. Melast. t. 6.— 

 Endl. Oen. n. 6209.— B. H. Gen. 742, n. 28.— 

 Tri. Melast. 37, t. 2, fig. 28. 



9 GsAU.Zinn<ea,ix. 397. — Endl.G««. n. 6198. 

 — B. H. Gen. 743, n. 32.— Tki. Melast. 48, t. 3, 

 fig. 32 (habit oi Serpyllum). 



'» DO. Prodr. iii. 114.— Naud. loc. cit. xiii. 



25.— B. H. Gdn. 741, n. 26— Tri. Melast. 36, t. 

 2, fig. 27 (cochleate seed of Tibouchina, rough 

 or foveolate). — Tricetttrum DC. Prodr. iii. 123 

 (ex. B. H.). 



'• DC. Piodr. iii. 140 (sect, of Osbeckia).— 

 Mia. Comm. Fhyt. ii. 72.— B."H. Gen. 742, n. 27. 

 —Tki. Melast, 38, t. 2, fig. I'i.—Braehyandra 

 Naud. I.e. ii, 143; xiii. 365. — Arthrostemma 

 Naud. loc. cit. xiii. 355, t. 6 (not E. et Pav.). 



^^ ScHLCHTL, Linneea, xiii. 432. — Endl. Gen, 

 n. 6212.- B. H. Gen. 740.— Tki. Melast. 34, t. 

 2, fig. 20. — Meteroeentron Hook, and Arn. 

 Feech. Vot/. Fot. 290 (not Naud.). — Sohizocen- 

 tron Mbissn. Gen. Comm. 356. 



W E. et PaV. Fl. Fer. iv. t. 326 (1798).— Don> 

 Mem. Wern. Soc. iv. 292.— DC. Frodr. iii. 135 

 (part). — Endl. Gen. n.62ll (part). — B. H. Gen. 

 740, n. 21.— Tbi. Melast. 35, t. 2, fig. 21.— 

 Seteronoma DO. Frodr. iii. 122 (stum herbaceous ^ 

 or shrubby, 2-chotomous). 



" Naud. Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, xii. t. 14 ; 

 xiii. 28.— B. H. Gen. 711, u. 25.- Tki. Melast. 

 36, t. 2, fig. 26. 



'» DC. Prodr. iii. 121.— Endl. Gen. n. 6199.— 

 Naud. loc. cit. xii. t. 14 ; xiii. 30. — B. H. Gen. 

 740, n. 22.— Thi. Melast. 35, t. 2, fig. 23.—J)i- 

 cliatandra Naud. loc. cit. xii. t. 14 ; xiii. 31. 



'.•i MiQ. Linnaa, xxii. 541. — B. H. Gen. 741, 

 n. 24.— Tri. Melast. 36, t. 2, fig. 26. 



'? Naud. Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, xii. t. 14 ; xiii. 

 29.— B. H. Gen. 740, n. 19.— Tbi. Melast. 34, 

 t. 2, fig. 19. 



" DO. Prodr. iii. 114.— Naud. Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 ser. 3, xii. t. 14 ; xiii. 32.— B. H. Gen. 741, n. 

 23.— Tki. Melast. 36, t. 2, fig. 24. 



i» P. Br. Biit. Jam. 217, t. 22, fig. 1 (1756). 



