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NATURAL HISTOBY OF PLANTS. 



lagenifofm and constricted above (Gharianthus '), costate or vertically 

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

 and more or less glandular within {Chitonia '). Calyx rarely closed 

 (Laceraria*), opening irregularly, or calyptriform 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 (Gharianthus). 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 (Cremanmm) J pores small or large ; more rarely 1, 2-rimose; 



Ber. 3, il. 145. — JSurycfieenia Ghiseb. Fl. Srit. 

 W.-Ind. 268.— Pleuror./iama Geiseb. loc.clt. 260. 

 ■ ^CatachcBnia. GrIshb. Erl. Pfl. Trap. Am. 54. — 

 Jiicunda Benth. Sooh. Journ. Bot. ii. 302 (not 

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

 Gen. 764, not in our copy. Fothergilla Adbl, t. 

 175, the same plant, but the name wanting 

 priority disused. 



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

 iii. 196. — ^Endl. Gen. n. 6263.— Naud. loo. at. 

 xviii. Ill (part).— B.H. Gen. 762, n. 103.— Tm. 

 Melast. 99 (Stamens far ezserted, not or scarcely 

 appendioulate). 



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

 (Wings alternating with sepals ; stigma discoid 

 orbicular. Mouth of receptacle crenulate). 



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



4 Tri. loe. rit. 101. 



5 Don, M. Wern. Soc. iv. 316.— DC. Fradr. Hi. 

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

 106. — Tri. MelaU. 97 (Stamens sometimes 15- 



. 25, exappendioulate ; apex of germen produced 

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

 not generioally separable from Laeeraria) . 



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

 ui. 101. — Tki. Melast. 97. — Sarcomeris Naud. loo. 

 cit, XV. 340 ; xvi. t. i!5. — Chalybea Naud. Idc. cit, 

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

 timate Miconias, M. Wrightii and others inter- 

 vening. Germen and receptacle sometimes 

 nearly of Blakea) . 



' DC. Prodr.iii. 155 (not Grisee.).— Oa;^mms 

 DC. kc. 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 Oasea euphortioides Tki.). 



' Naud, loc. cit. xviii. 114, t. 5. — B. H. Gen. 

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

 Tschudya DC. ; dorsal appendage of sinuate 

 anthers larger). 



' Eadd. Att. Soc. Ilal. Scienz. xviii. 6. — Naud. 

 loc. ci^._ xviii. 88.— B. H. Gen. 760, n. 98.— Tri. 

 Melast. 89 (Very near Tschudya, cymes more 

 contracted and involucrate with lateral 

 bracts). 



'0 DC. Prodr. iii. 168.— Endi. Gen. n. 6241. 

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

 (Petals obtuse or acute. Elowers solitary or 

 cymose 3-oo . Sect, notwithstanding habit, 

 closely allied to Fachyanthus, P. anyustifolius, &c. 

 intervening. Sepals often as in Tetrazygia, 

 longer externally 1-aculeate). 



" Nacjd. a. Gray Vh. St. Expl. Fxp. Fat. i. 

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

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

 accessory teeth. Flow*s oap'itate, 3-nate, in- 

 volucrate with bracts. Sect, apparently con- 

 , necting Fumiconia with Zeandra). 



'^ In 2 or 3 species. 



"In M. depauperaia Gaudioh. stamens are 

 indicated 20-25. 



'< Rich. 1)0. Prodr. iii. 172.— Endl. Gea. n. 

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

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

 iis (not DcNE. not Pl.). — Harrera Macp. Fl. 

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

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

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

 constricted beyond germen. Calyx dilated, 4, 

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

 biform cymes). 



