MEMECYLE.*!. 11 



sions to it in the similitudes employed in Scripture. The 

 blue robe or ephod of the High Priest, was embroidered 

 with pomegranates, and the chapiters of the pillars in the 

 Holy of Holies were ornamented with representations of 

 them. 



ORDER LXVII MEMECYLEiE. 



Calycine tube ovate or subglobose, adhering to 

 the ovary 5 limb short, 4-5-lobed or 4-5 toothed. 

 Petals 4-5, inserted into the calyx, and alternate 

 with its lobes. Stamens 8-10 or double the num- 

 ber of the petals; filaments free : anthers-2-celled. 

 Berry 2-4 celled : seeds few, exalbuminose : coty- 

 ledons leafy, convoluted : radicle straight. 



Intertropical shrubs, with simple leaves, and axillary 

 flowers. This has been united by Dr. Lindley with the 



MELASTOMACE^E. 



1. MOURIRIA. 



Calyx bi-squammose at the base, with the limb 

 urceolate and 4-toothed. Petals 5, broad at the 

 base, inserted on the calyx, alternate wiih. its 

 teeth, contorted during aestivation. Stamens 10, 

 subunequal 5 anthers mporose at the apex. Ovary 

 subglobose : style filiform : stigma capitate. Berry 

 crowned with the calyx, globose, 1-4-celled, 1-4- 

 seeded. 



Name from mouriria the native name of m. guianensis. 



1. Mouriria myrtilloides. Silver-wood. 



Leaves subsessile ovate attenuated oblique at 

 the base, pedicles solitary l-flowered. 



