9S CALYCIFLORiE. 



currant, crowned with the calyx, externally of a blood- 

 red rust colour, farinose, 2-3-celled : seeds numerous, 

 ovate, wedge-shaped. 



3. Chaenopleura stenobotrys. Strict- clustered 

 Chanopleura. 



Very glabrous, leaves oblongo-lanceolate ob- 

 tuse at the base acuminate at the apex denticul- 

 ated with distant ciliiform serratures 3-nerved 

 (approaching to triply-nerved), thyrse terminal 

 elongated, branchlets opposite generally racemose, 

 flowers white tinged with pink, bracteoles and 

 calycine teeth very minutely ciliolated. — DC, 



Melastoma stenobotrys. Richard, in Bonpland. Me- 

 last. t. 30. 



II A B. A native of the -mountains of Hispaniola, and 

 probably also of Jamaica. 



F L. 



MELAST031ACEJB OMISSJE. 



There are several omissions relating to the plants of 

 this order, which I have considered preferable to supply 

 now, rather than to delay till the completion of the work. 



Tribe ii. XHEXI^E. 

 XVII. Adelobotrys. 



(To follow Spennera p. 43.) 

 Calyx freejsubcampanulate, shortly and obtuse- 

 ly 5-toothed. Petals 5, oval. Stamens 10 : an- 

 thers bifurcated at the base, bi-porose. Ovary 

 oblong, pubescent: style thick: stigma obtuse 

 Capsule oblong, 5-celled, bursting in five direc- 

 tions, with the column at length free, and termi- 

 nating in 5 fibres originally constituting the 

 style. 



Name from cc8r)\os obscure, and (3orpvg a raceme, from 



