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incurved, with two subulate, parallel, cells, the apex opening 

 with an oblique hole. Scales two, long, very slender, a third 

 very short and lanceolate. Pist : Germ as in the generic 

 character ; style thread form, ascending ; stigma simple. 



I did not see the fruit. Found on the top of the hill. 

 Flowers in May. 

 4. Melastoma tomeiitosa, H. (Dissochaeta annulata Hook. til.). 



Shrubby, scandent, Leaves five nerved, reticulated, cordate 

 ovate, acuminate, most entire, tomentose below. Calyx 

 tomentose, four cleft ; flowers octandrous, panicles terminal. 

 Stam : twining, knotted, round, tomentose. Leaves opposite, 

 petiole:!, widely spreading, cordate, ovate, acuminate, most 

 entire, tomentose below, five nerved, reticulated, petioles, 

 short, round, tomentose, widely spreading. Peduncles for 

 the most part terminal (a few axillary) round, tomentose; 

 forming a diffuse panicles partial peduncles opposite, brachi- 

 ate, widely spreading, generally three-flowered. Flowers, 

 large rose colour. Calyx pitcher-shape, four cleft, tomentose. 

 Corolla, petals four, ovate, obtuse. Stam : filaments eight, 

 anthers as in the last species. Scales two, long, very slender; 

 a third very short, bifid. Pist : Germ and style as in the 

 preceding. Stigma rather sharp, gaping with a papillous 

 mouth. Place and time of flowering the same as the last. 



AVERRHOA. 



1. Averrhoa bilimbi, Willd. 2, p. 749. 



2. Averrhoa carambola, Id. 2. p. 750. 



Both cultivated ; and the fruit used for tarts. 



Rhizophora. 



The essential character of this genus consists in the seed 

 which is solitary, sub-cylindric, with only its base contained 

 in the pericarpium. The parts of the flower admit of such 

 diversity, both in number and form, that this genus might be 

 divided into several, which would stand under different classes 

 in the Linnaean system, though constituting one natural order. 

 This subdivision may become necessary, should many new 

 species be discovered. 



R. A. Soc, No. 53, 1909- 



