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exarat^, apice rostro longo gracili elastico nunc fere setaceo 
poro obliquo dehiscente instruct ae^ basi concavj3e, filamentis 
ferme adfixse, auriculatse. Ovarium globosum v. ovatum, 
calyce inclusum, apice setis aut cupula hispida coronatum. 
Stylus teres, declinatus, glaber, stamina jsquans v. iisdem 
longior, superne curvatus. Stigma apex isoperimetrus, ob- 
tusus, pruinosus. Capsula sicca, calyee obtecta, 4-locularis, 
4-valvis, quandoque 5-locularis, 5-valvis, singulorum locu.- 
lorum medio a rima longitudinali 4 v. 5-fariam dehiscens. 
Dissepimenta tenuia, subcrustacea, medio valvarum inserta, 
axicentrali affixa. PlacentiB 4 aut 5, trigonse, lunatae, valde 
scrobiculat83, imbricate seminiferse, in singulis loculls sin- 
guise, angulis columelljB basi lata plana adnatge. Semina 
reniformi-globosa, parva, numerosa, badia v. cinereo-fusca, 
punctata aut papilloso-scabra : testa duplex ; exterior Crus- 
tacea, fragilis ; interior tenuissim.a, membranacea : albumen 
nullum. Embryo semini conformis, arcuatus, lacteus: cotyl. 
insequales, plano-convexse, breves, crass« : radicula cylin- 
dracea, cotyledonibus longior, curvata, vaga. 
Frutices Jmmiles aut herbje {plerumque Asice Orient. 
Trop.) hispida. v. hirsutiE. Folia ijitegerrima, petiolata, 
3 V. 5-nerma. Flores magni^ lilachii v. pur pur ei aut albi^ 
rarissime lutei, plerumque plures terminates ghmerati, 
nunc sessiles nunc breve pedunculati^ raro subsolitarii aut 
axillares. 
Ojbs. Hue referendse sunt, Osbeckia Chinensis et Zey- 
lanica. Linn.., Rhexia glomerata, Rosttb. Willd., prseter 
plures ineditas ex Nepalia. 
Plekoma. 
Melastom.e sp. Auctor. 
Calyx oblongus, tubulosus, quandoque obtuse pentago- 
iius, extus sericeQ-carjescens aut raro hispidus, basi squamis 
