ON THE MELASTOMACEJE. 
301 
Obs. (jrenus valde distinctum, cui pertinet Rhexia bi- 
color Anderson MSS, Noirsen duxi ab «fKi?, c^isjns, et ov^^ 
esro^j aurisy qilod petala apice aristata. 
1. A. discolor. 
liah. in Insula S. Vincentii. Anderson. 11. (v. v. 
et s, spont. in Herb* Lamb.) 
MiGROLICIA, 
Calyx globosus, glaber v. setosus, basi nudus, limbo 
partitus, persistens: segmentis lineari-lanceolatis, mucro-^ 
natis, rectis, Petala 5, obovato-oblonga, in ore calycis in- 
serta, basi angustata, apice oblique mucronulata, lateribus 
inaequalibus subdolabriformia. Stamina 10, in calycis ore 
inserta: filamenta longa, recta^ compresso-plana, glabra t 
anther iZ oblongse, carinatse, apica membranacese, poro sim-^ 
plici obliquo dehiscentes, stipite longissimo filiformi cujus 
basi processu simplici calcarato instructa filamenta propria 
incumbente sufFultse. Ovarium globostim calyce tectum. 
Stylus teres, declinatus, filiformis, stamina sub^jquans. 
Stigma punctum, pruinosum. Capsula sicca, calyce libere 
inclusa et eodem brevior, S-locularis, 3-valvis ! apice um- 
bilicata : valvis oblongis v. ovalibus, tenuibusj apice emar- 
ginatisj medio loculorum singulorum a rima longitudinali 
trifariara dehiscens. Dissepimenfa membranacea, valvarum 
medio inserta, columella? filiformi levius connexse. PlacentcE 
S I lunate, angust^, subtrigonse, scrobiculatse, axi centrali 
adnatse, imbricate seminifer^. Semlnu numerosa^ oblonga, 
arcuata, rufa, punctata : testa simplex, crassiuscula, Crusta- 
cea : albumen nullum. Embryo arcuatus, semini conformisj 
teres, lacteus: cotyl. semicylindracese, crassse, breves, in- 
iBquales : radicula cylindracea, cotyledonibus duplo longior^ 
curvata, vaga. 
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