Mil DAVID DON 
Mayeta Gujanensis, Aubl. Gi0. p. 443. t. 176. 
Melastoma Mayeta, Willd. Sjp. PI. 2. p. 589. 
Hab. in Guiaua (Aublet), in Feruxisi. Pavqn. (v. 
s, in Herb. Lamb.) 
Stylits staminibus brevior, rectus. 
Glidemia. 
Melastom.e sp. Audor, 
Calyx oblongus, tubulosus, dense setosus v. hirsutus^ 
basi squamis pluribus cinctus aut nudus, liinbo persistens^ 
5-dentatus: dentibus ssepiiis linearibus, plumosis, rectis. 
Petala 5, subrotunda v. oblonga, obtusa, sessilia, in summo 
tubo calycis inserta. Stamina 10, subaequalia, declinato- 
assurgentia : Jilamenta subulata, compresso-plana, glabra, 
apice acuta : anthera; longje, angustse, subtrigonae, carina- 
tae, basi biauriculatse, filamentis adfixae, apice membrana- 
ceas, poro unico aperientes. Ovarium subrotundum, calyce 
inclusum, apice giabrum, rostro umbilicato coronatum. 
Stylus filiformisj gracilis, declinatus, saepius staminibus lon- 
gior. Stigma punctum parvum, pruinosum. Capsula bac- 
cata, subrotunda, calyce vestita et cum eo arete connata, 
apice rostrato-umbilicata, coronata denticulis persistentibus 
calycis, S-locularis, 5-valvis, medio ciij usque loculi a rima 
longitudinali quinquefariam debiscens : loculis singulis intus 
placenta pulposa in qua nidulantia semina farctis. Semina 
numerosa, subrotundo-ovalia, rufa, papilloso-scabra, raro 
laevia, umbilico magno convexo laterali quandoque arcuato, 
utrinque acuto aucta i testa duplex ; exterior crassiuscula, 
Crustacea, fragilis; interior tenuissima, membranacea: a/- 
hiimen nullum. Embryo lacteus, teres, curvulus, cavitati 
^minis conformis: cotyl. subacqiiales, brevissimae, crassaej 
