ON THE MELASTOMACE^. 
inserta, axi central! adnata, utrinque simul cum parietibus 
capsulag lacunosa, imbricate seminifera. Placentae verse nulloe, 
sed loculi capsiilae pulpa molli (in qua semina nidulantia) 
farcti. Semina numerosa, ovato-oblonga, minutissima, lutes- 
centia, umbilico lato oblongo piano laterali notata: testa 
duplex ; exterior Crustacea, valde fragilis ; interior tenuissi- 
ma, membranacea : albumen nullum. Embryo rectus, semini 
conformis, albus: cotyl. sequales, semicjlindricas, crassae: 
radicula cylindracea, cotyledonibus longior, basi attenuata. 
Arbores v. frutices {Amer. JSquin, et Insular. Societat) 
erectcB, ramosoe. Folia petiolata, opposita, integerrima v. 
crenata. Flores terminates^ paniculati, alhi. 
Hue Melastoma glabra Forst., grocer a Swartz, Bonpl. 
Monog. t. 51, montana Swartz, superba Bonpl. ined., 
extinctoria Bonpl. Monog. t. 57, Xalapensis Bonpl. Monog. 
t. 54, calyptrata Lam. Encycl. Bonpl. Monog. t. 46, cw- 
cullata Pavon MSS., holosericea Pavon MSS. 
Obs. Distinctissimum et figura calycjs admodum singu- 
lari bene notatum genus ; ab Miconid cui habitu convenit 
calycis forma, staminum numero, capsula 8-loculari, disse- 
pimentis alternis contiguis cum receptaculis longe distat. 
Nomen deduxit e x,avo5, conus, et o-nyn^ tectum^ ab forma 
singular! calycis. 
Chitonia, 
FOTHERGILLA, AuU. 
Melastoma sp. Auctor. 
Calyx tubulosus, coriaceus, extus canus, basi instructus 
squamis duabus cuneatis s^pe latis in sestivatione conni- 
yentibus et fere totum florem includentibus : limbo urceo- 
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