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lato, coriaceo, 5-dentato, persistente, Petala 5, lineari- 
obloDga, summo tiibo calycis inserta. Stamina 10 : JUor- 
menta erecto-adscendentia, compresso-plana, : antheras lon- 
gissimss, subiilatae, carinatae, declinatse, basi constrictas, 
biauriculatoe, filamenta insidenteSj apice rostratae, adscen- 
dentes, poro hiaiites. Ovariu7n liberum, sulcatum, apice 
tomentosum. Stylus rectus, teres, staminibus brevior. Stig- 
ma crassiusculum, peltatum. Capsida subrotunda, baccata, 
5-locularis, 5-valvis, calyce obvoluta, basi ejus connata: 
valvis rima oblonga in medio cuj usque loculi hiantibus. 
Dissepimcnta membranacea, medio valvarum affixa et facile 
separabilia, axi centrali adnata. PlacentiB 5, oblongse, ru- 
gosse, scrobiculata?, axi centrali longitudinaliter affixae. 
Semina subrotunda v. oblongo-ovata, nigro-fusca, l^via 
aut papilloso - scabra, umbilico magno convexo laterali 
aucta : testa duplex ; exterior crassa, Crustacea ; interior te- 
nuis, coriacea. Embryo ovoideus, rectus, ocbroleucus : cotyL 
crassse, obtusa?, plano-convexas : radicula cylindracea, coty- 
ledonibus longior, recta. 
Frutices (Indice Occid. et Guianos) elati, speciosi, ramis 
oppositis dense tomentosis. Folia elliptica v. lanceolata^ ere- 
nulata, opposita, petiolata, 5-nervia, basi rotimdata, supra 
nuda, subtus sape Jusco-tomentosa. F lores terminales, nu- 
merosi, paniculati^ albi aut albo-carnei rard aurei. 
Ad hoc genus pertinent sequentes species. 
"J. C. Fothergilla, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis 5- 
nerviis basi rotundatis margine crenulatis subtus 
fu SCO- tomentosis, panicula terminali subracemosa ca- 
no-tomentosa. 
Fothergilla mirabilis, JubL Guj. 2. p. 441. t. 175. 
Melastoma Fothergilla, Rich, in Bonpl. Monog. p. 71. 
t. 
Melastoma Tamonea, Sw. Prod, ejusd. Fl. Ind, Occid, 
