322 
Un DAVID DON 
Meiuania, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occid, 
Wrigutia, Soland. MSS, 
Melastom.e sp. Swartz Prod, 
Calyx campanulatus, coriaceus, gkber, basi nudus : limho 
urceolato, persist ente, 5 rarius 6-dentato : dentibus longis, 
lineari-subulatis, persistentibiis, intus membrana lata rotun- 
data persistente auctis. Pctala 5 rarius 6, late obovata, 
fauci annulari latiuscula? inserta. Stamina 10 rarius IS, 
eidem margini intra petala inserta : Jilamenta erecta, com- 
presso-plana, dilatata: antheros oblongse, subcompressse, 
declinatse, basi processu calcarato nunc bifido instructse, 
apice poro gemino hiantes, infra dorso filamentis adnatse. 
Ovarium liberum. Stylus teres, curvatus, crassus. Stigma 
simplicissimum obtusum. Capsida globosa, caljce crasso 
coriaceo vestita at libera, 5-locularis 5-valvis, nunc 6-locularis 
6-valvis : valvis rima oblonga in medio cujusque loculi hi- 
antibus. Dissejmne^ita membranacea in medio valvarum 
inserta, axi centrali adnata. PlacentiS 5, oblongje, subtri- 
gonse, lunate?, rugosse, scrobiculatoe in loculis centrales, s6mi- 
nibus creberrime tectse. Semina ovata, majuscula, fusca, 
iimbilico magno laterali convexo nigro aucta : testa duplex ; 
exterior crassa, coriaceo-crustacea ; interior membranacea. 
Erabryo luteus, rectus, ovoideus cavitati semmis conformis : 
cotyl. crassse, hemispha?ric8e, feqviales : rad'ictda cylindracea, 
obtusa, cotyledonibus iongior, recta. 
Arbores superhao {Jainaicenses)^ frondosoe^ nitidissimcv. 
Folia oblonga v. lanceolaia^ acuta ^ trinerma^ coriacea, ere-' 
mdata^ petiolata, opposita^ idrinque glabra^ nitida, basi ro- 
iundata. Pedunculi axillarcs^ oppositi, imijlori, glabri, 
apice bibracteati. Fiores magni, spcciosi, albi aut pur- 
purei. 
