MEMECYLEjE. 
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sions to it in the similitudes employed in Scripture. The 
blue robe or ephod of the High Priest, was embroidered 
with pomegranates, and the chapiters of the pillars in the 
Holy of Holies were ornamented with representations of 
them. 
ORDER LXVII JMEMECYLEiE. 
Calycine tube ovate or subglobose, adhering to 
the ovary 5 limb short, 4-5-lobed or 4-5 toothed. 
Petals 4-5, inserted into the calyx, and alternate 
with its lobes. Stamens 8-10 or double the num- 
ber of the petals 5 filaments free: anthers-2-celIed. 
Berry 2-4 celled : seeds few, exalbuminose : coty- 
ledons leafy, convoluted : radicle straight. 
Intertropical shrubs, with simple leaves, and axillary 
flowers. This has been united by Dr. Lindley with the 
MELASTOMACEiE. 
1. Mouriria. 
Calyx bi-squammose at the base, with the limb 
urceolate and 4-toothed. Petals 5, broad at the 
base, inserted on the calyx, alternate with its 
teeth, contorted during mstivation. Stamens 10, 
subunequal 5 anthers biporose at the apex. Ovary 
subglobose: style filiform : stigma capitate. Berry 
crowned with the calyx, globose, i-4-celled, 1-4- 
seeded. 
Name from mouriria the native name of m. guianensis. 
1. Mouriria myrtilloides. Silver-wood * 
Leaves subsessile ovate attenuated oblique at 
the base, pedicles solitary 1-flowered. 
