Ml’.LASTO.M ACE.E. 
101 
F L. October. 
Leaves about G inches long, and 3.} broad, paler on the 
under surface : petiole an inch or more in length. Pe- 
duncle subdivided. Flowers minute. Calyx hairy 
4. liar rera pedunculata. Long-stalked Ha- 
rem . ( p. 6 3 ). 
Branches subtetragonal subglahrous (when 
young minute velutine,) leaves elliptic atlenuato- 
acuminate subacute at the base 3-plv-nerved en- 
tire glabrous above, minutely velutino-tornentose 
with a villous tuft in the axils of the nerves be- 
neath, thyrsc terminal panicled longer than the 
leaves, stamens 10 berry 3-celled. 
II A B. Fairfield, Manchester. Rev. H. R. Wulhchleegel. 
F L. April 
Branches of an olive-green colour. Leaves about 3^ 
inches long and If broad : petiole nearly an inch long. 
Branches of the panicle erect, fas igiate, Calycine lo. es 
5, obtuse. Petals 5, rounded, rellected. Stamens 10 : 
anthers one-pored. scarcely auriculated at the base. 
Style longer than the stamens, decimate, slightly curved : 
stigma simple. Berry size of a large pea, three-celled ; 
seeds numerous, dropping out like a coarse powder when 
the cells are opened. 
2. Conostegia gloriosa. (p. 68.) 
l)r. Alexander found this beautiful species growing ab- 
undantly in the neighbourhood of the Moneague. From 
specimens supplied by him, I find the fruit to be G celled. 
NOTE. — In order to facilitate an ar.qua'ntance with 
the Melastomaceous plants of this Island, l have arranged, 
in the following table, the different species. 1st according 
to the number of Stamens ; and 2ndly subdivided them 
according to the Nervation. 
