Parent:
VIOLACEAE
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MELICYTUS J. R. et G. Forst., 1776
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Plant dioec.; fls small, regular, fascicled (occ. solitary) the fascicles axillary or on branchlets below lvs; pedicels with a pair of minute bracts. Calyx 5-lobed or toothed; petals 5, spreading; anthers 5, sessile, free or united by toothed membrane; nectariferous scale or sac dorsal on anther or membrane. Ovary 1-celled; placentae 3-5, parietal; style (2)-3- 6-fid, or stigma subsessile, lobed. Berry with few black ± angled seeds. Trees or shrubs with alt., minutely stipulate lvs. Genus of 4 spp., of which M. ramiflorus extends to Norfolk, Tonga and Fiji Islands.
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Lvs of adult plants not > 2.5 cm. long, of ovate-orbicular order; margins sinuate
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4. micranthus
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Lvs of adult plants 5 cm. or more long, of oblong to lanceolate order; margins serrate
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2
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2
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Lvs coriac., obovate; fls ± 6·5 mm. diam.
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1. macrophyllus
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Lvs membr. to submembr., of lanceolate to oblong order; fls ± 3·5 mm. diam.
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3
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3
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Lvs submembr.; lamina 5-15 × 3-5 cm.; serrations coarse
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2. ramiflorus
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Lvs membr.; lamina 5-16 × 0·5-3 cm.; serrations rather fine
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3. lanceolatus
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