57. lythracej:. 305 



All round the northern hemisphere, and in south-eastern 

 Australia and Tasmania. Koehne, loc. cit., records it with some 

 doubt from Peru. 



2. Lythrum virgatum, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 447; DC. 



Prodr. iii. p. 83 ; Koehne in Englers Jahrb. i. p. 331 ; Hemsl. in 

 Journ. Pot. 1876, p. 207 ; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 62 ; Hance in 

 Journ. Pot. 1882, p. 261. 



Ciiihli : Peking (Pushell !) ; Shingking : Peiling, &c. 

 ( Webster !), Kaichow to Kiuchow (Poss !), Talienhwan (Pirnie !); 

 Coeea: Chemulpo (Carles I) ; Couean Archipelago: Hooper 

 Island (Oldham, 276 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Eastern Europe and Asia Minor to Japan. 



1. Pemphis acidula, Forst. Char. Gen. PI. p. 67, t. 34 ; PC. 

 Prodr. iii. p. 89 ; Hemsl. in Pot. Toy. ' Challenger,' i. 3, p. 153 ; 

 Clarke in Hook.f. Fl. Prit. Ind. ii. p. 573 ; Koehne in Englers 

 Jahrb. ii. p. 133. 



Lucuu Aechipelago (Wright I). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Sea-coast of East Africa, Mascarene Islands, South India, 

 Malay Archipelago, North-east Australia, and Polynesia, inclu- 

 ding many of the most remote coral islands. 



1. Lawsonia inermis, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 349 ; Koehne in 

 Englers Jahrb. iv. p. 36. 



Lawsonia spinosa, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 349. 



Lawsonia alba, Lam. Encycl. iii. p. 106, et III. t. 296. f. 2 ; Wight, 111. 

 PI. Ind. Or. t. 87 ; Clarke in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 573. 



China: without locality (Fortune I). Mus. Brit.; Herb. 

 Kew. 



Now widely dispersed in the warmer parts of Asia and Africa, 

 and very generally cultivated. It is believed to be indigenous 

 in North Africa and Western Asia. 



1. Lagerstrcemia floribunda, Jack in Malay Misc. i. p. 38, iii. 

 p. 93 ; Koehne in Engler's Jahrb. iv. p. 34 ; Clarke in Hook. f. 

 Fl. Prit. Lnd. ii. p. 577. 



China : without locality (Fortune, 105 !). Herb. Kew. 

 Malay peninsula and archipelago. 



2. Lagerstrcemia Flos-Regiiiae, Petz. Obs. v. p. 25 ; Kurz in 



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