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LYTHRARIEiJE.' XXV. Lagerstrcemia. XXVL Lafoensia. XXVIL Physopobium. 



. S. Native of China, Cochinchina, and Japan, is a hardy stove plant and easily cultivated, and flowers freely, 

 not^in India, unless cultivated in gardens. Curt. bot. mag. t. The rest of the species are more tender, and more difficult to 



long claws. 



^ 



405. 



855. 



Rumph. amb. 7. t. 28. Sibi, Koempf. amoen. p 

 Flowers flesh-coloured, large, and handsome. Branchlets acutely 

 tetragonal, nearly 4-winged. 



Indian Lagerstrcemia. 

 to 10 feet. 



Fl. Aug. Oct. 



preserve through the winter, at which time they require a great lersii 



heat and but little w^ater, for if they are too freely watered at kape 



this season it is a great chance if they survive. In summer they kl^ 



Clt. 1759. Shrub 6 grow freely, at which time they require plenty of room to iisu 



and to be plentifully supplied with water. Cuttings of \ln 



all root readily if planted in sand, with 



grow 



them 



2 L. PAHViFLORA (Roxb. cor. 1. p. 47. t. (56.) leaves oblong 

 or oval, obtuse, rather scabrous ; peduncles axillary, 3-6-flow- placed over them in heat. 

 ered ; petals flat, on short claws. Tj . S. Native of the moun- 

 tains called the Circars, in the East Indies. The peduncles " 

 being numerous at the tops of the branches, may be called a 

 panicle. The flowers are small and white. The wood is used 



a hand-glass 



( 



formerly president of the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon). Vand. 

 fl. lus. et bras. (1788') p. 33. t. 2. f. 13. ed. Roem. p. 112. 



for various economical purposes in its native country. Leaves D. C. prod. 3. p. 93. — Calyplectus, Ruiz et Pav. prod. fl. per. 

 downy beneath. 



Small-Jlowered Lagerstrcemia. 



Clt. 1818. Sh. 6 to 12 feet. 

 Sect. II. Munciiau'sia (so named from Baron Gerlach Adol- 



(1794). p. 73. 



LiN. SYST. 



Mono 



jynia. Calyx bibracteolate at 

 the base, campanulate, plicately 10-12-toothed at the apex; 



rmm 



, ,»ri XT- ir^i o^, r» teeth as if they were joined together by a peculiar membrane 



phus de Munchausen). Lm. mant. 153 Juss. gen. o31.-Ba- p^^^|^ ^^^^^^ Stamens twice the number of the petals. Ova- 

 nava, Cam. ex Ray, hist. 3. luz. p. 80. Calyx neither fur- 

 rowed nor plaited. Stamens equal among themselves. 



3 L. sPECiosA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 72.) leaves oval, glabrous, 

 somewhat attenuated at both ends ; panicle terminal ; petals flat, 



Native of China. Munchau- 



Tj.S. 



1 L. sPEciosA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 94.) leaves oblong, acumi- 



Native of New Gra- 



nated ; fruit spherical, smooth. 



h. S. 



orbicular, on long claws. 



sia speciosa, Lin. mant. p. 243. Murr. prod, with a figure. 

 Munch, hausv. 5. p. 356. ex Willd. Lagerst. Munchausia, 

 Willd. spec. 2. p. 1179. L. m^jor, Retz. Upper leaves alter- 



Petals 9 lines long. Flowers very shevvy, disposed in iowys'whkk 'TetllTobTongi w7tirsom7wh^^ 

 termmal racemes. ° 



nada, on the Andes near Almaguer. 



nate. 



B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 183. t. 548. 



Calyplectus speciosus, 



A. and 



H. 

 B. 



Shewij Lngerstrocmia. Tree. 



4 L. GRANDiFLORA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 88.) leaves ovate, 

 cordate at tlic base, acuminated at the apex, glabrous on both 



surfaces ; panicles subcorymbose, terminal ; petals oval-oblong, 



on short claws. h . S. Native of the East Indies, at Chitta- x^^ 



lated edges. 



Shervy Lafoensia. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



2 L. acumina'ta (D. C. 1. c.) leaves oblong, bluntly acumi- 

 nated ; fruit spherical, stellately rayed from the middle to the 



T2. S. 



gong. 



an inch long. 



Calyx large, cleft into 5 parts beyond the middle. Petals 



Style compressed, thick, exserted. D. C. mem. 



Native of Peru, in warm groves about Pozuzo, 



Mange. Caly- 



hist, nat, gen. 3. pt. 2. p. 84. 



Greal-Jlowered Lagerstrcemia. Clt. 1818. Shrub. 



large. Fruit sessile, ex Ruiz et Pav. 



j^cuminated-leaved Lafoensia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



3 L. puNic^FOLiA (D. C. mem. soc. hist. nat. gen. 3. pt 



2. 



Sect. IIL Ada'mbea {Adamha is the Malabar name of Z. re- p. 86. t. 1.) leaves oblong, bluntly acuminated, with the middle 



g%n<B and Katau-adambcv of Z. hirsuta). Lam. diet. 1. p. 39. 



D. C. prod. 3. p. 93. Calyx furrowed and plaited longitudinally. 

 Stamens nearly equal in length. 



5 L. REOiNiE (Roxb, cor. 1. p. 46. t. 65.) leaves oblong, gla- 

 brous ; panicle terminal ; calyxes tomentose ; petals orbicular, 

 undulated, on short claws. ^2 • S. Native of the East Indies, 

 in woods on the Circars, and in Java ; also of Malabar, in sandy 

 or stony places. Adambea glabra. Lam. 1. c. — Rheed. mal. 4. 

 tt. 20, 21. Flowers large, nearly 2-3 inches in diameter, of a 

 beautiful rose-colour in the morning, growing deeper through 



at the apex underneath ; fruit ovate, globose 



h. S. Native of St. Martha. tjly^ 



Lafoensia Mexicana, 



the day, until they become purple in the evening. Angles of 'culated. T^ 



nerve porose 



smooth, somewhat apiculated. 

 Calyplectus punicaefolius, Bert, ined- 

 Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. does not appear to be dif- 

 ferent. 



Pomegranate-leaved Lafoensia. Tree. 



4 L. Vandelua^na (D. C. prod. 3. p. 94.) leaves obovate, 

 retuse at the apex, with one gland in the recess, and running 

 down the short petiole at the base, coriaceous, glabrous, shining 

 above; calyx half 10-cleft ; fruit ovate-globose, somewhat api- 



Native of Brazil. 



branches winged. 



Lefoensia, Vand. fl. lus. et 



112. t. 7. f- 13. 



Queen's Lagerstrcemia, 



Clt. 1792. Tree 20 feet. 



6 L. hirsu'ta (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1178.) leaves oblong, pu- 

 bescent : 



panicle corymbose, terminal ; petals flat, oval. 

 Native of Malabar, on the mountains. 



bras. p. 33. t. 3. f. 13. and Roem. script, p. 



Ovary on a short stipe. Style subulate. Petals oblong, s^- 



rated, emarginateat the apex, furnished with a nectariferous sc 



^j . S. * at the base of each. 



«r^ 



Rheed. mal. 4. t. 22. 

 Adambea hirsuta, Lam. diet. I. p. 39. Flowers red. 

 Hairy Lagerstrcemia. Shrub. 

 7 L. floribu'npa (Jack, mal. misc. 1. no. 2. p. 38.) leaves 



Vandellis Lafoensia. Tree. 



Cult. See Lasrerstrce'mia for culture and propagation. 



t 



nearly opposite, ovate-oblong, glabrous ; panicle terminal, much '^ '''^ i^re^ew^ order. 



# 



branched, many-flowered, clothed with rusty villi ; stamens un- 

 equal ; calyx turbinate, furrowed. T2 . S. Native of Penang. 

 Flowers smaller and more numerous than those of L. regincc, 



but of the same colour. Perhaps belonging to a different sec- 

 tion. 



Bundle 'JloTvered Lagerstrcemia. Tree 20 feet. 



Cnlt. Lagerstroe^mia is a splendid genus of shrubs. L. Fndwa 



and 



pous pod 



DIUM (from <j> 



a bladder, 



pedicels). Desv. in ann. sc. nat. 1826. vol. 9. p. 403. , ^ 



Lin. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx turbinate, ^-i^^^ 



ed, beset with strigose hairs inside. 



Petals 5, oval-oblong^ 



Stamens 10, twice the length of the petals, alternate ones a 

 shorter. Anthers oblong, 2-celled. Ovarium oblong. / 



krbc 



[tKffl] 



3;; in 



■e,bi 



A : 



niiatei 

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2-celled. Berry corticate, spherical. Placenta central, M 



globose. — American trees. Leaves opposite, quite entire. Pe- "^i 

 duncles solitary, 1 -flowered. Flowers large, white or pale. The 

 bracteas under the flow^er caducous. 



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 tift. 1 



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plectus acuminktus, Ruiz et Pav. syst. fl. per. p. 129. Racemes %i 



15. ex 



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