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 the middle of the calyx-tube. Ovary free, at the bottom of the calyx-tube, 3- 

 celled at the base ; style long, sti^^a capitate ; ovules many, ascending, pla- 

 centas 3 sub-basal. Capsule coriaceous, oDovoid or nearly globose, included in 

 the calyx-tube or exsert nearly half its length, circumsciss somewhat irregu- 

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 W. 8f A. Prodr. 307 ; Grif. NotuL iv. 510 ; Blmne Mus. BoL ii. t. 43 ; Miq. 

 PI. Ind, Pat. i. pt. i. 619; Pedd, Fl. Sylv. Anal Gen, t. xiv. %. 5; Kurz For. 

 Fl. i, 518. P. angustifolia, Poxb, FL Ind. ii. 465. Maclellandia GriiBthiana, 

 Wight Ic. t. 1996. Ljrthrum Pemphis, Linn.f, Suppl. 249 ; Laink. 111. ii. 408, 

 fig. 2. Melanium fruticosum, Sp-eng. Syst. ii. 455. 



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 cymes ; bracts small, deciduous. Calyx-tube exceedingly short ; lobes 4, ovate. 

 Petals 4, obovate, wrinkled, inserted at the top of the calyx-tube. Stamens 

 dually 8, inserted in pairs between the petals, sometimes 4 only or 8 not paired. 

 Ovary free, 4-celled (or 4-celled at the case) ; style very long, stigma capitate ; 

 ovules many, placentas axile. Capsule coriaceous, globose, exsert, irregularly 

 tweaking up, ultimately 1-celled. Seeds many, angular, pyramidal, smooth, 

 packed on a central placenta. 



V, 1- I. alba, Zamk. III. t. 296, Jiff. 2; DC. Prodr. iii. 91 ; Wall. Cat. 2109 ; 

 2^- ^ A. Prodr. 307 ; Wight III. t. 87 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 620 ; Boiss. 

 Fl. Orient, ii. 744 ; Dah. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 97 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. 

 ^- %. 6 ; Brand. For. Fl. 238. L. inermis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 258 ; Griff. Ic. 

 p- Asiat. t. 580. L. spinosa, Linn. ; Lour. Fl. Cochinc. 281. L, purpurea, 

 ^(^mk. ■ Sp-eng. Syst. ii. 217. 



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