PLATE XI. 
DUABANGA SONNERATIOIDES, am. 
Nat. Ord. LyrHrarizem. 
Arbor elata, ramis horizontalibus verticillatis, ramulis tetragonis petiolos communes mentientibus, foliis oppositis distichis 
subsessilibus patentibus oblongis acuminatis basi cordatis integerrimis subtus glaucescentibus venosis, paniculis 
axillaribus terminalibusque, pedunculis teretibus, floribus amplis albis, calyce crasso 6-fido segmentis 6 acutis,. 
petalis obovatis unguiculatis undulatis caducis, filamentis subulatis, antheris curvis lineari-oblongis, stylo curvo, 
stigmate capitato lobato, capsula rotundata 6—8-valvi. 
DvasBanea sonneratioides, Hamilton's Commentary on the ‘ Hortus Malabaricus’ in Linn. Soc. Trans. v. 22. B.1ai. 
Lagerstroemia grandiflora, Rov). Hort. Beng. p. 38, Flora Indica, v. 2. p. 503; De Candolle, Mem. Soc. Hist. 
Nat. Gen. ser. 3. v. 2. p. 84, Prodr. v. 3. p. 93. Leptospartium, Griff. 78S. 
Has. In sylvis tropicis ad basin Himalayee orientalis provinciarum Bhotan et Sikkim; in montibus Khasie, Chittagong, et 
Tenasserim. 77. Aprili. ; 
A very remarkable plant, forming, from its peculiarity of habit, a singular feature in its native forests. 
The trunk is erect, forty to eighty feet high, undivided, or sometimes forking from the base, and the lower 
limbs spread drooping from the trunk; these are long, slender, sparingly branched, and the branches are 
fowr-angled, loosely covered with large spreading leaves. Owing to the leaves being arranged in two ranks, 
the slender branches resemble petioles, bearing pinne of a compound leaf; the leaves are further often 
recurved, and are deep green above, and almost white beneath. The large blossoms expand in April, and 
exhale a rank fetid odour, something like asafcetida, when they first burst, but become inodorous before the 
petals drop. The stamens are all bent inwards in bud. The fruit is as large as a small apple, and is well 
described both by Hamilton and Roxburgh. 
Duabanga was first made known by Dr. Roxburgh, who procured plants of it from Chittagong for the 
Botanic Garden at Calcutta, and: prepared an excellent description, published after his death, in the ‘ Flora 
Indica ;’ it has also been fully described by Hamilton in his Commentary on the ‘Hortus Malabaricus,’ in 
the seventeenth volume of the Linnean Transactions. The tree is called « Door” by the Lepchas, and 
will require stove heat in this country during the summer: in the winter, and previous to flowering, it 
should be kept much drier. The wood is valueless, white, and soft. 
Prats XI. Fig. 1. Petal. 2. Stamen. 3. Pollen. 4. Flower, with portions of the calyx, the petals, and most of the 
stamens removed. 5. Transverse section of ovary. 6. Young fruit. 7. Half-ripe seed:—all more or less 
magnified. 
