Lsthrea.] .  LXIX. LYTHRARIE E. 783 
bosa, 2-loeularis, loculicide 2-valvis, valvis ehartaceis medio' septiferis, stylo. persistente 
connexis, latere utroque hiantibus; loeulis oo-spermis. Semina minuta, elongata, sub- 
sessilia, adscendentia, testa membranacea exalata v. superne anguste alata nune ultra 
medium producta ; embryo eylindraceus, eotyledonibus plano-convexis; radicula obtusa. 
—Arbores ramosa, ramulis 4-gonis. Folia opposita, petiolata, ovata, integerrima.  Ra- 
cemi axillares et in paniculas ramosas dispositi, spieiformes. Flores minuti, albi v. vires- 
centes. ; 
Species 4 v. 5, Indi: maxime orientalis, Archipelagi Malayani et ins. Philippinarum incole. P/anch. 
in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. iv. A75. i. 16 (Henslovia). Walp. Ann. iv. 692, 
23? "Tetrataxis, Hook. P. (Tetradia, Thouars ex Tulasne in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser; 4. vi. 
. 137, non. R. Br.)—Calyx aniplus, eampanulatus, acute 4-gonus, 4-fidus, lobis sinubusque 
acutis angulis alarum in modum in pedicellum decurrentibus. Corolla 0. Stamina 4, 
imo ealyci inter ejus lobos inserta, filamentis exsertis teretibus erassis; antherrz oblongee, 
Ovarium 4-lobum, 4-loculare, liberum, sessile, erassum, stigmate integro; ovula oc, 
placentis crassis axi loeulorum affixis multiseriatim inserta, anatropa et peritropa. Cap- 
sula 4-loba, 4-loeularis, septifrage 4-valvis, oc-sperma. — Semina minuta, lineari-oblonga, 
subteretia, testa tenui ;. embryo rectus, exalbuminosus, eotyledonibus obtusis basi subau- 
'rieulatis, radieula ecrassa.— Fructus glaberrimus, ramis decussatim oppositis 4-gonis ad 
nodos incrassatis. Folia. opposita, brevissime petiolata, ovato-elongáta, acuta, integer- 
rima. Flores peduneulati, 2-bracteati, 1-3-ni, axillares. (Char. ex Tulasne.) 
Species E Mauritiana, a nobis non visa. 
24. Lagerstremia, Linn. Gen. n. 667.— Calycis tubus turbinato-campanulatus, lzvis v. 
plieato-sulcatus ; lobi 6, ovati, subacuti. Petala 6, fauci calycis inserta, obovato-oblonga, 
unguieulata, undulato-crispata. Stamina oo, imo calyeis inserta, filamentis filiformibus 
longe exsertis zequalibus v. 6 exterioribus longioribus ; anthere versatiles, didymzse v. ob- 
longs; recurvs. Ovarium sessile, tubo calyeis inclusum, 3-6-loculare ; stylus filiformis, 
flexuosus, stigmate capitellato; ovula in loculis perplurima, placentis axillaribus affixa, 
adscendentia. Capsula basi calyce cincta, oblonga, crasse coriacea, lavis, 3-6- locu- 
laris, loeulieide 3-6.valvis, valvis medio septiferis, placentis septis adnatis, oligo- v.. 
polysperma. | Semina oblonga, compressa, imbricata, adscendentia v. horizontalia, testa 
membranacea superne alata ; cotyledones orbiculatz, recte curvse v. contortuplicate ; ra- 
dieula cylindriea.—A rbores et frutices, ramis oppositis v. verticillatis, ramulis 4-gonis. 
- Folia distiche opposita v. summa alterna, petiolata, oblonga v. ovata, integerrima, subtus 
sspe glauca. Panicule axillares et terminales, sepius 3-chotome ramosse. Pedunculi 
apice 2-bracteati. Flores swpe speciosi, 2-bracteolati. ; 
Species ad 14, Asim orientelis tropiez et subtropies incole. DC. Prod. iii. 93. Walp. Rep. ii. 
114: 4mn».i.295; iv. 689.  Rowb. PI. Corom. t. 65, 66. Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. ii, t. 41, 42. 
Wight, Ill. i.t. 86- Ie. £69, 109, 413. Geertn. Fruct. ii. 245. t. 133 (Velaga globosa). 
MukNcnavsta, Linn. Mant. 193, que sectio ejusdem nominis Candollei, tubo levi et staminibus 
requilongis gaudet. 
ApAMBza, Lam. Dict. 39. Calyx longitudinaliter suleatus. Stamiria submqualia. 
FATr0A, DC. Prod. iii, 88, ad Lagerstremiam a Blumeo relata, est L. parvifora. 
PTEROCALYMNA, Turez. in Bull. Mosc. 1846, ii. 508; Walp. Ann. i. 295, a. Lagerstromie sec- | 
tione Adambea nullo modo differt, nisi costis calycis subalatis. 
25. Duabanga, Hamilt. in Trans. Linn. Soc, xvii. 178. — Calycis patentis tubus late 
turbinatus, ovarii basi adnatus; lobi 4-7, triangulari-ovati, erassissimi. Petala 4-7, 
'obovato-rotundata, breviter unguieulatz, undulato-erispata.. Stamina co, annulo perigyno 
l-seriatim inserta, filamentis filiformi-subulatis erassis incurvis; anthere versatiles, 
lineari-oblonge, recurve. Ovarium subglobosum v. conieum, leviter 4-8-sulcatum, 4-8- 
loculare, axi vacuo; stylus terminalis, elongatus, Crassus, cylindrieus, flexuosus, stig- 
. mate capitato 4-S-lobo; óvula in loculis perplurima, placentis crassis loculos fere implen- 
d osi Mq affixa, curva, ascendentia. Capsula calyce crasso patenti insidens, crasse 
