Lagerstroemia. |§ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 503 
spines sometimes not. Leaves lanceolate. Corol from 
- six to seven- petalled. 
Greevia salvifolia. Linn. suppl 409. 
Greevia montana. Kon. Mss, 
Angolam. Rheed. Mal. 4. t.17, and Kara-angolam t. 
26 are, I strongly suspect, at most but varieties of the 
same species. 
Beng. Akar-kanta. 
A native of Coromandel, Malabarand Bengal. It flow- 
ers during the hot season. ‘The germ has one cell, and 
contains a single ovula attached to the top of the cell. 
The embryo is inverse and furnished with a perisperm. 
The wood beautiful, 
. LAGERSTROEMIA. Schreb. gen. n. 910. 
Calyx six-toothed. Petals six, inserted by claws, and 
curled. Germ from three to six-celled ; cells many-seed- 
ed, attachment central. Capsule superior, from three to 
six-celled, from three to six-valved. Seeds several, wing- 
ed. Embryo, with centripetal radicle, and little or no pe- 
a 
1. L. grandiflora. R. 
Arboreous. Leaves opposite, oblong, with an enlarged — 
cordate base. Panicles terminal, drooping. Stamina 
equal, longer than the corol. Calyx smooth. Capsules 
six or more-celled. Seeds filiform. 
_ A native of Chittagong, and the neighbouring districts, 
In the Botanic garden at Calcutta it was reared from 
Seed in 1801; and when seven years old, the trees were 
large ; it blossoms during the dry season ; and the seeds 
ripen from April to June. 
Trunk perfectly erect and straight to the top of the 
trees, Bark smooth, ash-coloured. | Branches subverti- _ 
cellate, the stout ligneous parts diverging, the very long, 
