Lagerstroemia LYTHRACEAE -NYSSACEAE Punica 



filaments; ovary winged. 30 species, southeastern Asia to Australia; 6 in China. 

 (After Magnus von Lagerstroem, 1696-1759, friend of Linnaeus.) 



Key to the Species 



Calyx terete, not ribbed or appendaged, glabrous: capsule about 10 mm. 



j on „ 1 . L. indica 



Calyx ribbed, some forms pubescent and with appendages. 



Calyx faintly 12-ribbed, glabrous or pubescent, without appendages: 



capsule 6-7 mm. long 2. L. subcostata 



Calyx distinctly 12-ribbed, pubescent outside, especially on the ribs, 

 with thickened reniform appendages about 3 mm. wide attached 

 below the sinuses and alternate with the calyx lobes: capsule 

 about 10 mm. long 3- L. limn 



1. Lagerstroemia indica Linn. Crape Myrtle %% (Tzu Wei; Purple Vicia) (R.M. 

 667). Shrub or tree, to 7 m.; fls. white, pink or red, VII-IX; fr. VIII-X. Eastern 

 Asia to Australia; locally in An., Che., Hun., Ki., Ku. Brushland, planted, orna- 

 mental. Fig. 256. 



2. Lagerstroemia subcostata Koehne (E.P.IV. 216:260). Shrub or tree, to 6 m.; 

 fls. white and rose, VII; fr. VIII-IX. China, Formosa, Liu Chiu Islands; locally 

 in An., Che., Hup., Ki. Open woodland. 



3. Lagerstroemia limii Merr. (I.P.S. 4:t.l96). Shrub or tree, to 4 m.; fls. pink to 

 purple, VI-VII; fr. VIII-IX. Southeastern China; locally in Che. Planted, orna- 

 mental. 



122. PUNICACEAE Pomegranate Family ^ifii'fft- (Shih Liu K'o) 

 Shrubs or small trees: brs. often thorny, 4-angled when young, with opposite or 

 fascicled exstipulate entire lvs.: fls. large, perfect, regular, perigynous, 1-5 on the 

 tips of the shoots; hypanthium funnel-shaped, joined to the ovary below; calyx lobes 

 5-7, persistent; petals 5-7, wirnkled; stamens many; ovary partly inferior, with seve- 

 ral carpels in 2 series: fr. a large leathery berry, the many seeds each surrounded 

 by a fleshy pulp formed of the outer seed coat. Only the following genus. 



1. Punica Linn. 5ft§M (Shih Liu Shu) 

 Characters of the family. 2 species, from the Mediterranean region to the 

 Himalayas; one cultivated in China. (From Malum punicum " apple of Carthage," 

 an early name for the pomegranate.) 



1. Punica granatum Linn. Pomegranate fcffi (Shih Liu) (R.M. 667). Tree, to 10 

 m.; fls. red, V-VI; fr. yellow, IX-X. Southeastern Europe to Himalayas; locally 

 in An., Hup., Ki., Ku. Cultivated, fruit. Fig. 257. 



123. NYSSACEAE Tupelo Family ]&MPt (Kung T'ung K'o; 



Precious-stone Family) 

 Deciduous dioecious or polygamous trees with alternate simple penninerved lvs. 

 and fls. in heads or clusters: calyx lobes and petals 5 or 0; stamens usually 5 or 10; 

 ovary 1- or 6-10-celled: ft. samara- or drupe-like, croumed with remnants of the 

 calyx: seeds one in each cell. Sometimes included in Cornaceae. 3 genera with 8 

 species, in North America, Asia, Malaya; all three genera, each with one species 

 occurring in China. 



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