Lagerstroemia. icosandria monogynia. 5u3 



spines sometimes not. Leaves lanceolate. Corol from 

 six to seven-petalled. 



Greevia salvifolia. Linn, suppl 409, 



Gieevia monlana. Kon. Mss. 



Angolam. Rheed. Mai 4. t. 17. and Kara-an^olam t. 

 26 are, I strongly suspect, at most but varieties of the 

 same species. 



Beng. Akar-kanta. 



A native of Coromandel, Malabar and Bengal. Ft 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- 

 risperm. 



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. 



