344 A FLORA OF MANILA 
capitate. Fruit large, rather hard, depressed-globose, many-seeded, sup- 
ported by the calyx-tube, the calyx-lobes persistent, spreading. (In honor 
of P. Sonnerat, a French naturalist and explorer.) 
Species about 6 along the seashore in the Indo-Malayan region, 2 in 
the Philippines. 
Leaves ‘obovate, rounded:ssistioi)- nines ie 1. S. pagatpat 
Leaves oblong to elliptic-oblong, somewhat pointed.............. 2. S. caseolaris 
1. S. pagatpat Blanco. Pagatpat (Tag.). 
A shrub or tree reaching a height of 20 m or less. Leaves very thick, 
leathery, obovate, rounded, 6 to 10 cm long, often nearly as wide as 
long. Calyx green, leathery, 3 to 4 cm long, the segments 6 to 9, lan- 
ceolate to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, equaling or longer than the tube. 
Petals white, linear, early deciduous, nearly as long as the calyx- 
segments (sometimes wanting). Stamens very numerous. Fruit hard, 
depressed-globose, 3 to 4 em in diameter, surrounded nearly to the middle 
by the calyx-tube, the persistent lobes spreading. 
Along tidal estuaries, fl. most of the year; throughout the Philippines 
along the seashore. Endemic (?), or perhaps not specifically distinct from 
the widely distributed Indo-Malayan Sonneratia alba Sm. 
2. S. caseolaris L. Engl. (S. acida L. f.) Pagatpat (Tag.). 
Similar to the preceding, but the leaves oblong to elliptic-oblong, some- 
what pointed, rarely obtuse, 4 to 10 cm long, 2 to 4 cm wide, tapering 
to the base. Flowers solitary, the calyx green, 2.5 to 3 cm long, the 
segments 6, longer than the tube. Petals 6, linear, pink or white, about as 
long as the calyx-segments. Fruit about as in the preceding species. (FI. 
Filip. pl. 175, S. pagatpat.) 
Along tidal estuaries, but less abundant in the Philippines than the 
preceding. India to Malaya. 
99. PUNICACEAE (POMEGRANATE OR GRANADA FAMILY) 
Shrubs or small trees, the branches often spiny, the young ones 4- 
angled. Leaves opposite, subopposite, or clustered, entire. Flowers soli- 
tary or few at the ends of the branches, large, perfect, regular. Calyx- 
tube funnel-shaped, adnate to the ovary below, enlarged above the ovary, 
the lobes 5 to 7, persistent in fruit. Petals as many as the calyx-lobes, 
alternate with them, wrinkled. Stamens very numerous, inserted around 
the mouth of the calyx tube, bent inward in bud. Ovary united with 
the calyx-tube, many-celled, the cells arranged in 1 to 3 whorls. Style 
slender, elongated; stigma capitate; ovules many in each cell, some 
axillary, some parietal. Fruit a globose berry with a thick pericarp, 
crowned by the calyx-segments. Seeds, angular, very numerous. 
A single genus with 2 species, 1 introduced in the Philippines. 
1. PUNICA Linnaeus 
Characters of the Family. (Latin “Phoenician” or “Carthaginian.’’) 
1. P. GRANATUM L. Granada (Sp.); Pomegranate. 
A shrub 2 to 3 m high, the branchlets slender, 4-angled, often -ter- 
minating with a short spine. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to oblong-elliptic, 
4 to 6 cm long, short-petioled, acute or obtuse, narrowed at both ends. 
