52 LYTHRACEiE 



MEMECYLON. 



See Vol. I p. 158. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES FROM G.F.M.P. 



{Leaves petioled ... ........ b. 

 Leaves sessile or nearly so . d. 



, JFlcwers sessile or slightly pedicelled shrubs. c. 

 \ Flowers in branched peduncled cymes, Tree. M. molestum. 

 r Leaves green when dry ; calyx above the 

 c J ovary saucer-shaped (Appendix) . M. lushingtonii. 



Leaves yellowish when dry ; calyx cam- 



[ panulate M. flavescens. 



J r Leaves obtuse at apex . M. sisparense. 



\ Leaves obtusely acute M. malabaricum. 



Memecylon malabaricum Cogn. ; Vol. 1 p. 158, as M. 



amplexicaule. Petals a rich deep blue ; calyx pinkish. 



t. 338. 



Nilgiris : 6,000 feet and below. Common near Coonoor, 

 mostly in the shade of large trees. Pulneys at Kodaikanal. 

 Bourne. 



LYTHRACEit. 



See Vol. I p. 159. 



ROTALA. 



Rotala rotundifolia Koehne-, see Vol. I page 159, as 

 Ammannia rotundifolia Ham. t. 339- 



CUPHEA. 



An American genus of about 160 species. 



Cuphea pinctorum Benth. A slender-stemmed sticky 

 plant, with red tubular drooping flowers remarkable 

 for a pair of round black petals which fold back 

 erect from the narrow mouth of the crimson coloured 

 calyx. All young parts, pedicels and calyx glandular- 

 pubescent. Leaves narrow lanceolate, J^ to 2 inches 

 long, with mid-rib and nerves impressed on the upper 

 side. Flowers on pedicels of Yz inch, in axillary 



