Ammannia.] LX, lythrace^. 821 



in dense axillary clusters, -i in. long, pedicelled. Calyx-tube wide 

 campanulate, short, teeth 4, broad, triangular acute. Petals none. 

 Capsule depressed, globose imperfectly circumscissile. Seeds hemi- 

 spheric, black. Hab. In damp swampy spots, not common. 

 Perak, Tambun near Ipoh. Kedah, Gunong Geriang (Ridley). 

 Distrih. Africa, Indo-Malaya, Australia. 



2. PEMPHIS, Forst. 



A sea-shore shrub. Leaves opposite, oblong, thick fleshy. 

 Flowers solitary axillary; peduncles bibracteate. Calyx-tube 

 campanulate, 12 or more ribbed, teeth 6 long, 6 short. Petals 6, 

 white, inserted at the mouth of calyx-tube, obovate. Stamens 12 

 in 2 rows from the middle of the calyx-tube. Ovary free ; ovules 

 many; style long. Stigma capitate. Capsule coriaceous obovoid 

 to globose enclosed in or half exserted from calyx-tube, circum- 

 scissile, i-celled. Seeds many-angled obovoid. Species i, Indo- 

 Malaya, Polynesia. 



(i) P. acidula Forst, Gen. i. 34; King, I.e. 4. 



Shrub 5 ft. to a tree about 20 ft. tall. Young parts grey-silky. 

 Leaves -5 to 1-5 in. long. Flowers -5 in. across. Capsule 4 in. 

 long, 2 in. wide. Hah. Sea-shores, curiously rare in the Malay 

 Peninsula. Singapore, mouth of Changi River. 



3. CRYPTERONIA, Bl. 



Trees. Leaves opposite, ovate or lanceolate. Racemes long, 

 many-flowered, panicled. Flowers very small, greenish or white. 

 Bracts short, linear. Calyx-tube short, saucer-shaped or half 

 hemispheric; teeth 5 (or 4). Petals 0. Stamens as many as 

 calyx-lobes insert in calyx mouth between them. Ovary free, 

 2-celled ; ovules numerous axile ; style long, filiform. Stigma 

 capitate 3-lobed. Capsule globose, pubescent, 2-celled dehiscing 

 through the style. Seeds many ellipsoid, winged on one side. 

 Species 5, N. India to Philippines. 



Leaves membranous, base narrowed ; calyx less than 



•I in. across (i) C. paniculata 



Leaves coriaceous, base cordate ; calyx more than 



•I in. across . . . . . . . (2) C. Grifiithii 



(i) C. paniculata Bl. Bijdr. 1151; King, I.e. 5. C. pubescens 

 Bl. Miis. Bot. Liigd. Bat. ii. 123. C. glabra Bl. I.e. 



Tree 20 to 50 ft. tall. Leaves membranous to sub-coriaceous, 

 oblong to oblong-lanceolate, blunt acuminate, base narrowed, 

 glabrous, or pubescent beneath ; nerves 5 to 6 pairs, 3 to 6 in. long, 

 1-25 to 2-5 in. wide. Racemes pubescent or glabrous, 5 in a panicle 

 on a peduncle, -3 to -5 in. long. Flowers very numerous, greenish 

 white. Calyx less than i in. across. Capsule globose-conic puberu- 

 lous. Hah. Forests in the north chiefly. Negri Sembilan, Bukit 



