Lager sir cemia.] lx. LYXHRACEiE. 823 



branchlets cymose, many-flowered. Flowers medium to large, 

 showy. Calyx tube funnel-shaped, ridged or smooth ; lobes 5 

 (to 9) ovate acute. Petals 6 (or 7 to 9) on the summit of calyx- 

 tube, clawed, edge crisped or fimbriate. Stamens very many insert 

 in several rows in tube; filaments exsert. Ovary at bottom of 

 tube 3- to 6-celled ; style long. Stigma capitate. Capsule adnate 

 to calyx protruding, ellipsoid, 3- to 6-ovuled. Seeds many elongate. 



Calyx red tomentose . , . . . . (i) L. floribunda 



Calyx ashy-velvety. 



Calyx 8- to lo-ribbed; leaves 2 to 3'25 in. long . (2) L. ovalifolia 



Calyx 12- to 14-ribbed; leaves 3-5 to 8 in. long . (3) L, flos-reginse 

 Calyx hardly ribbed at all ; leaves large oblong 



round, stifif . . . . . . . (4) L. macrocarpa 



(i) L. floribunda Jack, Mai. Misc. i. 38 ; Clarke, in Hook. fil. 

 F.B.I, ii. 577 ; King, I.e. 7. L. turbinata Koehne, Engl. Jahrh. iv. 



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Tree 30 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves ovate-oblong, sub-acute, base 

 round sub-sessile ; young tomentose, adult pubescent on nerves 

 beneath, finally glabrous; nerves raised 8 to 12 pairs, 5 to 7 in. 

 long, 2 to 2-7 in. wide. Panicles erect, woolly pubescent. Flowers 

 I in. wide. Calyx turbinate 12-ridged ; teeth triangular, 6. Petals 

 sub-orbicular, rose pink to violet. Capsule 5 in. long, elliptic, 

 half covered by calyx. Hah. Open country and river-banks. 

 Pahang, common on the banks of Pahang River ; Kwantan (Burn- 

 Murdoch) ; Kwala Lipis (Machado). Perak, Kwala Kangsa; 

 Temengoh. Penang (Jack, Curtis). Lankawi (Curtis). Perils, 

 Kanga. Naung Chik, Bukit Besar (Gwynne Vaughan). Distrih. 

 Burma, Siam. Native names: Bungor; Antoi Gajah. 



I am quite unable to separate Koehne's turbinata from this species. 



(2) L. ovalifolia Teysm. and Binn. Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind. ii. 

 306 ; King, I.e. 3. L. hexaptera Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 623 ; Clarke, 

 I.e. h. 577. 



Big tree. Leaves oblong or oblong-ovate acute, base narrowed, 

 glabrous except minutely pubescent nerves, 2 to 3-25 in. long, 

 1-35 to 2 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. Panicles puberulous 

 4 to 6 in. long. Flowers i in. across. Calyx turbinate, minutely 

 velvety-grey, ridges stout 8 to 9, not passing into calyx-teeth, 

 which are 8 to 9 acute triangular. Petals pale rose, -75 in. long. 

 Capsule elliptic-ovoid blunt minutely velvety, -75 in. long. Hah. 

 River-banks, open country, local. Malacca (Maingay) ; Brisu 

 (Derry). Negri Sembilan, Linggi, coast (Foxworthy). Pahang, 

 Kwala Tahan; Kwala Lipis (Foxworthy). Perak, Ulu Bubong 

 (Kunstler). Distrih. Malay isles. Native name : Bunga Malukut. 



(3) L. flos-reginae Retz, Ohs. v. 25 ; King, I.e. 8. 



Tree 30 to 60 ft. tall, glabrous except inflorescence. Leaves 

 oblong to elliptic-oblong, narrowed or blunt at base; nerves 10 

 to 12 pairs, 3-5 to 8 in. long, 175 to 3 in. wide; petioles -25 to 



