824 LX. LYTHRACE^. [Lager sircemta. 



•4 in. long. Panicles long. Flowers 2 to 3 in. wide; pedicels 

 grey. Calyx turbinate, ridges 12 to 14, prominent blunt ; teeth 

 6 to y, acute. Petals oblong-orbicular clawed undulate. Capsule 

 oblong, -8 to 1-25 in. long. Hab. Open country and river-banks. 

 Pahang, Temerloh (Foxworthy). Perak, Changkat Mentri (Kloss). 

 Kedah, Alor Sta. Kelantan, Chaning River banks. Disirib. 

 India, Java, often cultivated in gardens. 



(4) L. macrocarpa Wall. 2114A. 



Leaves stiff coriaceous, oblong, base broad, tip round ; nerves 

 prominent 9 pairs inarching near the edge 8 in. long, 3 in. wide; 

 petioles thick, -25 in. long. Panicles rather large, about 12 in. 

 long. Calyx hardly ribbed in flower, and not at all or very incon- 

 spicuously at the base in fruit. Petals pink, obovate clawed, -5 in. 

 long or more. Fruit oblong ovoid -6 to i in. long; sepals acute 

 recurved. Hab. Cultivated in gardens. Pahang, Kampang Tengah, 

 Temerloh (Foxworthy). Negri Sembilan, Kwala Pilah and Selangor, 

 Klang (Foxworthy). 



This species has been reduced to L. speciosa {L. flos-regincB) by Koehne 

 in his monograph. It is very distinct, however, from the true flcs-regincB 

 in its larger, oblong-rounded stiffer leaves and unribbed calyx. The typical 

 L. macfocarpa has very large fruits and flowers and may be seen in gardens. 

 The specimens quoted above closely resemble Burmese forms, rather smaller 

 in all parts. The first quoted may be wild, the other two, doubtless, planted. 



5. DUABANGA, Ham. 



Large trees. Branches pendent, 4-angled. Leaves opposite 

 distichous elongate acute, base cordate or rounded. Panicles large 

 terminal. Flowers large, white. Calyx-tube wide adnate to base 

 of ovary; lobes 4 to 7, valvate. Petals 4 to 7, obovate clawed 

 crisped. Stamens numerous on a perigynous ring. Ovary conic, 

 4-celled; style long. Stigma capitate, 4- to 8-lobed. Capsule 

 sub-globose with spreading calyx-lobes at base, coriaceous 4- to 

 8-valved. Seeds very numerous, minute, tailed. Species 2, Indo- 

 Malayan. 



(i) D. sonneratioides Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 178 ; 

 Hook. fil. III. Him. PI. t. 11; Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 579; 

 King, I.e. 10. 



Tree 60 to 100 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous, 7 to 12 in. long, 

 2*5 to 4 in. wide, glaucous beneath. Flowers 2 to 2-5 in. wide, 

 few on a panicle 6 in. long and as wide. Petals i in. long, -5 in. 

 wide. Capsule ovoid-globose, i to 1-5 in. across. Hab. In forests. 

 Perak, base of Hermitage Hill; Batang Padang valley to Telom. 

 Penang, Bahk Pulau (Curtis) ; Setul. Disirib. India, Burma. 

 Native names : Kandada; Berombong Hutan. 



