826 LX. LYTHRACE^. [Somieratia. 



Calyx-tube obconic, angled, -4 in. long ; lobes 6 to 8 oblong-lanceo- 

 late acute. Petals o. Stamens white. Style long. Capsule 

 obconic, ribbed i in. or more through. Hab. Marine, usually 

 growing quite in the sea. Singapore, Sungei Jurong; Galang; 

 Pulau Brani. Johor, Tanjong Kupang. Negri Sembilan, Sungei 

 Menyala (Foxworthy). Distrib. Burma, Malay isles. N alive name : 

 Berombong. Use : Timber for knees of boats. 



7. AXINANDRA Thw. 



Trees glabrous. Leaves coriaceous. Racemes axillary and 

 terminal panicled. Flowers small. Calyx superior, 5-lobed. 

 Petals 5, small triangular; stamens 10. Ovary 5- to 6-celled, 

 inferior; ovules i to 2 in cell; style straight. Capsule half- 

 superior, woody, elHpsoid below adnate to calyx-tube, loculicidally 

 3- to 6-valved. Seeds winged. Species 4 to 5, Ceylon and Borneo. 



(i) A. Maingayi Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 581. 



Leaves elliptic acuminate, base short, narrowed, 3 in. long, 

 1-75 in. wide; petioles short, -15 to -25 in. long. Racemes 3 in. 

 long; flowers remote, -i in. long; pedicels as long. Calyx broad 

 cupular, lo-ribbed. Petals caducous. Style long. Hab. Malacca 

 (Maingay). Very rare, never met with again. 



Order LXI. ONAGRACEiE 



Herbs usually found in damp spots. Leaves opposite or 

 alternate. Flowers usually axillary solitary, yellow, white (or 

 pink). Calyx tube wholly adnate to ovary, lobes 3 to 6. Petals 

 epigynous as many. Stamens as many or twice as many. Ovary 

 inferior, 4- or 5-celled; style i. Stigma capitate or lobed. Fruit 

 usually dehiscent, i- to many-seeded. Species 3000, chiefly in 

 temperate regions. 



Stamens twice the number of sepals . . . .1. JussiiEA 



Stamens as many as sepals . . . . . .2. Ludwigia 



1. JUSSIiEA, Linn. 



Water or ditch herbs. Leaves alternate. Flowers yellow or 

 white, solitary axillary. Calyx-tube narrow or obconic, teeth 

 4 to 6, acute persistent. Petals 4 to 6, usually yellow, caducous. 

 Stamens short, twice as many. Ovary 4- or 5-celled; ovules 

 numerous axile; style simple, short. Stigma 4-lobed. Capsule 

 narrow, cylindric or angled or obconic, 4- or 5-celled. Seeds very 

 numerous minute. Species 30, tropics generally. 



