2. Lagekstb(emia. ] 45. LYTHBACJEJF. 



A tree, or in Ch. Nag. a shrub or small tree, with narrow 

 ell. or oblong or ovate-lanceolate acute or acuminate distichous 

 leaves and delicate white flowers in trichotomous panicles with 

 petals under J*. 



Common, usually in poor valley forest and on clay soil, often as a scrub 

 jungle (in the forests of the sub-Himalaya it is a large tall tree). Fls. 

 April-May. Fr. Dec.-Jany. Deciduous Feby .-March, and flowers on the 

 young shoots. 



All the Ch. Nag. specimens belong to the var. majuscula with leaves 

 3-5' long and axillary panicles often simply racemose and capsule ellip- 

 soid or oblong 1-1^'' long. 



L. coriaceous when old pale or glaucous, glabrous or shortly pubesoent 

 beneath with 6-10 prs. sec nerves. Peduncle and pedicels slender, bracts 

 linear. Hypanthium woody in fruit, partially embracing the capsule. St. 

 f ow long and many short. Capsule 3-4-valved. 



Used for agricultural implements. 



3. L.indica, L. A handsome shrub, largely cultivated in gardens. 

 Fls. Ma y-Aug. A native of China. 



Lawsonia alba, Lamik. Mehnde, H. The Henna is a small treo 

 or large shrub somewhat resembling a Myrtle, often cultivated, with 

 lanceolate or narrow-rhomboid loaves, and very fragrant small cream- 

 coloured, red or whitens. {" diam. Capsirte £-A' diam. depressed globose 

 irregularly dehiscent with very numerous angular seeds. Fls. and Fr. at 

 various seasons. 



Punica Qranatum, L. Anar, H. The Pomegranate. Is a well 

 known handsome shrub with deep green foliage and large scarlet flowers. 

 The structure of the flower is peculiar, by the infolding of the wall of the 

 ovary, the cells come to lie in tiers and Punica is sometimes placed in a 

 separate order, the Punicace®. 



Amm.Annia is a genus of herbs, some minute, others 2 ft. or more. 

 At least oight species occur in Ch. Nagpur. Petals 3-5 or 0. St. 2-8. 

 Septa of the ovary sometimes quickly absorbed so that the placenta 

 becomes free central. 



Fam. 46. OXAGRACEJ2. 



A family usually easily recognized by the floral-whorls 

 being in multiples of 4 (rarely 5), and the wholly inferior 

 ovary with many axile ovules in each cell. Trap* is some- 

 what exceptional. 



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