LYIII, LYTIIllACK.'E. 513 



CoTiNTKY : TVlgaiun, Ei/chie, 270 ! & 949 !— Distrib. India (base of the W. Himalaya, 

 W. Peninsula) ; Ava. 



The wood is valued for its timber, wliioh is tough, elastic, and durable. The leaves 

 are used to feed tumr silkworms. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



2. Iiagerstroemia lanceolata, Wall. Cat. (1828) 2120. A 

 large tree 30-50 ft. high ; bark ash-colored, pec^ling off in large strips. 

 Leaves 2|-4 by |-2 in., elliptic-lanceolate, acute, glabrous above, usually 

 hoary-tomentose beneath; main nerves 8-12 pairs, prominent; petioles 

 \-^ in. long. Flowers in large usually compound panicles ; pedicels 

 short, pubescent. Calyx 1 in. long, usually hoary-tomentose ; tube 

 hemispheric ; lobes about -^ in. long, triangular, acute, patent or often 

 reflexed. Petals i-| by -^ in., oblong-obovate, with a long slender 

 claw. Capsules |-f in. long, ellipsoid, not ribbed. Seeds (including the 

 wing) about ^ in. long, the wing about 1 in. long and g in. broad at the 

 base, cultriform. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 576 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 ( 1898) p. 638 : Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 583. Lar/erstrcemia 

 parvijlora, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 98 {not of Eoxb.). L. microcarpa, Wight, 

 Icon. (1840) t. 109; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 30; Talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 ed. 2, p. 176. — Flowers : Mar .-Apr. Vern. JSdna. 



Dalzell <Sf Gibson (Bomb. Fl, 1. c.) have transposed the names L. lanceo- 

 lata and L, parvijlora. 



Konkan: Stocks], Law], Dalzell], Gibson]; Wari country, common, DaLell ^f 

 Gibson. S. M. Country: Ramgbat and Bel^SLUin, Bifckie, 277! Kanaka: North 

 Kanara, Talbot ; Kumpta-Sirsi Road, Woodrow. — Distrib. India (from Bombay 

 southwards). 



3. Lagerstroemia Flos-Reginse, Betz. Ols. (1789) fasc. 5, p. 25. 

 A large tree 30-60 ft. high ; brandies widely spreading ; bark pale, 

 smooth, flaking off in irregular pieces. Leaves 4-8 by 11^3 in., oblong- 

 lanceolate or elliptic, subacute, glabrous and finely reticulate on both 

 surfaces, pale beneath, base acute or rounded ; main nerves 10-13 pairs, 

 prominent, curving up\\ards ; petioles i-| in. long, stout. Flowers 

 2-3 in. across, in large panicles sometimes reaching 1 ft. long ; pedicels 

 stout, pubescent, thickened upwards and articulated below the middle. 

 Calyx turbinate, fin. long, covered with white or ferruginous tomentum, 

 ribbed with 12-14 prominent stout ridges, those opposite the calyx-teeth 

 broader ; teeth 6-7, triangular, acute, spreading, :; in. long, thickened 

 at the edges. Petals 6-7, purple, 1-1^ in. long, suborbicular or rotund- 

 ovate, clawed, much undulate and crumpled, spreading. Stamens all 

 equal, shorter than the style. Capsules ellipsoid or subglobose, f-l^ by 

 f-1 in., minutely apiculate. Seeds (including the wing) g-^V by |- 

 -j-^g in., glabrous, pale-brown. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 577 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 

 2, p. 228; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 176; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 11 (1898) p. 638; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 5b2. 

 Laqerstrcemia Regincp, Eoxb. Cor. PI. v. 1 (1795) p. 46, t. 65 ; Grab. Cat. 

 p. 67 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 98 ; Wight, Icon. t. 413 ; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. 

 t. 29. L. speeiosa, Pers. Syn. v. 2 (1807) p. 72 ; Kochne, in Engl. & 

 Prantl, Pflanzenf. v. 3, part 7, p. 14, fig, 5, p-t. — Flowers : Apr.-June. 

 Yern. Tdman; JSJota-bonddra. 



Konkan: S. Konkan, Woodrow; wild in the vale of the Nagotna river near its 

 source, Graham; Tingorla, Dohell <S' Gibson. Kanaka: N. Kanara Ghats on the 

 banks of nalas and rivers, Talbot. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula, Assam) ; Ceylon, 

 Malaya, China, in many cases only cultivated. 



