514 LTIII. LTTnBACE.T;. 



Sir G. King in his " Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula" (Jonrn. As. 

 Soc. Bong. V. 67 [1898] p. 9) gives most convincing reasons for aduptiug Iho name 

 L. Flos-Rcgince, E,elz. (17y9), instead of i. speciosa, Persoon (1807). 



La(jersir<Tem!a iHf?("crt,Linn.Syst.ed. 10(1759)p. 1076. A very handsome 

 shrub introduced from China and cultivated largely in gardens. It has 

 glabrous leaves 2 in. long and showy llowers of every shade from pale 

 rose to dark crimson. It is propaj^jated bj- cuttings or seeds. VI. B. I. 

 V. 2, p. 575 ; Grrah. Cat. p. 67; Dalz. & (iibs. Suppl. p. 33; Woodr. iu 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 638, & Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 318 ; 

 Watt, Diet. Ecou. Prod. v. 4, p. 583. — Flowers : June- July. Vern. 

 Chhiai-Mendhi. 



5. SONNERATIA, Linn. f. 



Trees growing near the sea. Leaves opposite, petiolate, coriaceous, 

 entire. Llowers 3 tofjether at the apices of the branches, or axillary 

 and solitary, ebracteolate. Calyx thickly coriaceous ; tube campanulate ; 

 lobes 4-8, triangular-ovate or lanceolate. Petals 0, or as many as the 

 calyx-lobes. Stamens co , inserted in the throat of the calyx-tube, 

 many-seriate ; filaments filiform, at length reflexed ; anthers versatile, 

 reniform. Ovary free or adnate at the base to the calyx-tube, many- 

 celled, with thin septa ; ovules numerous, ascending, placentas axile ; 

 style elongate, filiform ; stigma subcapitate. Berry subglobose, thick, 

 supported by the persistent calyx, 10-15-celIed, many-seeded. Seeds 

 nesting in pulp, curved, angular ; cotyledons short, foliaceous, con- 

 volute ; radicle elongate, terete. — Distrib. Tropical sea-shores of the 

 Eastern hemisphere ; species 5-6. 



Calyx-lobes 4 ; petals 1. S. apefala. 



Calyx-lobes 6 ; petals 6 2. S. acida. 



1. Sonneratia apetala, Buch.-Ham. in Syme, Emb. Ava, v. 3 (1800) 

 p. 313. An erect tree reaching 40 ft. high growing in mangrove 

 swamps ; branches slender, drooping. Leaves 2-4 by 1-1 5 in., oblong- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, thick, glabrous, much attenuated at the base into 

 a short petiole ; main nerves .10-12 pairs, not conspicuous. Flowers 

 sohtary or, more commonly, 3 together, large, articulated on pedicels 

 -| in. long. Calyx | iu. long ; tube cup-shaped ; lobes 4, ovate-oblong, 



acute, ^5 in. long. Petals 0. Stamens slightly exserted ; style shorter 

 tliau the stamens ; stigma umbrella-shaped. Capsule about | in. broad, 

 depressed-globose, tipped with the style, smooth. PI. B. I. v. 2, p. 579 ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 72 ; Trim. PI. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 229 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 ed. 2, p. 177 ; Woodr. iu Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 638 ; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 3, p. 276. — Flowers : Feb. 



Rather rare. Konkan: Law I; salt-marsh by the road leading from Bombay 

 to Sewree, Graham; Mumbra (Tbana districts), Woodrow; Dharamtar, Woodrow. — 

 DisTKiB. India (in tidal creeks of Bengal, the Western Peninsula, Birnia). 



This plant and the next have been included in the list of so-called "mangroves" 

 given on pjige 471. 



2. Sonneratia acida, L'mn. f. Suppl . PI. (1781) p. 252. A small 

 tree rarely reaching 15 ft. liigh. Leaves nearly sessile, subfleshy, 2-3| 

 by 1-21 in., elhptic-oblong or obovate, obtuse, much attenuated at the 

 base. Flowers large, terminal, solitary, on very short thick pedicels ; 



