LVIII. LYTIIUACE.E. ol5 



buds ellipsoid. Calyx 1^-1^ in. long; tube lieinisplicric ; lobes 6, 

 lauceolate-oblong, acute, ^ in. long. i'elais 0, linear-oblong, | by 

 g-^ in., dark rose-colored. Style very long, often exceeding 2 in. 

 iVuit 1-2 in. in diam., cushiou-sbaped, supported by tbe persistent 

 calyx wbich forms a sballuw cup, and tipped by tbe persistent tapering 

 style-base which forms a point about 1 in. long in its centre. Y\. B. I. 

 V. 2, p. 579; Grab. Cat. p. 72; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 98; Trim. Yl 

 Ceyl. V. 2, p. 2:30; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 176; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 038 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, 

 part 3, p. 275. — Flowers : Feb.-July. 



KoNKAN : suit-marshes of the Koiikan, Talhot ; Falt-niarsh on the Salsette side 

 of Sion Causeway near Bombay, Graham, Dalzcll ; Eatuagiri, Vingorla, Dahell; 

 Ifareshvar, Kanitkar ! ; Dharaintar, Woodroiv ! Kanar v : salt-water creeks of 

 N. Kanara, Talhot. — Distuib. India (tidal creeks and mangrove swamps) ; Ceylon, 

 Java, Siam. 



The erect root-branches, which reach 18-24 in. in length by 3 in. in diam., have a 

 soft firm texture like cork and have been used as a substitute for it in Ceylon. 

 ( Trinien, 1. c.) 



Punica Granatnm, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 472. The Pomrrjranate. 

 A small tree or large shrub, wild in Persia, Cabul, and Beluchistan, is 

 cultivated throughout India for its fruit and flowers and has become 

 naturalized in many places. It is largely cultivated in the Bombay 

 Presidency at Alandi near Poona. The fruit is infested by a curious 

 caterpillar which, in order to enjoy the fruit in safety, fastens it to the 

 stalk with a web of silky threads, so that the fruit may not fall off 

 the tree and the depredator be injured. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 581 ; Grab. 

 Cat. p. 72 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 34 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1898) p. 038, & Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 319; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 0, part 1, p. 368. — Vern. Andr:, Ddlimhi. 



Oeder LIX. ONAGRACE^. 



Herbs, rarely undersbrubs, sometimes aquatic. Leaves opposite 

 or alternate, membranous, entii'e or toothed, undivided (in Trapa the 

 submerged leaves pinnatipartite), exstipulate. Flowers hermaphrodite, 

 regular (rarely irregular), axillary and solitary, or in spikes or racemes 

 towards the ends of the branches. Calyx-tube wholly adnate to the 

 ovary (|-adnate in Trapa) ; limb 2-o-lobed, tbe lobes valvate. Petals 

 epigynous, alternate with the calyx-lobes, rarely 0. Stamens as many 

 or twice as many as the calyx-lobes, inserted with tbe petals when these 

 are present. Ovary inferior (J-inferior in Trapa), 1-0- (commonly 

 4-) celled ; ovules 1 or many in each cell, pendulous or ^-ascending, 

 placentas axile ; style cylindric or subulate ; stigma capitate, entire, 

 2-lobed or 4-tid. Fruit various, dehiscent or indehiscent, membranous, 

 capsular or bony, 1-many-celled, 1-many-seeded. Seeds exalbuminous 

 or nearly so. — Distrib. Throughout the temperate regions of the world, 

 rarer in the Tropics ; genera 22 ; species 300. 



Seeds very many. 



Stamens twice as many as the calyx-lobes 1. Jrssi.EA. 



Stamens as many as tlie calyx-lobes 2. LfuwioiA. 



Seeds 1-2. 



Aquatic; stamens 4 3. Thapa. 



