572 LXI. LYTHRACEJS. (C. B. Clarke.) [Hydroly thrum. 



1. K. Wallichii, Hook. f. in Gen. PI. i. 777; Hook. Ic. PI t. 1007. 

 Rotala, sp. Wall. Cat. 9059. R. (Mirkooa) myriophylloides, Welw. ; Oliv. Fl. 

 Trop. Afr. ii. 469. Ammannia Wallichii, Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1877, pt. 

 ii. 84. 



TAVOY ; Wallich. MOTJLMEIN ; Lobb. DISTRIB. Java, Angola. 



Stems 8 in., weak, little divided, probably erect in the water. Leaves -f in., 

 about 8-12 in each whorl ; emersed leaves % in., acute or obtuse. Calyx without ac- 

 cessory teeth. Petals elliptic, rose-coloured, far exceeding the calyx-teeth. Capsule 

 not ripe in the Indian examples, dehiscing septici dally from the apex in the African. 

 Mr. Hiern says (in Oliv. FL .Trop. Afr. ii. 469) that the Angola plant is conge- 

 neric with the Tavoy plant ; but it appears conspecitic. 



3. WOODFORDXA, Salisb. 



A shrub. Leaves opposite, subsessile, entire, lanceolate, beneath whiter and 

 with black glandular dots. Flowers in short panicled cymes on axillary pedun- 

 cles, rarely solitary, scarlet; pedicels 2-bracteate at their base. Calyx long- 

 tubular, slightly curved, mouth oblique ; teeth 6, short, with 6 minute accessory 

 teeth. Petals 6, small or 0, inserted at the top of the calyx-tube. Stamens 

 12, decimate, inserted on the calyx-tube below its middle. Ovary at the bot- 

 tom of the calyx-tube, free, sessile, oblong, 2-celled ; style filiform, stigma 

 small ; ovules very many, placentas axile. Capsule ellipsoid, membranous, in- 

 cluded in the calyx. Seeds very many, narrowly cuneate-obovate, quite smooth, 

 without hairs or papillae. 



1. W. floribunda, Salisb. Parad. Lond. t. 42 ; Boiss. Fl Orient, ii. 737 ; 

 Brand. For. Fl. 238. W. tomentosa, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. t. xiv. fig. 4. 

 W. fruticosa, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871, pt. ii. 56 ; For. Fl. i. 618. Grislea 

 tomentosa, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 31 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 233 ; DC. Prodr. iii. 92 ; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 1906 ; Wall. Cat. 2110 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 308 ; Blume Mus. Bot. ii. t. 

 45 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 621 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 97. G. uniflora, 

 Rich. Fl. Abyss, t. 52. G. punctate, Ham.-, DC. I.e. 92; W. 8f A. Prodr. 

 308. G. micropetala, Hochst. et Steud. in Herb. Schimp. 1906. Lythrum fruti- 

 cosum, Linn. Sp. PI. 641. 



Throughout INDIA, common ; ascending to 5000 ft. ; but not seen in the alluvial 

 mud of Bengal. DISTRIB. Beloochistan, Tropical Africa, Madagascar, China. 



A shrub with long spreading branches, brilliantly red with flowers in the hot 

 season. Leaves 2-4 in., opposite or subopposite, usually rounded or cordate at the 

 base (but one African form has leaves attenuate at the base) ; usually grey pubescent 

 beneath, sometimes quite glabrous. Calyx ^-^ in., bright red. Petals scarcely longer 

 than the calyx-teeth. Seed (figured by Blume and by Beddome as densely covered by 

 long papillae and stated by Kurz to be papillose-pilose) in every example at Kew 

 entirely glabrous not exhibiting at any period of its development the smallest trace 

 of a papilla. This shrub is very uniform in character throughout India : the African 

 examples vary much more. It is trimorphic after the manner described by Mr. Dar- 

 win in Lythrum Salicaria. See Hiern in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 481. 



4. PEMPHIS, Forst. 



A maritime shrub or tree, attaining 35 ft. Leaves opposite, oblong, entire, 



very thick, fleshy. Flowers axillary, solitary, peduncles 2-bracteate at their 



base. Calyx-tube campanulate, 12-oo -ribbed ; teeth 6, short, with 6 shorter 



accessory teeth. Petals 6, inserted at the top of the calyx-tube, nearly as long as 



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