Pemphis.] LXi. LTTHRACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) 573 



it, obovate, wrinkled, white or rose. Stamens 12, inserted in two series towards 

 the middle of the calyx-tube. Ovary free, at the bottom of the calyx-tube, 3- 

 celled at the base ; style long, stigma capitate ; ovules many, ascending, pla- 

 centas 3 sub-basal. Capsule coriaceous, obovoid or nearly globose, included in 

 the calyx-tube or exsert nearly half its length, circumsciss somewhat irregu- 

 larly, ultimately 1-celled. Seeds very many, long cuneate-obovoid, angular, 

 smooth, standing out in all directions from what appears to be a free central 

 placenta. 



1. P. acidula, Forst. Gen. t. 34 ; DC. Prodr. iii. 89 ; Watt. Cat. 2108 ; 

 W. $ A. Prodr. 307 ; Griff. Notul. iv. 610 ; Blume Mus. Sot. ii. t. 43 ; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 619 ; JBedd. FL Sylv. Anal. Gen. t. xiv. fig. 5 ; Kurz For. 

 Fl. i. 518. P. angustifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 465. Maclellandia Griffithiana, 

 Wight Ic. t. 1996. Lythrum Pemphis, Linn.f. Suppl 249 ; Lamk. 111. ii. 408, 

 fig. 2. Melanium fruticosum, Spreng. Syst. ii. 455. 



Southern coasts of both PENINSULAS and of CEYLON. DISTRIB. Tropical coasts of 

 the Old World 



Branchlets young leaves and inflorescence with short grey hairs. Leaves 1 by | in. 

 Peduncles -f in. Capsule i in. diam. 



5. LAWSONIA, Linn. 



A glabrous erect shrub with round branches, sometimes spinous. Leaves 

 opposite, entire, lanceolate. Floivers rather small, in large terminal panicled 

 cymes ; bracts small, deciduous. Calyx-tube exceedingly short ; lobes 4, ovate. 

 Petals 4, obovate, wrinkled, inserted at the top of the calyx-tube. Stamens 

 usually 8, inserted in pairs between the petals, sometimes 4 only or 8 not paired. 

 Ovary free, 4-celled (or 4-celled at the base) ; style very long, stigma capitate ; 

 ovules many, placentas axile. Capsule coriaceous, globose, exsert, irregularly 

 breaking up, ultimately 1-celled. Seeds many, angular, pyramidal, smooth, 

 packed on a central placenta. 



1. Zi. alba, Lamk. III. t. 296,/^r. 2 ; DC. Prodr. iii. 91 ; Wall. Cat. 2109 ; 

 W. $ A. Prodr. 307 ; Wight III. t. 87 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt, i. 620 ; Boiss. 

 Fl. Orient, ii. 744 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 97 ; Bedd. FL Sylv. Anal. Gen. 

 xiv. fig. 6 ; Brand. For. Fl. 238. L. inermis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 258 ; Griff. Ic. 

 PL Asiat. t. 580. L. spinosa, Linn, j Lour. FL Cochinc. 281. L. purpurea, 

 Lamk. j Spreng. Syst. ii. 217. 



Throughout INDIA, very common, cultivated ; perhaps wild in Western India. 

 DISTRIB. Cabul, Persia. Cultivated in many tropical and warm temperate regions. 



About 6 ft. high, often trimmed so as to make a close fence. Leaves f-l| in., 

 narrowed at the base, sometimes very shortly petioled, acute or obtuse. Flowers \ in. 

 diam., sweet-scented, rose or white. Sepals ^ in., permanent. Capsule size of a 



6. CRYPTERONIA, Blume. 



Trees. Leaves opposite, petioled, entire, ovate or lanceolate. Racemes 

 elongate, in branched panicles. Flowers minute, white or green, with short 

 linear bracts at the base of the pedicels, polygamo-dioacious. Calyx-tube short, 

 saucer-shaped, or longer subhemispheric ; teeth 5 (rarely 4), valvate, persistent. 

 Petals 0. Stamens as many as the calyx-teeth, inserted between them near the 



