Lager stroemiaJ] LSI. LYTHKACE&. (C. B. Clarke.) 575 



, Zmn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, distichous (or the uppermost alternate), 

 entire, oblong or ovate. Panicles axillary and terminal, usually trichotomous, 

 sometimes dense ; peduncles 2-bracteate at their apex ; pedicels 2-bracteolate. 

 Flowers often large. Calyx-tube funnel-shaped, smooth grooved angular or 

 subalate ; lobes 6 sometimes 7-9, ovate, subacute, valvate. Petals 6 sometimes 

 7-9 (or 0), inserted at the summit of the calyx-tube, clawed, wrinkled, 

 margin crisped erose or fimbriate. Stamens very many, inserted near the bot- 

 tom of the calyx-tube ; filaments long, exsert. Ovary sessile, in the bottom of 

 the calyx, 3-6-celled ; style long, bent, stigma capitate ; ovules very many, 

 ascending, placentas axile. Capsule more or less adnate to the calyx, ellipsoid, 

 coriaceous, smooth, 3-6-celled, 3-6-valved. Seeds many (rarely few), elongate, 

 flat, erect, winged from their summit. DISTRIB. Species 18, in South-east 

 Asia extending to Australia ; Burma being the centre of the genus. 



SECT. I. Velag-a. Calyx-tube smooth, neither ribbed nor subalate. 

 * Calyx glabrous or puberulous, not fulvous-tomentose. 



1. Xi. in die a, Linn. \ DC. Prodr. iii. 93 ; petals |-| in. long-clawed, cap- 

 sule ^ in. diam. nearly globose, calyx-teeth erect on the fruit. Roxb. Hort. 

 Seng. 38 ; FL Ind. ii. 505 ; Sot. Mag. t. 405 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 308 ; Wight III. 

 t. 86 ; Kurz For. FL i. 521. L. elegans, Wall, in Paxt. Mag. Sot. xiv. 269, 

 with Jig. Velaga globosa, Gaertn. Fruct. t. 133. 



Throughout INDIA ; common in gardens ; possibly wild in the eastern boundary:- 

 DISTRIB. Cultivated throughout the warm parts of Asia originally from China. 



A shrub, showy in flower. Leaves 2 in., glabrous, elliptic or oblong, sessile, acute 

 or somewhat obtuse at each end, never acuminate. Panicle not condensed, minutely 

 pubescent or glabrous. Petals bright pink. Calyx-teeth on the fruit long-triangular, 

 erect but distant, thin not woody. Seed in. including its wing. 



2. Zi. parviflora, Roxb. Hort. Seng. 38 ; Cor. PL t. 66 ; FL Ind. ii. 



505 ; leaves glabrous or shortly pubescent beneath, petiole less than in., petals 

 less than \ in., calyx-teeth ultimately woody erect closely adpressed to the 

 fruit. DC. Prodr. iii. 93 ; Wall. Cat. 2119 altogether not partly as say W. $ A. 

 Prodr. 308 ; Wight Ic. t. 69 ; Griff. Ic. PL Asi'at. t. 592 ; Sedd, FL Sylv. t. 31 ; 

 Dalz. $ Gibs. Somb. FL 98; Srand. For. FL 239; Kurz For. FL i. 521. 

 L. Fatioa, Slume Mus. Sot. ii. 125. Fatioa nepaulensis, Wall. ; DC. Prodr. 

 iii. 89. 



At the base of the WESTERN HIMALAYA, alt. 1000 ft. Throughout the DECCAN 

 PLATEAU (i.e. everywhere south from the Gangetic Plain), alt. 1000-3000 ft.; abun- 

 dant. Not in Central Bengal, nor Ceylon. DISTRIB. Ava. 



A tree, attaining 60 ft. Leaves 2-3^ in., glabrous in the typical plant, oblong, 

 acute or acuminate with the apex obtuse, beneath a lighter colour, often prominently 

 reticulate. Panicles many- or few-flowered, not condensed. Calyx glabrous puberu- 

 lous or minutely pubescent, in fruit somewhat funnel-shaped at the base, teeth small. 

 Petals narow, white. Capsule variable in size, in the typical plant f-1 by | in. 

 Seeds (with the wing) |- in. and upwards. 



VAR. 1. majuscula ; leaves glabrous larger sometimes 4-5 by 2 in., fruit very large, 

 sometimes exceeding H by 1 in. L. lanceolata, Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 32, not of Wall. 

 Common on the north-eastern edge of the Deccan Plateau in Chota Nagpore and 

 Behar. Dr! Brandis (For. FL 240) supposes that Col. Beddome has made the grave 



