580 LXI. LYTHRACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) [tionneratia. 



i. 526. Khizophora caseolaris, Linn. Sp. PL 635. Aubletia caseolaris, Gaertn. 

 Fruct. i. t. 7Q.Rheede Hort. Mai iii. t. 40 ; Humph. Amb. iii. t. 74. 



BENGAL ; Griffith. Soonderbun ; C. B. Clarke. EANGOON, McClelland. PEGU ; 

 Kurz. DECCAN PENINSULA ; Bottler. CEYLON ; Thwaites. DISTRIB. Java, Siam. 



A small tree, not exceeding 15 ft. (Kurz), growing in mangrove swamps flooded 

 by the tide. Leaves 3-4 by 1-lf in., attenuate almost to the base so that the petiole 

 is subobsolete. Buds ellipsoid, calyx-tube not in the least angular. Calyx in" flower 

 1 in. or more ; style long-exserted sometimes 3 in. Capsule thick- walled, sometimes 

 more than 2 in. broad, concave at the summit. The Kew specimens are all narrow- 

 leaved, the flowers 6-fid not 7-8-fid ; but the examples are few and it is probable 

 Jfchat to the synonyms above cited should be added S. Pagatpat, obovata, evenia, lan- 

 ccolata for which see Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 496, 497. 



3. S. G-riffithii, Kurz Pegu For. Report Append. B. 54 ; For. Fl. i. 527 ; 

 leaves broad obovate obtuse, calyx-tube not at all angular, lobes 6-8, petals 0. 

 S. alba, Griff. Notul. iv. 652 not Smith. ? S. neglecta, Blume Mm. Bot. i. 

 338. 



BURMA ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2433). PEGU and TENASSERIM; Kurz. 



Leaves 3 by 2 in., narrowed at the base ; petiole more than ^ in. Buds flowers 

 and calyx exactly of S. acida; calyx-tube ovoid, perfectly free from ribs, petals want- 

 ing. Fruit unknown. This seems an apetalous form of S. acida, but the leaves 

 slightly differ from all the examples of that plant. 



4. S. alba, Smith in Rees Cyclop, xxxiii. No. 2 ; leaves elliptic obtuse 

 or obovate narrowed to a short petiole, calyx-tube 6-8-angular (obscurely so 

 iii the bud distinctly in fruit), lobes 6-8, petals 0, fruit broadly obconic. DC. 

 Prodr. iii. 231 ; Blume Mus. Bot. i. 338 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 497 ; 

 Kurz For. Fl. i. 526. S. mossambicensis, Klotzsch in Peters Reis. Mossamb. 

 Bot. t. 12. S. acida, Benth. in Fl. Austral, iii. 301 ; Stern in Oliv. Fl. Trop. 

 Afr. ii. 483,Rumph. Amb. iii. t. 73. 



MERGUI; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2432). PEGU; Kurz. MALAYA; MaingayTSo. 

 654-2. DISTRIB. Tropical shores of Africa with its islands, Malaya and Australia. 



A small tree not exceeding 15 ft. (Kurz), growing in the saline littoral forests. 

 Leaves 3 in., oblong or nearly round, narrowed at the base; petiole ^-\ in. Flowers 

 the size of S. acida, with a very long style. Fruit 1 in. broad, calyx obconical at the 

 base (not flat as in S. acida) ribbed as shown in Klotzsch' picture above cited. This 

 species was united with S. acida by Mr. Bentham, and the other writers at Kew have 

 followed. Mr. Kurz has pointed out the distinction in the calyx ; and there is a 

 wide difference between the fruits so far as at present known ; but the material is not 

 ample. 



10. PUNIC A, Linn. 



A large shrub ; branchlets round, often armed. Leaves opposite suboppo- 

 site or clustered, oblong or obovate, obtuse, entire. Flowers shortly pedicelled, 

 axillary, solitary or somewhat clustered, large, orange-red. Calyx-tube funnel- 

 shaped, coriaceous, adnate to the ovary below, enlarged above the ovary ; lobes 

 5-7, persistent on the fruit. Petals 5-7, lanceolate, wrinkled, inserted between 

 the calyx-lobes. Stamens very many, inserted round the mouth of the calyx. 

 Ovary inferior with many cells in two whorls ; style long, bent, stigma capitate ; 

 ovules very many, placentas in some cells axile in others parietal. Berry infe- 

 rior, globose, many-celled. Seeds very many, angular, testa coriaceous with a 

 watery outer co:>t ; cotyledons convolute. 



