Lawsonia.] LYTHRACEAE. 513 



A large deciduous tree with rather small white flowers and 

 a woody capsule varying in size. Bark light brown, thin, 

 exfoliating in long scales ; wood hard, useful for building 

 and agricultural purposes. Yern. Hind. Sida, Bakli ; 

 Ur. Sidha ; Tel Chinangi. 



2. LAGERSTROEMIA LANCEOLATA, Wall. ; F. B. I. ii. 576 ; 

 W. & A. 309. L. microcarpa, Wt. Ic. t. 109 ; Bedd. Fl. t. 30. 



Deccan, in the Sandur Hills of Bellary, up to 4,000 ft. 

 (A. W. Lushington) ; W. Ghats and W. Coast, common in 

 deciduous and dry evergreen forests up to 3,000 ft. 

 A large deciduous tree with small white flowers and small 

 capsules. Bark smooth, white, peeling off in papery flakes ; 

 wood reddish-brown, moderately hard, useful and valuable 

 for building and other purposes. Yern. Tel. Yentaku ; 

 Tain. Yevala ; Mai. Yenthekku ; Kan. Billi nandi. 



3. LAGERSTROEMIA THOMSONII, Koehne in Engl. Pflzreich xvii. 

 257. 



" Mysore and Carnatic" (G-. Thomson), probably W. Ghats, 

 apparently very rare. 



4. LAGERSTROEMIA FLOS-REGINAE, Retz; F. B. I. ii. 577. 

 L. Reginae, Roxb. Cor. PL t. 65 ; W. & A. 308 ; Wt. Ic. t. 

 413; Bedd. Fl. t. 29. 



W. Ghats, from S. Canara through Malabar to Travancore, 

 chiefly along river banks and up to 3,000 ft. ; hills of the 

 N". Circars (Roxburgh) ; much cultivated for ornament, 

 sometimes for timber. 



A large deciduous tree, very handsome from its large 

 mauve flowers, the seed capsules remaining long. Bark 

 smooth, usually grey; wood light red, hard, valuable for 

 building, for ship work and furniture. Yern. Hind. JartU ; 

 Tarn. Kadali, Pu maruthu ; Mai. Mani maruthu. 



5. LAGERSTROEMIA ROTTLERI, C. B. Clarke in F. B. I. ii. 576. 



Without locality (Bottler). 

 A well-marked but very little-known tree. 



Lagerttroemia indica, Linn., is an ornamental large shrub or 

 small tree, commonly cultivated in gardens, native of China. 



7. Lawsonia, Linn. 



A glabrous shrub, branches terete, branchlets sometimes tetra- 

 gonous, ending in spines. Leaves opposite, entire, lanceolate; 



