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LYTHRARIE^E. XXV. LAGERSTRCEMIA. XXVI. LAFOENSIA. XXVII. PIIYSOPODIUM. 



long claws. T; . S. Native of China, Cochinchina, and Japan, 

 not in India, unless cultivated in gardens. Curt. hot. mag. t. 

 405. Rumph. amb. 7. t. 28. Sibi, Koempf. amoen. p. 855. 

 Flowers flesh-coloured, large, and handsome. Branchlets acutely 

 tetragonal, nearly 4- winged. 



Indian Lagerstroemia. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1759. Shrub 6 

 to 10 feet. 



2 L. PARVIFLORA (Roxb. cor. 1. p. 47. t. 66.) leaves oblong 

 or oval, obtuse, rather scabrous ; peduncles axillary, 3-6-flow- 

 ered ; petals flat, on short claws. ^ . S. Native of the moun- 

 tains called the Circars, in the East Indies. The peduncles 

 being numerous at the tops of the branches, may be called a 

 panicle. The flowers are small and white. The wood is used 

 for various economical purposes in its native country. Leaves 

 downy beneath. 



Small-flowered Lagerstrasmia. Clt. 1818. Sh. 6 to 12 feet. 



SECT. II. MUNCHAU'SIA (so named from Baron Gerlach Adol- 

 plius de Munchausen). Lin. mant. 153. Juss. gen. 331. Ba- 

 nava, Cam. ex Ray, hist. 3. luz. p. 80. Calyx neither fur- 

 rowed nor plaited. Stamens equal among themselves. 



3 L. SPECIOSA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 72.) leaves oval, glabrous, 

 somewhat attenuated at both ends ; panicle terminal ; petals flat, 

 orbicular, on long claws. fj.S. Native of China. Munchau- 

 sia speciosa, Lin. mant. p. 243. Murr. prod, with a figure. 

 Munch, hausv. 5. p. 356. ex \Villd. Lagerst. Munchausia, 

 Willd. spec. 2. p. 1179. L. major, Retz. Upper leaves alter- 

 nate. Petals 9 lines long. Flowers very shevvy, disposed in 

 terminal racemes. 



Shewy Lagerstroemia. Tree. 



4 L. GRANDIFLORA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 38.) leaves ovate, 

 cordate at the base, acuminated at the apex, glabrous on both 

 surfaces ; panicles subcorymbose, terminal ; petals oval-oblong, 

 on short claws. 1? . S. Native of the East Indies, at Chitta- 

 gong. Calyx large, cleft into 5 parts beyond the middle. Petals 

 an inch long. Style compressed, thick, exserted. D. C. mem. 

 hist. nat. gen. 3. pt. 2. p. 84. 



Great-flowered Lagerstrcemia. Clt. 1818. Shrub. 



SECT. III. ADA'MBEA (Adamba is the Malabar name of//, re- 

 ginee and Katau-adambtz of L. hirsuta}. Lam. diet. 1. p. 39. 

 D. C. prod. 3. p. 93. Calyx furrowed and plaited longitudinally. 

 Stamens nearly equal in length. 



5 L. REGIN.S (Roxb. cor. 1. p. 46. t. 65.) leaves oblong, gla- 

 brous ; panicle terminal ; calyxes tomentose ; petals orbicular, 

 undulated, on short claws. Ij . S. Native of the East Indies, 

 in woods on the Circars, and in Java ; also of Malabar, in sandy 

 or stony places. Adambea glabra, Lam. 1. c. Rheed. mal. 4. 

 tt. 20, 21. Flowers large, nearly 2-3 inches in diameter, of a 

 beautiful rose-colour in the morning, growing deeper through 

 the day, until they become purple in the evening. Angles of 

 branches winged. 



Queen's Lagerstrcemia. Clt. 1792. Tree 20 feet. 



6 L. HiRSu'iA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1178.) leaves oblong, pu- 

 bescent ; panicle corymbose, terminal ; petals flat, oval. Tj . S. 

 Native of Malabar, on the mountains. Rheed. mal. 4. t. 22. 

 Adambea hirsuta, Lam. diet. 1. p. 39. Flowers red. 



Hairy Lagerstrcemia. Shrub. 



7 L. FLORIBU'NDA (Jack, mal. misc. 1. no. 2. p. 38.) leaves 

 nearly opposite, ovate-oblong, glabrous ; panicle terminal, much 

 branched, many-flowered, clothed with rusty villi ; stamens un- 

 equal ; calyx turbinate, furrowed. Ij S. Native of Penang. 

 Flowers smaller and more numerous than those of L. reglnce, 

 but of the same colour. Perhaps belonging to a different sec- 

 tion. 



Bundle -flowered Lagerstrcemia. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. Lagerstrce'mia is a splendid genus of shrubs. L.I'ndica 



is a hardy stove plant and easily cultivated, and flowers freely. 

 The rest of the species are more tender, and more difficult to 

 preserve through the winter, at which time they require a great 

 heat and but little water, for if they are too freely watered at 

 this season it is a great chance if they survive. In summer they 

 grow freely, at which time they require plenty of room to 

 grow, and to be plentifully supplied with water. Cuttings of 

 them all root readily if planted in sand, with a hand-glass 

 placed over them in heat, 



XXVI. LAFOE'NSIA (in honour of the duke of Lafoens, 

 formerly president of the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon). Vand. 

 fl. lus. et bras. (1788) p. 33. t. 2. f. 13. ed. Rcem. p. 112. 

 D. C. prod. 3. p. 93. Calyplectus, Ruiz et Pav. prod. fl. per. 

 (1794). p. 73. 



LIN. SYST. Icosandria, Monogijnia. Calyx bibracteolate at 

 the base, campanulate, plicately 10-12-toothed at the apex; 

 teeth as if they were joined together by a peculiar membrane. 

 Petals 10-12. Stamens twice the number of the petals. Ova- 

 rium 2-celled. Berry corticate, spherical. Placenta central, 

 globose. American trees. Leaves opposite, quite entire. Pe- 

 duncles solitary, 1 -flowered. Flowers large, white or pale. The 

 bracteas under the flower caducous. 



1 L. SPECIOSA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 94.) leaves oblong, acumi- 

 nated ; fruit spherical, smooth. fj . S. Native of New Gra- 

 nada, on the Andes near Almaguer. Calyplectus speciosus, H. 

 B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 183. t. 548. A. and B. 

 Flowers white. Petals oblong, with somewhat lobed and undu- 

 lated edges. 



Shewy Lafoensia. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



2 L. ACUMINA'TA (D. C. 1. c.) leaves oblong, bluntly acumi- 

 nated ; fruit spherical, stellately rayed from the middle to the 

 apex. Tj . S. Native of Peru, in warm groves about Pozuzo, 

 where it is called by the inhabitants Cabeza de Monge. Caly- 

 plectus acuminatus, Ruiz et Pav. syst. fl. per. p. 129. Racemes 

 large. Fruit sessile, ex Ruiz et Pav. 



Acuminated-\ea.veA Lafoensia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



3 L. PUNICJEFOLIA (D. C. mem. soc. hist. nat. gen. 3. pt. 2. 

 p. 86. t. 1.) leaves oblong, bluntly acuminated, with the middle 

 nerve porose at the apex underneath ; fruit ovate, globose, 

 smooth, somewhat apiculated. fy . S. Native of St. Martha. 

 Calyplectus punicsefblius, Bert. ined. Lafoensia Mexicana, 

 Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. does not appear to be dif- 

 ferent. 



Pomegranate-leaved Lafoensia. Tree. 



4 L. VANDELLIA'NA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 94.) leaves obovate, 

 retuse at the apex, with one gland in the recess, and running 

 down the short petiole at the base, coriaceous, glabrous, shining 

 above; calyx half 10-cleft ; fruit ovate-globose, somewhat api- 

 culated. T? . S. Native of Brazil. Lefoensia, Vand. fl. lus. et 

 bras. p. 33. t. 3. f. 13. and Rcem. script, p. 112. t. 7. f. 13. 

 Ovary on a short stipe. Style subulate. Petals oblong, ser- 

 rated, emarginateat the apex, furnished with a nectariferous scale 

 at the base of each. 



Vandelli's Lafoensia. Tree. 



Cult. See Lager sir <jmia for culture and propagation. 



t Genera not sufficiently known, and probably not belonging 

 to the present order. 



XXVII. PHYSOPO'DIUM (from <^<ra, physa, a bladder, 

 and Trove ITO?OC, pous podos, a foot ; in reference to the tumid 

 pedicels). Desv. in ann. sc. nat. 1826. vol. 9. p. 403. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx turbinate, 5-tooth- 

 ed, beset with strigose hairs inside. Petals 5, oval-oblong. 

 Stamens 10, twice the length of the petals, alternate ones a little 

 shorter. Anthers oblong, 2-celled. Ovarium oblong. Style 



