a broad thong with stamens, reflected over the primary androecium, hence sternotribal 

 and nototribal : carpels 6, fruit a capsule, large and woody, dehiscing by a lid. 



Bertholletia exeelsa, Brazil Nut, tall tree of S. Amer. forest ; calyx fused 

 and splitting into 2 parts : flower i in., tetramerous ; androecium with reflected 

 region. Fruit a large wooden capsule, 4-locular, 2 rows of large seeds in each loc. 

 a small cover cut otT as lid with placental region. Seed as a large ' nut ' ; embryo 

 massive, not differentiated, no endosperm. 



Ban-i?iglonia, tall trees of strand-forest. B. spcciosa of Malay, flowers 5-7 in., 

 stamens 3-4 in. long. Fruit 3-4 in. diam. 



B. racemosa S. India, flowers tetramerous, 2 in. ; fruit ovoid 2-| in. 



Canya arborea, large deciduous tree of savannah-land : flowers tetramerous, 

 2-3 in. diam. ; androecium gamophyllous below, wdth many staminodal filaments : 

 fruit green, sub-globular, berry-type, 2-3 in. diam. 



Lythraceae (21/450), based on herbaceous Lythrum Salicaria of Europe, and 

 extended to tropical trees with similar floral organization ; i. e. a receptacular tube 

 which does not affect the ovary (still ' superior') : leaves opposite, ' calyx-tube ' takes 

 up sepals and petals (or stamens in part). The intercalated growth is protective and 

 secretory ; the flowers are still essentially Cistifloral, of reduced type, with axile 

 placentation, and the fruits are dehiscent many-seeded capsules. 



Lagerstroemia parviflora, large timber-tree of deciduous forest, associate of 

 Sal, leaves opposite, simple: inflorescence few-flowered (3-6) : flowers white, fragrant, 

 10-12 mm. diam., 6-merous ; stamens 30-40, 5 antisep. (10 mm.) longer than the 

 others (5 mm.); good cup-shaped receptacular tube (5 mm. diam.), stamens from 

 base. Fruit a coriaceous capsule, i in., loculicidal with 3 stout valves: seeds numerous, 

 winged, 15 mm. 



Z. indica of China, cult, for large rose-coloured flowers, 2 in. diam., 6 larger 

 stamens, petals crumpled and crisped on margins. 



L. Flos Reginae, chief timber-tree of Bengal and Assam, in moist situations; 

 panicles of large purplish flowers 2-3 in. diam., 6-merous, petals crumpled in bud, 

 stamens 100-150, all equal; carpels 6 (7-8), antisepalous ; Receptacle-cup massive, 

 stamens borne \ way up ; Fruit a woody capsule, opening distally, loculicidally by 

 6 wide slits. Seeds numerous, angularly winged, 10 mm. 



Lawsonia alba. Henna, a small hedge-shrub, often spinous; flowers greenish- 

 yellow, \ in., 4-merous, stamens in 4 antisep. pairs, capsule dehiscing irregularly. 



Woodfordia floribunda, common gregarious shrub of dry hill-sides : Flowers 

 clustered, bright red, 6-merous, zygomorphic : stamens 12 from base of receptacle tube, 



Sonneratia acida, small tree of tidal creeks and IMangrove formation (Sundri- 

 bans, &c.). Leaves obovate, opposite, light glaucous green : slender pneumatophores 

 from horizontally spreading roots. Flowers perigynous, 6-merous, 2 in. diam., petals 

 purple ; fruits edible, 2 in. diam. 



S. apetala, similarly common in Mangrove-formation, gregarious, to 50 ft., 

 flowers lutramerous, apetalous, i in. diam. ; fruit a capsule, -f in. 



Rhizophoraceae (15/60). Based on the Mangrove (K. Mangle) of Trop. 

 Amer., characteristic of halophytic swamps and muddy sea-margins (I\Iangrove-belt). 

 Flowers eucyclic, Discifloral, in few-flowered cymes, 4-merous, i in. diam. Stamens 

 4-1-4; ovary of 2 median carpels, each 2 ovules. F'ruit i-seeded, the seed germina- 

 ting in situ, to a long (10 in.) pendulous embryo (mainly hypocotyl-axis), detached 

 into mud (' viviiiarous'). 



R. mucronata, Tropics of Old World, similar, on sea-face of Mangrove-belt, 

 with stilt-roots submerged at high-tide. Flower i in. diam., stamens 8 ; Fruit 2 in., 

 and embryo with hypocotyl extending to 2 ft. or more. 



Bruguiera gymnorhiza, a large tree behind the Hhizophora, no stilt-roots, but 

 resjiiratory 'knees'; also viviparous, hypocotyl 1-2 ft. 



Carallia integerrima, large tree of inland forest ; leaves coriaceous, glossy ; 

 Flowers in similar clusters of the same type, eucyclic, 6-8 merous, 4 carpels ; fruit 

 small, I -seeded. 



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