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Cymes and pedicels very short and robust ; berries ovoid-oblong, rather large,. .M. coerulcum. 



Cymes lax, peduncled, rather slender ; pedicels slender, 2-3 lin. long, M. puhhrtim. 



t t Leaves petioled, more or less tapering at base, when rounded con- 

 tracted in a moderately long petiole. 



A Branchlets terete without or only with very faintly raised lines. 

 Flowers small, calyx tip to a line in diameter, smooth, not 

 tubercled. 

 Leaves rounded at base, smooth and shining ; petiole 3-4 lin. long ; pedicels 2-3 lin. long, 



cymes simple or compound, peduncled ^ , M. edule. 



Leaves attenuate at base, sharply acuminate ; pedicels 1-1 J lin. long ; umbel-like cymes short- 



peduncled, M. plebejum. 



Leaves attenuate at base, very acuminate, glossy ; petiole 1-2 lin. long ; pedicels hardly 



a line lojjg, thick ; cymes very short, almost sessile, M. laedyatum. 



A A Branchlets more or less terete, marked with 4 blunt lines. 

 Calyx about I3 lin. wide. 

 Pedicels thick and short ; calyx undulate-truncate with a hemispherical tubercled base, leaves 



bluntish or retuse, shortly acuminate, M. punctatum. 



AAA Branchlets 4-angular or almost 4-winged. 



As former, but calyx-base smooth ; cymes short-peduncled or almost sessile ; leaves 

 turning dark-coloured in drying, .M. scntellalum. 



Cymes rather short peduncled ; leaves 3-4 in. long, turning yellowish in drying, M. elegnns. 



Calyx about 5 lin. wide, sharply 4-tootlied ; leaves only J-I5 lin. long, pedicels about a line 

 long ; cymes small, poor, almost sessile, M, jiauciflorum. 



O Leaves thin coriaceous, with the lateral nerves and often also the veins more or 

 less conspicuous, the nerves arcuate-anastomosing toicards the margins. 



TJmbellets in thyrsoid cymes, pedicels 1-2 lin. long ; caljrx f lin. wide, the limb sinuate-4- 



angular, M. Griffithianum. 



As former, but pedicels more slender ; cymes simple ; calyx I-I3 lin. wide, . .M. celastrinnm. 

 * * Calyx not radiate-lamellate veined tcithin, or the nerves very faint. 



Leaves sessile or nearly so, turning yellowish and opaque in drying ; cymes sessile, umbel- 

 like ; calyx conspicuously 4- toothed, ,M. umbellatum. 



LYTHRARIE^. 



Conspectus of genera. 



Ovary superior. 



O Leaves blackish-dotted beneath. 

 WooDrOEDiA. Calyx tubular, curved. Stamens declinate, inserted at the base of the oalyx-tabe. Capsule elongate, 

 sessile. Seeds pilose. 



O Leaves without or with pellucid dots beneath. 



X Ovary and capsule totally enclosed in the calyx-tube. 

 Pehphis. Calyx 12-toothed, ribbed. Petals 6. Stamens twice as maay. Capsule 1-celIed, transversely cironmsciss. 



X % Capsule more or less protruding from the calyx-tube. 

 Lawsonia. Calyx 4-parted. Petals 4. Stamens twice as many. Capsule globular, 4-celled, irregularly bursting. 

 Cetptekonia. Calyx 4^5-cleft. Petals none. Stamens 4-5. Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved. Seeds minute. 

 Laoebsteoemia. Calyx campanulate, 4-6-ocoasionally 7-cleft. Petals 4-6, or none. Stamens indefinite. Capsule 



3-6-celled and valved. Seeds large, expanded in a lateral wing. 

 Dtjabanoa. Calyx spreading, 4-7-parted, the segments thick. Petals 4-7. Stamens indefinite, in a single row. 



Capsule 4-8-celled and valved. Seeds appendaged on both ends, scobiform. 

 Sonnebaha. Calyx campanulate, 4.8-lobed. Petals 4-8, or none. Stamens indefinite. Berry many-celled. 



Ovary inferior. 



PuNicA. Calyx-lobes 5-7, thick. Petals 5-7. Stamens indefijiite. Ovary many-celled, the cells superposed in 2 

 rows. Seeds with a pulpy testa. 



WOODFORDIA Only species , W. fruticosa. 



lAWSONIA. Only species, L. inerniis' 



CRYPTERONIA. 



Flowering calyx about \ lin. wide ; leaves usually puberulous beneath, C. pubescens. 



Flowering calyx about 1-1 J lin. wide ; leaves quite glabrous, C paniculala. 



LAGERSTROEMIA. 



* Calyx terete, without ribs or furrows. 



Calyx and all other parts glabrous. 



