LYTHRACEAE. 



Determined by Alfred Rehder and E. H. Wilson. 



LAGERSTROEMIA L. 



Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus, Syec. ed. 2, 734 (1762). — Loureiro, 

 Fl. Cochin. 340 (1790). — Curtis in Bot. Mag. XII. t. 405 (1798).— 

 De Candolle, Prodr. III. 93 (1828). — Wight, III. Ind. Bot. I. t. 86 

 (1840). — Bentham, Fl. Hongk. 112 (1861). — Debeaux in Act. Soc. 

 Linn. Bordeaux, XXX. 83 {Fl. Shangh. 31) (1875). — Hance in Jour. 

 Bot. XVII. 11 (1879). — Clarke in Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. II. 575 

 (1879). — Koehne in Bot. Jahrh. IV. 19 (1883). — Franchet in Nouv. 

 Arch. Mus. Paris, ser. 3, VI. 13 (PI. David. I. 133) (1883). — Hemsley 

 in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 306 (1887). — Pritzel in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 

 484 (1900). — Pavolini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XV. 416 

 (1906). — Dunn & Tutcher in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform, add. ser. X. 

 109 (1912). 



Velaga globosa Gaertner, Fruct. II. 246, t. 133 (1791). 

 Lagerstroemia elegans Paxton, Mag. Bot. XIV. 269 t. (1848). 

 Lagerstroemia indica, var. pallida Bentham in Hooker, Jour. Bot. & Kew Gard. 

 Misc. IV. 81 (1852). 



Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, alt. 30-600 m., 

 July 1907 (No. 3531; bush 1-3 m. or slender tree 5-6 m. tall, flowers 

 pink to rose-red, wild and cultivated); same locality, A. Henry (No. 

 2507). Szech'uan: without locality, A. von Rosthorn (No. 152). 

 Northwest Szech'uan: Lungan Fu, cultivated, alt. 800 m., August 

 18, 1910 (No. 4594; tree 8 m. tall, 0.8 m. girth, flowers carmine-red). 

 Fokien: Dunn's Exped., April to June 1905 (Hongkong Herb. No. 

 2729). Shantung: Tsintau, 1901, Zimmermann (Nos. 261, 271). 

 Korea: Quelpaert, August 1908, 1909, Taquet (Nos. 823, 2896). 



In open grassy places and on cliffs at low altitudes round Ichang and westward 

 into Szech'uan this plant is wild and common. It occurs always in form of a bush 

 with leaves variable in size and shape and flowers of varying shades of red. It is 

 also commonly cultivated in gardens and temple grounds where forms with 

 white and pink to carmine colored flowers are common. In Hupeh its colloquial 

 name is Tzu-ching-shu. A picture will be found under No. 0266 of the collection 

 of WUson's photographs. 



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