9B 42. LYTHRAr'E.E. [Woodfonlicc, 



WOODFORDIA, Salisb. 



A shrub. Leaves opposite, subsessile, lanceolate, usually cordate. 

 Flowers scarlet in axillary pedunculate cymes. Calyx long, tubular, 

 curved, mouth oblique. Petals 6, small or 0, at the top of the 

 ealyx-tube. Stamens 12. Ovary free, sessile, 2 -celled ; ovules many. 

 Capsule membranous, included in the calyx-tube. Seeds many, 

 smooth. 



W. floribunda, Salisb. Parad. Lend. t. 42 ; Braudis For. Fl. 238. 

 W. tonientosa. Bedd. Fl. ^ylv. 117; Gridea t'.riientosa, Boxb. l)alz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 97. Dayti, dhaiphal, phusnti, M. ; dhauri, doivari, Vern. 

 Throughout tlie presidency, common in the Konkan and North Kauara 

 near the sea-coast. Fl. Dec, Aph 



LAWSONIA, Linn. 



An erect, sometimes spinous shrub. Loaves opposite, entire- 

 Flowers in terminal panicled cymes. Calyx-tube very short; 

 lobes 4, ovate. Petals 4, wrinkled. Stamens usually 8. Ovary 

 free, 4-celled ; ovules many, placentas axile. Seeds many, smooth, 

 on a central placenta. 



I. alba, Lamk. Jll. t. 29^, tig-. 2 ; DC. Prod. III. 91 ; Fl. Br. T. 2. 

 573. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 97; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 118; Brandis For. 

 Fl. 238. Ileii7ie^ mendie, Vern. 'Jhroug-hout the presidency iu hedges, 

 along the coast common. Fl. C. S. Fr. C. S. 



LAGERSTRffiMIA, Linn. 



Trees and shrubs. Leaves opposite (or the uppermost alternate), 

 entire. Flowers in axillary or terminal panicles, bracteate. Calyx- 

 tnbe funnel-shaped, cleft into 6 ovate lobes. Petals 6, clawed. 

 Stamens numerous ; filaments long exserted. Ovary sessile, 3-6- 

 celled ; ovules numerous on axile placentas. Fruit a coriaceous 

 capsule, 3-6-celled, loculicidally dehiscent. Seeds winged. 



Calyx-tube smooth. 



Calyx-teeth not patent or reflexeJ. 



A shrub. Fruit g inch ... .^, ... L. indira. 



A tree. Fiuit h to 1 inch ... ... ... L. parviflora. 



Calyx-lobes patent or reflexed. Capsule small, ^ inch ... L. microcarpa^ 



Calyx tomeutose, ribbed ... ... ... L. Flos-lieylim. 



L. indiea, Linn. DC. Prod. III. 93 ; Fl. Br. L 2. 575. Cultivated 

 in gardens throughout the presidency, a native of China. 



L. parviflora, Koxb. Fl. Ind. II. 505 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 31. Gamble 

 Ind. Timbers, 200. L. hmceolata, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 98 ; Gamble 

 Ind. Timbers, 201 ; Brandis For. Fl. 239; Bedd. Fl. S>lv. t. XXXII. 

 (var. majtiscula, Fl. Br. I). Chunuvgi, sohuiia, hondareh, Vern. 

 Throughout the presidency in deciduous forests from the coast inland. 

 I follow the Fl. of Br. I, in making only two species out of the 3 figured 



