LYTHRACEAE. 



CUPHEA P. Br. 



Cuphea balsamona Cham, et Schld. Linnaea II. p. 363. 

 Marowyne River, near Albina : Versteeg 43 (fl. July). 

 Surinam : Hostmann and Kappler 42. 

 Tropical and sub- tropical America. 



CRENEA Aubl. 



Crenea maritima Aubl. Plant. Guyan. 523 t. 209. 



Lower Surinam River: Wullschlagel 166 ex Kohne, Pfanzenreich 



rV. 216 p. 220. 

 Surinam: Hostmann 316. 

 Amazon district, French Guyana. 



Crenea surinamensis (Linn f.) Kohne in Engl. Botan. Jarhrb. III. 320. 

 Dodecas surinamensis Linn. f. Suppl. 245. 



Surinam River, near Paramaribo: Kegel 323 (fl. July). 



Surinam: Splitgerber 344 H. L. B. 903, 343-307 (fl. Dec); Focke 



168 (fl, May); Hostmann 1289. 

 Columbia, British Guyana, tropical Brazil. 



LAQERSTROMIA Linn. 



Lagerstromia indica Linn. Spec, plant, ed. II. 734. 

 Paramaribo: Kegel 1031 (fl. Octob.V 



Nieuw-Nickerie : Tulleken 316 H. L. B. 903, 322-1050 (fl. Sept.). 

 Vernacular name: Jamponika" (Tulleken). 

 Tropical and sub-tropical Asia. 



LAWSONIA Linn 



Lawsonia inermis Linn. Spec. pi. ed. I. 349. 



Paramaribo: Focke 899 (fl. Apr.); Tulleken 188 H. L. B. 903, 322 — 



1261 (fl. Aug.); Went 342 (fl. Octob.); Versteeg 568 (fl. July.) 

 Saramacca River, near Groningen: Went 236 (fl. Aug.) 

 Vernacular name: >Reseda". 

 Tropical Asia and Africa. 



