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wood-tree. L. b Ceylon. Fl. small, white, with gold-coloured 

 anthers, May ; fr. Aug. — Wood esteemed for its lightness and 

 strength, and employed in the construction of the Massoola boats of 

 Madras. (Wight.) 

 Brownlowia, Roxb. (Corom. 3, t. 265 ; — B. Reg. 17, t. 1472. — Humea, 

 Roxb.fl. ind. 2, p. G40.) 

 I. elata, Roxb. {Corom. pi. I. c. ; — B. Reg. I. c. ; — Wall.pl. as. rar. 

 3, p. 45. — Humea elata, Roxb. fl. ind. I. c.) L. b Chittagong. Fl. 

 middle-sized, yellowish-white, April and May ; fr. Sept. and Oct. 



Sparmannia africana, L. fil. ; B. M. 15, t. 516. B C. G. H. — Helio- 

 carpus americanus, L. b Vera Cruze. — Honckenya ficifolia, Willd. b 

 Guinea. — Triumfetta havanensis, H. B. and Kth. b Cuba. — T. semitri- 

 loba. L. b W. Indies. — T. mollissima, H. B. Kth. t St. Fe de Bogota. 

 — T. rhombdidea, Jacq. b W. Indies. — T. althtedides, Lam. b Cayenne. 

 — Grewia villosa, Hb. Miss. 3 Trichinopoly. — G. tilicefolia, Vahl. S 



Neelgherry. — G. jjopulifolia, Vahl. B Peninsula of India G. elastica, 



Royle. ill. 1, t. 22. b Himalaya. — G. Microcos, L. ; Wight, ill. 1, 

 t. 33. b Peninsula of India. — Columbia serratifoUa, DC. b Philippine 

 Islands. — Muntingia Calabura, L. 5 W. Indies. — /Ipeiba Petoumo, 

 Aubl. 5 Guiana. — Sloanea Massoni, Swz. B W. Indies. — L'dhea 

 speciosa, Willd. Brazil. — L. grandiflora, Mart. Brazil. — L. candicans, 

 Mart. Brazil. 



ORDER LXXIV.— LYTHRACEiE,— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 100. 



THE LOOSESTRIFE TRIBE. 



Herbs, undershrubs, seldomer shrubs or trees, referred to 27 genera. 

 Of species, DC. (1828) enumerates about 105 for S. America, Mexico and 

 the W. Indies ; 10 for Europe ; 7 for N. America ; 4 for N. Africa ; 4 for 

 Senegal ; 1 for Iberia ; I for Caucasus ; 1 for Timor ; 1 for Mauritius ; 



1 for China ; and 1 for New Holland. In South Africa have been found 3 

 species, {Harvey) ; and in the E. Indies 32 : 3 of Rotala ; 1 of Symmetria ; 



2 of Cryptotheca ; 4 of Ameletia ; 7 of Ammannia ; 1 of Lythrum ; (Cash- 

 mere) ; 1 of Fatioa ; (Lagerstromia parviflora ?) (Royle); I of Pempkis ; 

 1 of Neseea, {Wight); 1 of Lawsonia ; 1-2 of Grislea ; 8 of Lagerstrij- 

 mia ; and I of Duabanga. Five of these have also been found in other parts 

 of the world. Most of them are tropical, only 4 extending to the foot of the 

 Himalayas, in the Deyra Dhoon. — Properties unimportant. 



RoTALA, L. {Wight, ill. \,p. 205-6.) 



1. Roxburghiana, Wight, {ill. 1, p. 206 ; icon. I t. 260. A. — Ammannia 

 pentandra, Roxb. fl. hid. I, p. 427 ; ed. Carey, 1, p. 448 ; — DC. pr. 

 3, p. 79 ; — W. and A. pr. I, p. 305.) Peninsula of India, Bengal, 

 (Serampore,) Nepal. Fl. minute, red ; and fr. R. S. 



