132 LYTHRACE.E MELIACE^. 



of the Nagotnah river, near its source, Taong Dong, Tavoy, Amherst, 

 Moulmein, Assam, Deyra-Dhoon, China. Fl. large, pale rose-colour- 

 ed in the morning, at sunset purplish, H. S. ; fr. Aug. and Sept. — 

 At Rangoon its timber is used to make knees for ships. (Roxb.) 



4. macrocarpa, Wall. Burma. 



5. elegans. Wall. B Fl. larger than No. 1, and of the same colour. 

 R. S. 



} DuABANGA, Buch. (LtTidL Nat. Sijst.p. 101.) 



1. sonneratioides, Buch. (Lagerstriimia grandiflora, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 

 503 ,—DC. pr. 3, p. 93.) L. b Chittagong, Assam, Martaban. 

 Nepal. Fl. large, whitish, unpleasantly smelling, Feb. and March ; 

 fr. July and Aug. 



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Symmetrin obovata, Bl. "fe Java. — Cryptotheca dichotoma, Bl. ^ Java. 

 — C. apetala, Bl. "b Java. — Lythrum Hyssopifolia, L. ; E. B. 5, t. 

 292. © Europe, America.— L. alatum, Pursh ; B. M. 43, t. 1812. %. 

 Georgia, Mexico. — L. lanceolatum. Ell. 2/. Carolina. — L. album, H. 



B. and Kth. "b Mexico.— Cuphea circccoides, Sm. B. M. 48, 2201. © S. 

 America.— C. Melvilla, Lindl. B. Reg, 10, t. 852. %} Guiana. — 



C. procumbens, Cav. B. Reg. 3, t. 182. © Mexico. — C. micropetala, 

 H. B. and Kth. B Mexico. — C. Parsonsia, R. Br. 2|, Jamaica. — C. 

 Melanium, R. Br. ^. Jamaica. — C. parviflora, Hook ; exot. hot. t. 

 151. "b Demerara. — Acisanthera quadrata, Juss. %. Meadows of Ja- 

 maica. — Pemphis acidula, Forst. ; Rumph. 3, t. 84. 'b Both Peninsulas 

 of India, Moluccas. — Diplusodon buxifolius, DC. "6 Equinoctial Brazil. 

 — D. amoenus, DC. ^ Equinoctial Brazil. — Nescea salicifolia. H. B. 

 Kth. B N. Spain. — N. syphilitica, Lindl. B Mexico. N. linariafolia 

 Lindl. B S. America. — Crenea maritima, Aubl. %, Cayenne. — Anthe- 

 rylium Rohrii, Vahl. "fe St. Thomas. — Dodecas surinamensis, L. fil. b 

 Surinam. — Adenaria grisleo'ides, H. B. Kth. ^ Banks of Magdalena 

 river. — Lagerstromia speciosa, Pers. China. — L. floribunda. Jack, Pe- 

 nang. — L. microcarpa, Wight, icon. 1, t. 109. Courtallum. 



ORDER LXXV.— MELIACE^., Juss.— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 101. 



THE BEAD-TllEE TRIIiE. 



Trees or shrubs, by Lindl. referred to 35 genera, (adding Munronia and 

 Monocyclis, and deducting Aitonia, which Harvey places among Zygoj)hyl- 

 laccsc.) Of their species, DC. pr. and Spreng. syst. enumerate 22 for 

 S. America, Mexico and the W. Indies : 1 for tropical Africa ; 5 for Mada- 

 ga.Bcar ; 5 for Mauritius ; 1 for Arabia ; 1 for China ; and 3 for New 

 Holland and the South Sea Islands. To these Lindl. adds an Hartighsea 

 for N, Zealand. S. Africa exhibits 3 species, {Harvey) ; and the E. Indies 



