Lumn&zera] L. COMBRETACE.E 315 



and crenate, fl. white, sessile, in axillary spikes, stamens 10, as long as petals. 

 Endocarp bard, exocarp spongy. 



Coasts of India and Burma, in Mangrove swamps and other tidal forests. Fl. March, 

 April. 2. L. coccinea, W. et A. (L. littorea, Voigt ; KurzF. Fl.i.469)Mergui, Nicobars, 

 has li. in terminal corymbose racemes, petals and stamens scarlet, stamens twice tbe 

 length of petals. Pericarp spongy. 



6. ANOGEISSUS, Wall. : Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 450. 



L. alternate, fl. small, bisexual, in globose beads. Calyx-tube compressed 

 at tbe base, prolonged beyond the ovary into a slender tube, which expands 

 at tbe top into a campanulate deciduous 5-cleft limb. Petals 0. Stamens 10, 

 biseriate, filaments filiform, exserted. Pr. small, coriaceous, broadly 2-winged, 

 terminating in a beak, formed by tbe persistent calyx-tube. Species 5, one 

 in tropical Africa, the others in India. 



A. Persistent calyx-tube shorter than fruit. 



1. A. pendula, Edgew. : Brandis F. Fl. '229. Vera. Dhao, Dhaukra, 

 Bfeywar. 



A small gregarious tree, branches drooping, leaves turning red before falling. 

 Brancblets and 1. densely clothed with short soft appressed hairs. L. broadly 

 lanceolate or oblanceolate, blade |— 1, petiole i- 1 - in. long, sec. n. not prominent, 

 5-7 pair. Fl. heads under j in. diam., on slender axillary peduncles |-1 in. 

 long. Ripe fr. here and in the other species including the wings ) nearly 

 orbicular, upper portion and short beak hairy, lower portion glabrous. 



Kajputana and Bundelkhaud, extending south to the Panch Mahals (Gujarat) and 

 t'i Ximar on the Nerbudda river. The principal forest tree of Merwara and Meywar. 

 Fl. ]{. S. Leaves -died in ,lanuar\ . 



B. Persistent calyx-tube as long as or longer than fruit. 



2. A. latifolia, Wall. : Bedd. PI. Sylv. t. 15 : Brandis F. Fl. 227.— Syn. 

 ( 'onocarpus latifolia, DC. : Royle 111. t. 45 : Wight Ic. t. 694. Vera. Dhaura, 

 Dhawa, Bakli, Hind.: Arma, G6nd ; Dindaga, Dindal, Kan.: Chirimanu 

 Yellam ma, Tel.; Vellay naga, Tarn. 



A large tree, 1. broadly elliptic, pubescent when young, glabrous when full 

 grown, blade l 3 , petiole J-f in. long, sec. n. 8-14 pair, tertiary n. prominent 

 beneatb. Fl. heads J-J in. diam., on short peduncles, often in axillary 

 racemes, ripe fr. almost glabrous, nearly orbicular. 



Subhimalayan tract from the Ravi to .Nepal, ascending to 3, Et. Central India. 



Western Peninsula, ascending to 1,000 f t. on the Nilgiris. Not in Assam, eastern Bengal 



nor Burma. Hare during the greater pari nf the dry -ens..],. In Nov. the foliage b 



to have a fine copper tint, is shed in Feb. and the young I. come out in Slay. Fl. May- 

 Aug., s.. t baies Nov.-Feb.- i !ej Ion, dry country. 



3. A. sericea, Brandis, Ind. Forester*, vol. x\v. 287. Vera. Kardahi, 

 Jabalpur. 



A middle-sized, on g I soil a large tree, young she.. is silvery, brancblets 



and underside of 1. clothed with long silky hair. L. elliptic, shortly acuminate, 

 blade I 2, petiole I in., see. n. I 6 pair. Fl. beads j in. diam.. on lone pel- 

 ancles, Frequently bearing leafy bracts, and sometimes two or more nower- 



lieads. l-'r. toincntose, bi 'ader than long, « ings jagged. Calyx-limb someti a 



persistent at tbo end of the long tube. 



Common on the Pachmarhi hills. Jabalpur district near the Nerbudda river. 

 Qarhakota, Saugor district Panch Mahals (Gujarat). PL Feb. to April. A variety 



with smaller greyish-pubescenl I. and smaller fi, heads, A in. across, in Merwara. 



I. A. acuminata, Wall.; Bedd.Fl. Sylv. 1. 16; Brandis F. Fl. 228. Vera. 

 Past, Tel. : P8?i, Burin. 



