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LIII. LYTHRACE^E 



[Lagerstramia 



cleft into 6 ovate lobes, petals unguiculate, edge undulate. Stamens numerous, 

 inserted at or above the bottom of calyx-tube, 6 often stouter and longer 

 than the others, anthers versatile. Ovary free, 3-6-celled, style filiform, ovules 

 numerous, attached to axile placentas. Capsule coriaceous, 3-6-celled, girt at 

 base by the persistent calyx, dehiscing loculicidally into 3-6 valves. Seeds 

 winged. 



A. Calyx-tube smooth, neither ribbed nor grooved. 



1. L. parviflora, Eoxb. Cor. PI. t. 66 ; Wight Ic. t. 69 ; Bedd. PL Sylv. t. 

 31. Vern. Dhaura, Asidh, Lendia, Seja, Hind. ; Bonda, BJiondara, Mar. ; 

 Chennangi, Tel. ; C'hannangi, Kan. ; Ventek, Tarn. ; Zaung bate, Upper 

 Burma. 



A large tree, youngest shoots and leaves, as well as inflorescence, pubescent 

 with very short simple hairs. L. opposite, sessile or very shortly petiolate, 

 2—4 in. long. Fl. white, fragrant, \ in. across, in axillary and terminal panicles, 

 pedicels slender. Calyx not ribbed, hoary, from the base to the end of segments 

 -|— j in. long. A raised line inside at the base of segments. Segments erect, 

 ultimately appressed to the capsule, which is j— 1 in. long. 



Subhimalayan tract from the Jumna eastwards, ascending to 3,000 ft. Assam. Lower 

 Bengal, Central India and the Western Peninsula in deciduous forests. Upper Burma. 

 The 1. are shed March-April, young foliage in May. Fl. H. S. Fr. R. S., remains 

 long on the tree. A form with larger greenish-white fl. on few-fid. axillary peduncles, 

 in Bamhoo forest, Shwebo district, Upper Burma, Tawkyetsa, Burm. (Smales, May 1901). 



2. L. lanceolata, Wall. — Syn. L. 



Fig. 142.— Lagerstroemia lanceolata, "Wall. Fr. fl. 1 



microcarpa, Wight Ic. t. 109 ; Bedd. 

 PL Sylv. t. 30. Vern. 

 Nana, Mar. ; Nandi, 

 Kan. ; Ventek, Tarn. 

 A large tree, 1. 

 sometimes alternate, 

 glabrous, bluish- 

 white beneath, blade 

 2—4, petiole \—\ in., 

 sec. n. prominent, 

 arching, 6-10 pair. 

 PL in large terminal 

 panicles. Calyx 

 hoarj' ; segments re- 

 flexed in A., not ap- 

 pressed to capsule, 

 no raised line at the 

 base of segments. 

 Capsule l--h in. 

 long. 



West side of the 

 Peninsula, extending 

 east as far as Bellary. 

 Fl. H. S. 3. L. Thom- 

 soni, Koehne MSS., 

 Mysore and Karnatik, 

 similar but 1. larger 

 and softly tomentose 

 beneath. 4. L. indica, 

 Linn.: Wight Ic. t. 

 86, indigenous in 

 China and possibly on 

 the Shan hills in Up- 

 per Burma ; cultivated 

 in gardens throughout 

 India on account of 



