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its fl., 1A-2 in. across, rose-coloured, white or lilac, 1. generally alternate, petals long 

 clawed, much curled. 



The following imperfectly known species have the calyx densely clothed with ferru- 

 gineous or fulvous stellate tomentiim : •">. L. Rottleri, C. B. Clarke, Deeean, 1. stellately 

 tomentose beneath. 6. L. calyculata, Kurz I Pyinmabyu, Burm.). Forestseast of Tauugoo, 

 evergreen, 1. puberulous and strongly net-veined beneath. 



B. Calyx-tube with as many ribs as segments. 



7. L. villosa, Wall. ; Kurz F. PI. i. 524. Vern. Zaung grate, Lower, Zaung 

 hull', Zinbye, Upper Burma. 



A small or middle-sized tree, branchlets, petioles and underside of 1. softly 

 pubescent, hairs simple. 1. broadly lanceolate, blade '2-3, petiole }- \ in., stipules 

 small but distinct. PI. white, slightly scented, in compact head-like softly 

 pubescent panicles at the ends of branches, pedicels shorter than calyx-tube. 

 Calyx turbinate with ii winged ribs, petals minute. Capsule ovoid-oblong, 

 i in. long, base supported by the fi-ribbed calyx. Seed angular, with the 

 broad triangular wiug J in. long. 



Pegu and Upper Burma, often in Eng forest. Fl. H. S. 



Specimens, in hud only, collected by the late Sir Henry Collett in Upper Burma, 

 I. glabrous, broadly lanceolate, blade 5, petiole J in. ridges on calyx 5-6, almost winged, 

 allied to the Philippine species L. pi ri lot in, Koehne. 



C. Ribs or grooves on calyx-tube twice the number of segments. 



8. L. Flos Reginae, Retz. : Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 65 {L. RegintB) ; Wight Ic. 

 t. 413: Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 29. — Syn. L. speciosa, Pers. : Koehne in Engler 

 Jahrb. iv. 28. Vern. Jarul, Beng. ; Ajhar, Ass.; Taman, Mar. ; Ohalla, Kan. ; 

 I'n untruth it. Tain.: Mn ni urn rut It it , Mai.; Pi/huua, Lower, Eikmwe, Upper 

 Burma. 



A large tree, 1. glabrous, blade (j— 10, petiole stout, \~h in. long, fl. purplish- 

 lilac, 2—3 in. across, in ample terminal panicles, calyx strongly 12-ribbed, ribs 

 rounded, broader than the furrows between, segments long-triangular, stamens 

 of equal length. Capsule broadly ovoid, J— 1 in. long, the lower third enclosed 

 in the persistent calyx, seed with win"; ^-| in. long, pale brown. 



Assam, Chittagong. Dower Burma, chiefly near river banks. Foot of the Western 

 ghats ascending to 2,000 ft. Leafless during the hot season, fl. May-June. Ceylon. 

 moist low country, Malay Peninsula. 9. L. macrocarpa, Kuxz (Kdnpyinma). Upper 

 Burma, Pegu, Maulmein, Thaungyin fD. li. March 1862). Chiefly in Eng forests. A 

 small tree, nearly allied to 8, but i. larger, petiole J-j in., fl. in short terminal panicles, 

 calyx furrowed but not ribbed. 



10. L. hypoleuca, Kmz. Andaman-, common. A large tree, 1. glabrous, whitish-glaucous 

 beneath, elliptic-oblong, blade 6-8, petiole J-i in. long. Fl. lilac, 1—1 J in. across, in 

 elongate terminal panicles, calyx- tube turbinate, with 12 prominent ribs. Fr. ovoid, 

 jj-1 in. Ion";, base supported by calyx, the segments of which are reflexed. 11. L flori- 

 bunda, Jack {Pyimma byti). Country between Sitang and Salween rivers. Attaran, 

 Thaungyin. Mergui. Malay Peninsula, Siam, China. A large tree, I ol si - 



elliptic-oblong 5 7 in. long, when young stellate foment ose heneat li, sec. n. prominent. 



terminating in arching, intramarginal veins. Fl. rose-coloured, turning white, in 

 ample terminal panicles, clothed ell as calyx with dense stellate ferrugineous 



tomentum. Calyx turbinate with 12 prominent ridges, segments short. Capsule 

 ovoid, \ in, long, the lower fourth enolosed in the calyx. 



l_. L. tomentosa, Presl. Vern. Lizdh, Hurm. 



A large tree, branchlets, petioles, underside of L, iuflorescence and calyx 



densely clothed with stellate ! "incntum, 1. lanceolate, blade 3-11. petiolo \ ill. 

 long, see. and tertiary nerves prominent, PI. white, I in. across, in terminal 

 pyramidal panicles, calyx campanulate-turbinate, ribs I 11 L2, segments short, 

 triangular. Capsule ovoid, H in. long, lower third enclosed in tlie persistent 

 calyx. 



Pegu, Tenasserim, Upper Burma. Fl. II. 3. 



Pemphis acidula, For-;.; Bedd. Man. i. II f. ■">.— Syn. Maclelandia Griffithiana, Wight 



