1877.] Knowledge of the Burmese Flo7'a. 89 



125 ; D. sonneratioides, Buch. in Linn. Trans. XVII. 178 ; Hf. Illustr. 

 Him. PL t. 11 ; Walp. Ann. II. 540 ; Leptosjpartion grandiflorum, Griff. 

 Not. Dicot. 511. t. 591). 



Hab. Frequent in the mixed forests, especially the upper ones, also 

 in the tropical forests, all over Burmah, from Chittagong and Ava down to 

 Tenasserim and the Andamans. — Fl. March, April j Fr. May. 



Sonneratia, L. f. 



Conspectus of Species. 



* Stigma infundibuUform-capitate, small. 



X Petals linear-lanceolate, dark purple. 

 Calyx terete, 6 — S-lobed ; leaves ohovate, broad, S. acida. 



X X Petals none. 

 Calyx in bud elliptically oblong, acute, the tube at first obscurely, then strongly 6 — 8- 



angular, S. alba. 



Calyx in bud ovoid, obtuse, the tube terete, S. Griffithii. 



* * Stigma large^ nearly 3 lin. in luameter, conically umbrella-shaped. 



Calyx 4-lobed ; petals none ; leaves oblong to lanceolate, S. apetala. 



1. S. ACIDA, L. f . Suppl. 252 ; DC. Prod. III. 235 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 II. 506 ; WA. Prod. I. 327 ; Wight Icon. t. 340 ; Griff. Not. Dicot. 652 ; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I/l, 496. 



Hab. Frequent in the littoral forests all along the coasts, from Chit- 

 tagong down to Tenasserim and the Andamans. — Fl. H. and RS. ; Fr. CS. 



2. S. ALBA, Smith in Rees Cycl. V. 23 ; DC. Prod. III. 231 ; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. I/l, 497. {Mangium album, Rumph. Herb. Amb. III. 111. 

 t. 73). 



Hab. On the sea- shore of the Andamans. — Fl. April, May. 



3. S. GEirriTHii, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1871. 56. {S. 

 alia, Griff. Not. Dicot. 652.) 



Hab. Frequent in the littoral, especially the tidal forests of Pegu 

 and Tenasserim. — Fl. April, May. 



4. S. APETALA, Buch. in Sym. Emb. to Ava III. 313. t. 25 ; DC. 

 Prod. III. 231 ; WA. Prod. I. 327 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 506 ; Griff. Not. 

 Dicot. 650. t. 636. f. 4. 



Hab. Common in the tidal forests, less so in the mangrove swamps, 

 all along the coasts from Chittagong down to Tenasserim ; Ava (Mrs. Bur- 

 ney) is there no mistake ? — Fl. June, July ; Fr. RS. 



QBANATBM. 

 Punica, L. 

 *1. P. Granatum, L. sp. pi. 676; DC. Prod. III. 3; WA. Prod. 



I. 327 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 499 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1832. AB. ; Wight Illust. 



II. t. 97 ; Griff. Not. Dicot. 641. t. 634. 



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