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C. glabra and C. pubescens from each other than the presence on the latter of a 

 small amount of hair, neither can I find any tangible character to separate either 

 from C. paniculata, Blume. To the latter species, as the oldest, I therefore reduce 

 both. 



2. Crtpteronia Griffithit, Clarke in Hook. fil. Flor. Br. Ind. II, 

 574. A tree 40-60 feet high ; young branches glabrous. Leaves 

 coriaceous, broadly elliptic, acute, very slightly narrowed to the rounded 

 or cordate base, entire, glabrous on botli surfaces ; main nerves 7 or 8 

 pairs, distinct on the lower surface, curved, ascending ; length 4-8 in., 

 breadth 2*25-3'5 in. Racemes much longer than the leaves, rusty- 

 pubescent, sometimes panicled ; flowers numerous but not crowded, 

 shortly pedicellate. Calyx rather more than *1 in. in diam., its teeth 

 triangular. Stamens exserted. Capsule shorter than the calyx-teeth, 

 velvety, less than '1 in. in diam., crowned by the long stout pubescent 

 style. Henslovise sp. Griff. Notul. 406 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 564, fig. 1. 



Malacca; Griffith 2513. Maingay (Kew Distrib.) 651. Derry 

 1201. Penang; Curtis 1739. Perak ; 8 'cor t echini 221. Wray 2589, 

 2638. King's Collector 3473, 4152, 8592. 



4. Lagerstrcemia, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, distichous (or the uppermost 

 alternate), entire, oblong or ovate. Panicles axillary and terminal, 

 the ultimate branchlets usually cymose, sometimes dense ; peduncles 

 2-bracteate at their apex ; pedicels 2-bracteolate. Flowers often large. 

 Calyx-tube funnel-shaped, smooth, grooved, angular or sub-alate ; lobes 

 5-sometimes 7-9, ovate, subacute, valvate. Petals 6, sometimes 7-9 

 (or 0), inserted at the summit of the calyx-tube, clawed, wrinkled; 

 margin crisped, erose, or fimbriate. Stamens very many, inserted in 

 several rows near the bottom of the calyx-tube ; filaments long, exserted. 

 Ovary sessile in the bottom of the calyx, 3-6-celled ; style long, 

 bent, stigma capitate ; ovules numerous, ascending, placentas axile. 

 Capsule more or less adnate to the calyx, ellipsoid, coriaceous, smooth, 

 3-6-celled, 3-6-valved. Seeds many (rarely few), elongate, flat, erect, 

 winged from their summit. Distrib. Species 18, in South-east Asia 

 extending to Australia. 



Inflorescence and exterior of calyx stellately ferrugineous- 



tomentose ... ... ... ... ... 1. L, Jioribunda. 



Inflorescence and outside of calyx minutely cinereons or 



whitish-velvety (the calyx sometimes rusty in L. Flos- 



Meginse). 



Leaves glaucous beneath ; calyx 10-ribbed, the mouth 



with only 5 teeth ... " ... ... ... 2. L. hypoleuca. 



