PREECE pg ii hae 
Barringtonia. | MYRTACER, AQT 
arising laterally from the end of the branchlets; calyx-tube tur- 
binate, obsoletely 4-angular, quite smooth, the limb valvately rup- 
turing into 2 or 3 concave, blunt, smooth lobes more than 4 in. 
long; petals ovate-oblong; fruit fibrous-fleshy, ovoid-oblong, 4- 
cornered, about 14 in. long, crowned by the calyx-limb, 1-seeded. 
Haxs.—Frequent in the evergreen coast forests of the Andamans.—F. Apr. ; 
Fr. May-June.—s.—SS.=SiS. Chloritic rocks, ete. 
1-2 lin. long petiole, 6-8 in. long, crenate-serrulate, chartaceous 
on a short puberulous or glabrous petiole 1-2 lin. long, apiculate or 
blunt to rounded at the apex, crenate-serrulate, chartaceous, 2-3 in. 
crowned by the small calyx-limb, 1-seeded. 
- Has.—Common in the mixed, especially the lower and savannah, and 
swamp forests all over from Chi mg and Ava down to Tenasserim ; 
prefers swampy localities. —Fl. Apr.-May ; Fr. June and July.—1xs.—SS.=SiS. 
All, 
_Remarxs.—Wood red-brown, hard, fine-grained, used in constructing carts ; 
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