516 _ LYTHRARIER. [ Memecylon. 
Hax.—Frequent in the tropical forests from Martaban down to Tenasserim, 
less so in those along the eastern slopes of the Pegu Yomah-—FI. Feb.-Apr.— 
. January.—_SS.—= i 
ReEMARKs.—Wood very coarse, red-brown. 
13. M. cerasiforme, Kz.—An evergreen tree, all parts glabrous ; 
leaves elliptical, acuminate at both ends, on a stout petiole 2-3 
lin. long, 24-3 in. long, coriaceous, usually drying yellowish, the 
laternal nerves faint and obsolete; fruiting cymes short peduncled 
or almost sessile, small and not above 3 in. long, glabrous, axillary 
or from above the scars of the fallen leaves; berries on a lin. long 
stout pedicels, globose, the size of a cherry, sappy, bluish black. 
Has.—Tropical forests of Chittagong.—Fr. C.S. 
* * Calyx inside without lamella-like nerves, or the nerves 
sometimes 4 in. long, coriaceous drying turning 
yellowish, the lateral nerves indistinct ; flowers small, sky-blue, on 
_ Has.—Arvacan and Andamans, in tropical forests. —s.—98,—SiS. 
RemarKs.—Wood very strong and tough, very hard and close-grained. Good 
for cart-axles and forms a sort oft ton-sid. Leaves and flowers a yellow dye. 
LYTHRARIEZ. 
Flowers hermaphrodite, very rarely unisexual, regular or rarely - 
regular, Calyx free, but often enclosing the ovary, 4-5- (ve 
s inflected in the bud; anthers versatile, the cells opening 
ding j 
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