572 LXi. LYTHBACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Eydroh/thrum. 



1. K. VTalllcIlll, Sooh.J. in Oen. PI. i. 777; Book. Ic. PI. t. 1007. 

 Rotala, sp. Wall. Cat. 9059. R. (Mirkooa) myriophylloides, Welw. ; Oliv. Fl. 

 Trap. Afr. ii. 469. Ammannia Wallicliii, Kwz in Jowrn. As. Soc. 1877, pt. 

 ii. 84. 



Tavoy ; Wallich. Moulmein ; Lobb. — Disteib. Java, Angola. 



Stems 8 in., weak, little divided, protaWy erect in the -water. Leaves J_| in., 

 about 8-12 in each whorl ; emersed leaves ^ in., acute or obtuse. Calyx without ac- 

 cessory teeth. Petals elliptic, rose-coloured, far exceeding the calyx-teeth. Capsule 

 not ripe in the Indian examples, dehiscing septicidally from the apex in the African. 

 — Mr. Hiem says (in Oliv. Fl. TVop. Afr. ii. 469) that the Angola plant is conge- 

 neric with the Tavoy plant ; but it appears conspecitio. 



3. WOODFORDXA, 



A shrub. Leaves opposite, subsessile, entire, lanceolate, beneath whiter and 

 with black glandular dots. Flowers in short panicled cymes on axillary pedun- 

 cles, rarely solitary, scarlet; pedicels 2-bracteate at their base. Cal]/.v long- 

 tubular, slightly curved, mouth oblique ; teeth 6, short, with 6 minute accessory 

 teeth. Petals 6, smaU or 0, inserted at the top of the calyx-tube. Stamens 

 12, declinate, inserted on the calyx-tube below its middle. Ovary at the bot- 

 tom of the calyx-tube, free, sessile, oblong, 2-ceUed; style filiform, sligma 

 small ; ovules very many, placeiitas axile. Capsule ellipsoid, membranous, in- 

 cluded in the calyx. <See(fo very many, narrowly cuneate-obovate, quite smooth, 

 without hairs or papillae. 



1. W. florlbunda, Salisb. Parad. Land. t. 42 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 737 ; 

 Brand. For. Fl. 238. W. tomentosa, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. t. xiv. fig. 4. 

 W. fruticosa, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871, pt. ii. 56 ; For. Fl. i. 518. Grislea 

 tomentosa, Poxb. Cor. PI. t. 31 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 233 ; DC. Prodr. iii. 92 ; Bot. 

 Man. t- 1906 ; Wall. Cat. 2110 ; W. ^ A. P-odr. 308 ; Blume Mus. Bot. ii. t. 

 45 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 621 ; Balz. Sf Oibs. Bomb. Fl. 97. G. uniflora, 

 Pick. Fl. Abyss, t. 62. G. punctata, Sam.; DC. I.e. 92; W. ^ A. Prodr. 

 308. G. mioropetala, Hochst. et Steud. in Serb. Schimp. 1906. Lythrum fruti- 

 cosum, lArnn. Sp. PI. 641. 



Throughout Indu, common ; ascending to 5000 ft. ; but not seen in the alluvial 

 mud of Bengal. — Distbib. Beloochistan, Tropical Africa, Madagascar, China. 



A shrub with long spreading branches, brilliantly red with flowers in the hot 

 season. Leaves 2-4 in., opposite or subopposite, usually rounded or cordate at the 

 base (but one African form has leaves attenuate at the base) ; usually grey pubescent 

 beneath, sometimes quite glabrous. Cal)/x |--^ in., bright red. Petals scarcely longer 

 than the calyx-teeth. Seed (figured by Blume and by Beddome as densely covered by 

 long papillae and stated by Kurz to be papillose-pilose) in every example at Kew 

 entirely glabrous not exhibiting at any period of its development the smallest trace 

 of a papilla. — This shrub is very uniform in character throughout India : the African 

 examples vary much more. It is trimorphic after the manner described by Mr. Dar- 

 win in Lythrum Salicaria. See Hiem in Oliv. Fl. Trap. Afr. ii. 481. 



4. FEIMCFXZXS, Forst 



A maritime shrub or tree, attaining 35 ft. Leaves opposite, oblong, entire, 

 very thick, fleshy. FUnvers axillary, solitary, peduncles 2-bracteat6 at their 

 base. Calyx-tube campanulate, l2-oo -ribbed ; teeth 6, short, with 6 shorter 

 accessory teeth. Petals 6, inserted at the top of the calyx-tube, nearly as long as 



