Memphis.'] LXi. lttheacej;. (C. B. Clarke.) 573 



it, obovate, wrinkled, wMte or rose. Stamens 12, inserted in two series towards 

 the middle of the calyx-tube. Ovary free, at the bottom of the calyx-tube, 3- 

 celled at the base ; style long, stigma capitate ; ovules many, ascending, pla- 

 centas 3 sub-basal. Capmle coriaceous, oDovoid or nearly globose, included in 

 the calyx-tube or exsert nearly half its length, circumsciss somewhat irregu- 

 larly, ultimately 1-celled. Seeds very many, long cuneate-oboToid, angular, 

 smooth, standing out in all directions from what appears to be a free central 

 placenta. 



1. P. acidula, JForst Gen. t. 34 ; DC. Prodr. iii. 89; Wall. Cat. 2108; 

 W. ^ A. Prodr. 307 ; Oriff. Notul. iv. 610 ; Blume Mus. Bot. ii. t. 43 ; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 619 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. t. xiv. fig. 5 ; Kurz For. 

 Fl. i. 518. P. angustifolia, Poxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 466. Maclellandia Grifiithiana, 

 Wight Ic. t. 1996. Lythrum Pemphis, Linn. f. Suppl. 249 ; Lamk. 111. ii. 408, 

 fig, 2. Melanium fruticosum, Spreng. Syst. ii. 465. 



Southern coasts of both PENiNStrLAS and of Cbtlon. — ^Distrib. Tropical coasts of 

 the Old Wojld _ , _ 



Branchlets young leaves and inflorescence with short grey hairs. Leaves 1 by f in. 

 ' -I in. Capside J in. diam. 



5. X.AWS01IXA, Linn. 



A glabrous erect shrub with round branches, sometimes spinous. Leaves 

 opposite, entire,, lanceolate. Flowers rather small, in large terminal panicled 

 cymes ; bracts small, deciduous. Calyx-tube exceedingly short ; lobes 4, ovate. 

 Petals 4, obovate, wrinkled, inserted at the top of the calyx-tube. Stamens 

 usually 8, inserted in pairs between the petals, sometimes 4 only or 8 not paired. 

 Ovary free, 4<elled (of 4-celled at the base) ; style very long, stigma capitate ; 

 ovules many, placentas axile. Capsule coriaceous, globose, eisert, irregularly 

 breaking up, ultimately 1-celled. Seeds many, angular, pyramidal, smooth, 

 packed on a central placenta. 



1. X.. alba, Lamk. III. t. 296,/^. 2 ; DC. Prodr. iii. 91 ; Wall. Cat. 2109 ; 

 W. ^ A. Prodr. 307 ; Wight III. t. 87 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 620 ; Boiss. 

 Fl. Orient, ii. 744 ; Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 97 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. 

 xiv. fig. 6 ; Brand. For. Fl. 238. L. inermis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 258 ; Griff. Ic. 

 PI. Asiat. t. 680. L. spinosa, Linn. ; Lour. Fl. Cochimc. 281. L. purpui-ea, 

 Lanik. ; Spreng. Syst. ii. 217. 

 * Throughout India, very common, cultivated ; perhaps wild in "Western India. — 

 DiSTRiB. Oabul, Persia. Cultivated in many tropical and warm temperate regions. 



About 6 ft. high, often trimmed so as to make a close fence. Leaves |-lj in., 

 narrowed at the base, sometimes very shortly petioled, acute or obtuse. Flowers J in. 

 diam., sweet-scented, rose or white. SepaZa ^ in., permanent. Capsule size of a 



6. CRYPTSR.OITXA, Blume. 



Trees. Leaves opposite, petioled, entire, ovate or lanceolate. Pacemes 

 elongate, in branched panicles. Flowers minute, white or green, with short 

 linear bracts at the base of the pedicels, polygamo-dioecious. Calyx-tube short, 

 saucer-shaped, or longer subhemispheric ; teeth 5 frarely 4), valvate, persistent. 

 Petals 0. Stamens as many as the calyx-teeth, inserted between them near the 



