576 LXi. LTTHBACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [^LagerstrcBmia. 



error of a,dding the fruit of one sppcies to the leaves and flowers of another. Col. 

 Beddome's figure is correct, but it is not L. lanceolata Wall. L. corymbosa. Griff, in 

 Herb, is this, but the ticket of locality "East Bengal" is doubtful. This Tariety is 

 not known from East Bengal. 



Vab. 2. bengkcUensis ; leaves pubescent beneath at least on the midrib, fruit smaller 

 than in the type, often less than ^ in., fruit-calyx campanulate instead of funnel- 

 shaped at base. — Nipal; Wall. Cat. 2119 partly. Sikkim; alt. 1000-5000 ft. ; 

 J. D. H., Gamble, C. B, Clarke. Assam; Mrs. Mack. Birma; Griffith, whence his 

 Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 592. 



3. Ii. lanceolata, Wall. Cat. 2120 ; leaves glatrous often very white 

 beneath., petiole usually ^ in., petals 5—5 in., calyx-teeth ultimately thick patent 

 or reflexed. W. §■ A. Prodr. 309 ; Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 98 P; Brcmd. For. 

 Fl. 240. L. microcarpa, Wight Ic. t. 109 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 30. 



Maxabah Coast ; from Bombay to Travancore, plentiful ; no specimen from 

 Coromandel. 



Tree 30-50 ft. Leaves 3 in., eUiptie-lanceolate, narrowed to both ends. Panicle 

 generally compound, never condensed. Calyx rarely glabrous usually pubescent, some- 

 times white and shortly tomentose. Capsule usually smaller than that of i. parviflora, 

 ^— f by^ in. — A species distinguishable from all the forms oi L. parviflora byits calyx- 

 teeth patent in fruit and its longer petioles. Wallich's name is adopted in preference 

 to that of Wight who confounded the plant with L. parviflora. 



4. Xi. venusta, Wall. Cat. 2117 ; oalyx-tuhe in bud smooth ovoid white 

 puberuloas with 6 linear accessory teeth outside the primaiy teeth, appearing as 

 prominent horns on the buds. 



BiEMA ; Melloon on the Irrawaddy near Thayet Myoo ; Wallieh. 

 Leaves 3-4rJ in., elliptic-oblong, a«ute, glabrous. PanicU large, not condensed, 

 white, puberulous. Bud as large as a pea, much larger than that of L. parviflora. 



** Calyx with abumdantfiilvovx or hrowriHred tomentum, 



5. Ii. BrOttlerl, C. B. Clarke; leaves stellately falvous-tomentose be- 

 neath, capsule f in. resembling that of L. parmflora. 



Deccan; Bottler. 



Leaves 3 in., lanceolate, glabrous above, midrib tomentose ; petiole ^ in. Panicle 

 lax, tomentose. Calyx in the bud fully } in-, with dense brown-red stellate wool 

 without any trace of grooves or ribs. Seed \ in. including the wing. — Named by 

 Eottler L. hirsataj Eheede Hort. Mai. iv. t. 22; but this species, which is only 

 known ftom Eheede's figure, is represented as having a deeply-grooved calyx. 



6. Ii. calyculata, Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1872, pt. ii. 307 ; For. Fl. i. 

 522 ; leaves puberulous beneath, capsule j— j in. 



Mabtaban; Kurz. 



A tree, 60-70 ft. Leaves 5-7 in., oblong, acuminate, short-petioled. Panicles 

 compound, with ferruginous or fulvous tomentum. Calyx in fruit cup-shaped cam- 

 panulate, closely adpressed to the capsule, without grooves or ribs^ densely ferrugi- 

 nous-tomentose ; lobes short-triangular, reflexed. Capsule oblong, shining. 



Sect. II. Adanxbea. Calyx-tube grooved, ribbed or subalate. 



t Adult leaves glabrous or nearly so. 



