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578 Lxi. LYTHRACEJ;. (0. B. Clarke.) [Lagerstroemia. 



MALiccA ; Maingay No. 653, 654. — Disteib. Celebes. 



A moderate-sized tiee (^Maingay). Leaves 2-3 in., narrow elliptic-oblong, not acu- 

 minate, oblique, twisted at the apex, minutely aehy-puberulous beneath ; petiole ^ in. 

 Fa/iiiole 4-6 in. ; branches stout, ashy- or grey-puberulous. Calyx in the bud funnel- 

 shaped not campanulate, smaller than that of L. Flos-Begiius. Petals ^-J in., flat, 

 shortly clawed, sparingly erose-undulate on the margin. Fruit -f by f in., calyx- 

 wings slightly enlarged on the fruit. — The specimens of Maingay are very perfect but 

 are identified with Miquel's plant from his description only. 



tt Adult leaves pubescent beneath. 



11. Ii. villosa, TFoll. ex Kurz Pegu For. Report Append. B. 54 ; leaves 

 lanceolate aciiminate pubescent on botli surfaces, flowers small apetalous con- 

 gested at the summits of the panicle-branches, calyx-ribs 6 obscure in the 

 bud. Kurz For. Fl. i. 524. 



Burma ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2240) ; MeClellaiid (Lagerstroemia sp. 9) ; 

 John Scott; Kurz. 



Tree 40-50 ft. (Kurz) ; branchlets panicles and leaves ashy-grey, pubescent. 

 Leaves 2-3 in., finely acuminate, narrowed to the very short petiole. Buds very small, 

 calyx-tube smooth, ribs only to be seen near the summit of the tube as six horns 

 alternating with the primary calyx-teeth. Capsule |-f by J in., the calyx-tube finally 

 distinctly ribbed. — The name villosa is not in Wallich's Catalogue nor does it exist 

 on any specimen at Kew, so that it cannot be guessed where Mr. Kurz found it : but 

 the species is very good and unmistakable. 



12. Xi. tomentosa, Pregl Sot. Bemerk. 142 ; leaves lanceolate acuminate 

 stellately pubescent beneath, flowers with petals scattered on the panicle, calyx- 

 ribs 12 prominent in the bud. Kurz For. Fl. i. 522. L. pubescens Wall. Cat. 

 2112. 



BuKMA ; Griffith ^ Heifer (Kew Distrib. No. 2238, 2239) ; John Scott ; Kwrs No. 

 1976; Brandts. 



Tree 70-100 ft. (Kurz) ; branchlets petioles and panicle fulvous stellate -woolly 

 tomentose. Leaves 3-6 in., elliptic-lanceolate to narrow-lanceolate, adult glabrous 

 reticulate above except the midrib which is fulvous stellate-tomentose ; petiole i— J 

 in. Cak/x in the bud fulvous, tomentose, with 12 blunt ribs to the base. Petals^ m., 

 finely clawed, erose, subfimbriate on the margin. Capsule f by J in., calyx-tube ul- 

 timately 6-ribbed (ribs corresponding to the primary teeth becoming obsolete) ; teeth 

 triangular, refiexed. — In fruit the capsule and calyx become exactly like those of 

 L. villosa and when the condensed panicle of L. villosa opens out in fruit, the two 

 species are easily confounded. One sheet of Wall. Oat. 2112 marked L. pubescens is 

 really L. villosa, but all the other sheets of Wall. Cat. 2112 are true. Among other 

 tests, the leaves of L. pubescens are stellately hairy beneath, those of L. villosa are 

 simply pubescent. 



Vae. Loudoni, Teym. & Binn. PI. Nov. in Hort. Bogor. cult. 1863, p. 27 ; leaves 

 acute not acuminate, flowers not larger than in the type. Kurz For. Fl. i. 523. 



8. SUABANGA, Ham. 



Large glabrous trees with pendent quadrangular branches. Leaves opposite, 

 distichous, large, short-petioled, long-oblong, acute, entire, cordate or rounded 

 at the base. Panicles laige, terminal, with opposite branches ; flowers large. 

 Calyx-tvie wide, adnate to the base of the ovary; lobes 4^7, thick, valvate in 

 the bud. Peials 4^-7, clawed, obovate, crisped and undulate, white. Stamens 

 very many, inserted on a perigynous ring. Ovary conical, 4-8-celled ; style 



