Bualanga.] ixi. lttheace^. (C. B. Clarke.) 579 



bent, long, stigma capitate 4-8-lol)ed ; ovules very many, ascending, placentas 

 covering nearly the wliole interior surface of tlie ovary-cells. Capsule globose 

 on the thick spreading calyx, coriaceous, perfectly or imperfectly 4-8-celled, 

 4:-8-valved. Seeds innumerable, minute, ellipsoid, testa produced at both ends 

 in two tails much exceeding the length of the nucleus.— Disteib. Species 2, 

 extending from Nipal south-eastvfards to the Philippines and Borneo. 



1. D. sonneratioides, Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 178 ; flowering 

 calyx nearly 1 in. wide at the base, petals 4-7 nearly 1 in., capsule 4-8- 

 valved. Hook. f. III. Him. PI. 1. 11 ; Kvrz For. Fl. i. 525. Lagerstroemia 

 grandiflora, Roxh. Hort. Beng. 38 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 603 ; DC. Prodr. iii. 93; Wall: 

 Cat. 2111 ; Blume Mus. Bat. i. 109. Leptospartion grandiflorum, Crriff. lo. PI. 

 Axiat. t. 591. 



Nipal to Maetaban; alt. 500-3000 ft.; common in the Sdckim and Bhotan 

 Tebai. 



Tree attaining 100 ft. iraees commonly 10 by 3| in; petiole nsually ^-^'in. — 

 B. moluccana differs by the calyx in flower mnch narrower at base, the petals 4 smaller, 

 the capsule 4-valved : but agrees closely in habit. 



9. SOKNEXtATXA, Linn.f. 



Trees, growing near the sea, glabrous. Leaves opposite, petioled, coriaceous, 

 entire. Flowers without bracts, large, three together at the summits of the 

 braaches, or axillary solitary. Calyx thick, coriaceous ; lobes 4-8, lanceolate,, 

 valvate. Petals or as many as the calyx-lobes and linear-oblong; Stamens 

 Msty many, inserted in a circular band on the calyx-tube. Ovary nearly free, or 

 adnate at the base to the calyx-tube, many-celled ; style long, stigma capitate ; 

 ovules very many, ascending, placentas axile. Berry subglobose, supported- by 

 the persistent calyx, 10-15-celled. Seeds very many, small, curved, angular ; 

 cotyledons convolute. — Dibirib. Species 4-5 on the tropical sea^shores of the 

 Eastern hemisphere. 



t Stigma very large, unibrellarshaped. 



1. S. apetala, Ham. in Syme Emh. Ava iii. 313, t. 25 ; leaves narrow- 

 oblong, calyx-lobes 4, petals 0, stigma more than J in. broad, capsule |— | in. 

 broad globose. DC. Prodr. iii. 231 ; Boxh. Hort. Bmg. 38 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 506 ; 

 RotJt Nov. Sp. 233 ; Wall. Cat. 3642 ; W. Sf A. Prodr. 327 ; Griff. Notul. iv. 

 Q5Q;KurzFor.Fl.i.m7. 



Common in the Soondeebiin. Deccan Peninsula as far as the Concan, Law. 

 Teansgangetio Pbninsttla to Moulmein, Falconer. 



Tree attaining 40 ft., growing in mangrove swamps flooded by the tide. Leaves 

 3-4 by 1-1^ in., always narrow, attenuated at the base ; petiole J in. Calyx in 

 flower f in., style included or scarcely ersert.. Capsule broader than high, convex at 

 the top, walls not thickened. 



tt Stigmu capitate, not very large. 



2. S. acida, lAnn. f. Swppl. 252; leaves oblong or narrowly obovate- 

 elliptic, calyx-lobes 6, petals 6 linear-oblong dark-red, capsule globose much de- 

 pressed often 2 in. broad. Roxh. Hort. Beng. 88 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 506 ; Roth Nov. 

 Sp. 233 ; DC. Prodr. iii. 231 ; Wall. Cat. 3641 ; W. 8f A. Prodr. 327 ; Wight 

 le. \. 340 ; Oriff. Notul. iv. 652 ; Blume Mus. Bot. i. 386 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 

 pt. i. 496 ; Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 98 ; Brand. For. Fl. 242 ; Eurz For. Fl. 



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