LAGERSTR^MIA MICROOARPA. (Nat. ord. Lythrarieas.) 



For Gen. Char, see under " L. Eeginse." 



LAGERSTR-iEMIA MICROCARPA. (Wight.) A large tree, bark smooth and white with the old bark often hanging in 

 thin flakes, leaves elliptic to ovate, often attenuated or acute at the base, and obtusely pointed at the apex, glabrous above, pale 

 beneath, and often very finely downy, 3£ to 4 inches long by 2 inches broad, petioles § to £ an inch long, panicles axillary and 

 terminal, glabrous or hoary with minute pubescence, flowers very numerous white, calyx white outside with minute hoary pubescence, 

 or subglabrous, six outer stamens longer than the others, capsule scarcely | an inch long. Wight Icones. pi. 109. 



This tree has often been confounded with L. parviftora Roxb., from which it differs in its numerous panicled flowers and minute 

 capsule, which is not much larger than a pea ; the minute downy pubescence on the under surface of the leaves, which has been given as a mark of 

 distinction in L, parviftora, is however often present in this species. 



A very handsome tree, abundant in all the western forests of the Madras Presidency, but not met with on the eastern side ; it is 

 universally known by its Tamil name of Ventek, and is called Bolandur and Billi ndndiin Canarese, and Veveyla in Tamil ; itflov:ers in the lot 

 weather, and its seed ripens in the rains. Young saplings have their branches very much winged. : the 'wood is light-colored, straight, fibred, and 

 tlastic j it is very much used for building purposes flooring rafters, dc, and also in dockyards ; if left in the forests exposed it very soon rets, and 

 is rapidly attacked by white ants. It makes capital coffee cases. 



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