214 LIU. LYTHRARIE^. 



Melastoma, Linn. 



malabathricum, Linn., var. polyanthum, Benth. — " Di-eni" of 

 Cape Bedford natives. 

 var. nanum, Bail. 



Tribe II. — MEDiNiLLEyE. 

 Medinilla, Gaud. 



Balls-Headleyi, F. v. M. 



Tribe III. — Memecyle.*:. 

 Memecylon, Linn. 



umbellatum, Burui. 



Order LIII.— LYTHRARIEjE. 



Tribe I. — Ammannie/E. 



Ammannia, Linn. — Seeds of many used for food by the natives. 



pentandra, Ro.vb. 



var. decussata, Benth. 



occultiflora, Koehne. 



diandra, F. v. M. 



triflora, R.Br. (Fig. 186.) 



indica, Lain. 



auriculata, Willd. 



multiflora, Ro.vb. 

 >: 'Peplis, Linn. 



portula, Linn. — Water Purslane. Europe. 



Tribe II. — Lythre/E. 

 Lythrum, Linn. 



Salicaria, Linn . — Loosestrife, 

 hyssopifolium, Linn. 



paradoxum, Koehne in Engl. Yahrb. xxiii., Beibl. lvii. 

 Nessea, Couiui. 



Robertsii, F-v.M. (Fig. 187.) 

 *salicifolia, H . B. and K. — Tropical America. 

 Pemphis, Forst. 



acidula, Forst. 

 Lagerstrcemia, Linn. 



*Flos-Reginge, Rets. — India. Has been given by some as 

 naturalised, but perhaps only because found in old, 

 deserted plantations, &c. 

 *indica, Linn. — India. 

 Archeriana, Bail. 



var. sdabrescens, Bail. 



