4. Sonnbeatia.] 66. LYTHRACEJE. 



i. SOHNERATIA, L.f. 

 Glabrous trees of ffldfc-wato Laceous lfiav«a _N^ 



u-, «xillarv solil 



3ar or canrpanulate with 4-8 lanceolate sepals and as many 

 narrow or petals. Stamens many peri -y 

 20-celled with very many -,!. ,.cm,hwj ovules. Fruit 10-1 

 " i by the 



t. with broadly obovate or sub-orl 

 mg leaves 2-6-3 6" long, 



Capsule globose much depressed often 2 broad. 



tubular or cami , ' - * nd ^ *t P d 



small intermediate folds or teeth (< T icalyx). LYtald • > 1 orO, iff* 1 ™ 

 between the sepals, a small "^Staof the 



