Lnmniizera] L. COMBEETACE^ 315 



and crenate, fi, wMte, sessile, in axillary spikes, stamens 10, as long as petals. 



Endocarp hard, exocarp spongy. 



Coasth of India and Bnrma, in Mangrove swamps and otlier tidal forests. Fl. Max'cli, 

 April. 2. L. coccinea, "W. et A. (L. lifforea, Voigt ; KnrzF. Fl. i. 469) Mergui, IS^icobars, 

 lias fl. in terminal corymbose racemes, petals and stamens scarlet, stamens twice tlie 

 length of petals. Pericarp spongy. 



6. ANOGEISSUS, Wall. ; El. Brit. Ind. ii. 450. 



L. alternate, fl. small, bisexual, in globose heads. Calyx-tube compressed 

 at the base, prolonged beyond the ovary into a slender tube, which expands 

 at the top into a campanulate deciduous 5-cleft limb. Petals 0. Stamens 10. 

 biseriate, filaments filiform, exserted. Fr. small, coiiaceous, broadly 2-winged, 

 terminating in a beak, formed by the persistent calyx-tube. Species 5, one 

 in tropical Africa, the others in India. 



A. Persistent calyx-tube shorter than fruit. 



1. A. pendula, Edgew ; Brandis E. Fl. 229. Yern. Dhaa^ Dhaulra, 

 Meywar. 



A small gregarious tree, branches drooping, leaves turning red before falling. 

 Branchlets and 1. densely clothed with short soft appressed hairs. L. broadly 

 lanceolate or oblanceolate, blade |-1, petiole ^-l in. long, sec. n. not promineat, 

 5-7 pair. El. heads under f in. diam., on slender axillary peduncles i-l in. 

 long. Ripe fr. (hei*e and in the other species including the wings) nearly 

 orbicular, upper portion and short beak hairy, lower portion glabrous. 



Eajpntana and Bmidelkhand, extending south to the Pancli Mahals (Gujarat) and 

 to Nimar on the Nerbudda river. The principal forest tree of Merwara and Meywar. 

 Fl. B. S. Leaves shed in January. 



B. Persistent calyx-tu.be as long as or longer than fruit. 



2. A. latifolia, Wall. ; Bedd. El. Svlv. t. 15 ; Brandis E. El. 227.--Syn. 

 Coiwcarjms latifolia, DC. ; Eoyle 111. t. 45 ; Wight Ic. t. 684. Vern. Bhaura, 

 DhaiDa^ Bakli^ BinA.] Arma, Q^ond '. Dimlaya, DindaJ.-K^n.i CMrimami 

 Yellam ma^ Tel. ; Yel'lay naga, Tarn. 



A large tree, 1. broadly elliptic, pubescent when young, glabrous when full 

 grown, blade H-31, petiole |-| in. long, sec. n. 8-14 pair, tertiary n. prominent 

 beneath. El. heads 4-| in. diam., on short peduncles, often in axillary 

 racemes, i-ipe fr. almost glabrous, nearly orbicular. 



Subhimalayan tract from the Eavi to Nepal, ascending to 8,000 ft. Central India. 

 Western Peninsula, ascending to 4,000 ft. on the Nilgiris. Not in Assam, eastern Bengal 

 nor Burma. Bare during the greater part of the dry season. In Nov. the foliage begins 

 to have a fine copper tint, is shed in Feb. and the young 1. come out in May. Fl. May- 

 Aug., sometimes Nov.-Feb. — Ceylon, dry country. 



3. A. sericea, Brandis, Ind. Forester. voL xxv. 287. Yern. Kardalu, 

 Jabalpur. 



A middle-sized, on good soil a large tree, youDg shoots silvery, branchlets 

 and underside of 1. clothed with long silky hair. L. elliptic, shortly acuminate, 

 blade 1-2, petiole \ in., sec. n. 4-6 pair. El. heads f in. diam., on long ped- 

 uncles, frequently bearing leafy bracts, and sometimes two or more flower- 

 heads. Fr. tomentose, broader than long, wings jagged. Calyx-limb sometimes 

 persistent at the end of the long tube. 



Common on the Pachmarhi hills. Jabalpur district near the Nerbudda river. 

 G-arhakota, Sanger district. Panch Mahals (Gujarat). Fl. Feb. to April. A variety 

 with smaller greyish-pubescent L and smaller fl. heads, i in. across, in Merwara. 



4. A. acuminata, WalL ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 1. 16 ; Brandis F. Fl. 228. Yern. 

 Pasi^ Tel. ; Y6n^ Burm. 



