330 LI. MYETACE.E [Barringtonia 



base to the staminal tube. Stamens oo , connate at the base into a short tube, 

 all fertile. Ovules pendulous, 2-8 in each cell. Fr. fibrous-succulent, more 

 or less angular and crowned by the persistent calyx-segments, pericarp fibrous, 

 endocarp sometimes bony. Seed one, embryo large fleshy, consisting of two 

 concentric homogeneous masses of cellular tissue, separated by a thin layer of 

 delicate vessels and fibres. Albumen 0. Species 30, tropics of Africa, Asia, 

 Australia and Polynesia. 



A. Calyx q[uite closed in bud, splitting irregularly into 2 or 3 segments. 



1. B. racemosa, Blume ; Wight Ic. t. 152 ; Kurz F. M. i. 496. Vern. 

 Kitmia^ Beng. ; Nivar^ Mar. ; Samudra, Tam. 



A middle-sized tree, branches with numerous large leaf-scars. L. obovate 

 or oblanceolate, blade 6-12 in. long, narrowed into a very short petiole. M. 

 2 J in across, in slender pendulous racemes, cream-coloured, filaments often 

 crimson. Fr. 2-2^ in. long, ovoid. 



West coast, from the Konkan southwards near rivers and backwaters, but also inland. 

 Sundriban (Hemig). Aadamaiis, Nicobars. Fl H. S. Ceylon, moist low country. 

 Coasts of the Malay Peninsula and Polynesia 2. B speciosa» Forst. ; Wight Ic. t. 547. 

 Andamans. Seashore of the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, Australia and Poly- 

 nesia. A middle-sized tree, 1. sessile, obovate, 6-14 in. long, reticulate veins pi eminent. 

 PL 5-7 in. across, m erect terminal racemes, pedicels 3-4, petals 2J, filaments 8-4 m. 

 long. Pr. 3-4 in. diam., depressed turbinate, 4--5-angled and more or les^ lobed. 3. 

 B. coaoidea, Griff. Mergui, Malay Peninsula. A shrub or small tree, 1. slightly crenu- 

 late, from a rounded or cordate base oblanceolate, blade 5-10 in. long, petiole short 

 stout. Fl. 1 111 across, in short erect few-fld. racemes, pedicels slender J m long, petals 

 fleshy, ovate-lanceolate. Pr. conical, at the base produced into 8 wing-like fleshy 

 processes. 



B, Calyx not closed in bud, segments 4, slightly imbricate 

 (a) Petiole short, less than 1 in. 



4. B. acutangula, Gaertn. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 204; Brandis F. Fl. 235. 

 Yevn.Neorcij JtiJar^Hmd. ; Kumia^ Beng. ; Tivavy Jugli^ Mar. ; Kanapa^ Tel. ; 

 Kyi J Burm. 



A middle-sized tree, 1. obovate or oblanceolate, minutely denticulate, blade 

 2-5, narrowed into petiole l-\ in. long. Fl. red, \ in. across, in long slender 

 13endulous racemes 6-15 in. long. Calyx-segments rounded, ciliate, ovary 

 2-celled. Fr. oblong, glabrous, bluntly quadrangular 1 in. long. 



Subhimalayan tract from the Ganges eastwards. Bengal, Central India, the Peninsula 

 and Burma, chiefly on banks of streams and in moist places. L. shed and renewed in 

 March, April. PI. Dec-May. — Ceylon, dry region. Malay Archipelago and Northern 

 Australia. 5. B. augusta, Kurz, Tenasserim {Kyaigyee Burm.). A middle-sized tree, 

 not flowering every year, leaves large, crowded at the ends of branches, obovate or 

 oblanceolate, blade 6-18 in, narrowed into a very short petiole, sec. n. 8-12 pair, 

 prominent, arching. PI. conspicuous, sessile, in pairs, one above the other, in terminal 

 pendulous spikes, rachis stout, calyx-segments J in. long, petals greenish, filaments 

 white. Pr, oblong, crowned by the persistent calyx-segments, 4- winged. 6. B. pterocarpa, 

 Kurz, Pegu and Martaban, petiole J in. PI. white or rose-coloured, sessile in very long 

 pendulous spikes, calyx velvety, segments more than J in. long. Pr. 2 in. long with 4 

 thick narrow wings. 7. B. Helferl, C. B. Clarke, Tenasserim, 1. narrowly oblanceolate, 

 12-20 in. long, sec, n. 20-30 pair, prominent, fl. in pendulous racemes, rachis slender^ 

 pedicels J in. 



(b) Petiole long. 



8. B. macrostachya, Kurz. South Tenasserim. Malay Peninsula. Borneo. A shrub 

 or small tree, 1. elliptic-oblong, blade 6-12, petiole 1-3 in. long, sec. n. prominent, 15-20 

 pair. PI. sessile, purple, in pendulous spikes, calyx-tube 4-angled, J in. long, lobes 

 broad, obtuse, petals 1, filaments 2 in long. Pr. ovoid, obtusely angled, lJ-2 in. longy 

 on a thick rachis. 9. B. pendula, Kurz. South Tenasserim. Kyaithe, Burm., 1 narrowly 

 lanceolate, blade 10-15, petiole 1-4 in. long, reticulate veins nearly as prominent as the 

 sec. n. PL sessile, in spikes up to 2| ft. long, calyx-tube clavate, 4-angled, J in. long, 

 segments acute, filaments 1 in. long. Pr. boldly 4-angled, more than 2 in. long. 



