Memeeijlon] LII. MELASTOMACEiE 387 



D. Leaves sessile or nearly so, base cordate or rounded. 



15. M. malabaricum, Cognianx. — Sjn. M. amplexiccmle^ Eoxb. var. 

 malabarica, M. Brit. Ind. ii. 559; IT. amplexicaule, Wight Ic. t. 279; 31. 

 innhellatnm. Bedd. M Svlv. t. 206. 



A shrub or small tree, branchlets round, 1. coriaceous, sessile or nearly so, 

 oblong-lanceolate from a cordate, often amplexicaul base, 2-6 in. long, sec. n. 

 generally obscure. Fl. on slender pedicels, in 10- to many-fid. umbels, peduncles 

 very short, thickened at the end, numerous small bracts at the base of pedicels. 

 Free part of calyx wide-campanulate J-^-V in. at mouth, anthers much shorter 

 than connective. Fr. black -Jy in. diam. 



"Western gliats down to the coast, from Nortli Kanara to Travancore, mostly in ever- 

 green forests. PI. Feb.-June. M. amplexicaule, Eoxb. is an eastern species from Peuang , 

 sec. n. and intramarginal veins prominent beneath, calj'x ^ in. wide at mouth, anther 

 cells nearly as long as connective. 16. M. deccanease, 0. B. Clarke, Western Peninsula, 

 imperfectly known, possibly only a form of 15, 1. membranous, narrower than 15. 17. 

 M. WigMii, Thwaites, Kanara, Ceylon, d lifers from 15 by branchlets acutely quadrangular 

 and winged. 



18. M. amabile, Bedd. le. PL Ind. Or. t. 163. South Kanara ghats, to 2,000 ft, A 

 large shrub or bmall tree, branchlets acutely quadrangular, 1. 2-3 in. long, sec. n. obscure, 

 fl. small, deep blue, pedicels slender, in many-fid. often compound axillary umbelb, 

 peduncle | in. long. 19. M. terminale, Dalz., evergreen forests of North Kanara, a 

 large shrub, very similar to 18 and possibly not bi)eciiicall3" distinct. Peduncleb often 

 in the axils of the uppermost 1., hence appearing terminal. Fr. globose \ in. diam. 



20. M. caemlemn, Jack. Andamans, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago 

 A shrub, branches terete, often quadrangular below the nodes. L. sessile, coriaceous, 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 3-6 ni. long. PL deej') steel-blue, in shortly pedunculate 

 axillary bracteate compound cymes. Fr. elongate-ellipsoid, crowned by the deep-cup- 

 shaped calyx-limb, | in. long. 21. M. Kurzii, King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 69. 77. 

 Nicobar islands. A shrub, 1. nearly sessile, thinlj^ coriaceoub, 8-10 in. long, sec. n. 

 straight, 15-20 pair, joined by an intramarginal vein at a distance from edge. Cymes 

 3-4-fld., from the axils of fallen leaves, calyx mouth ^ in. wide, wavy, with 4 broad 

 teeth. Fr. ellipsoid, J in. long. 



Oedee LIII. LYTHRACEiE. Gen. PL i. 773 (Li/thrnriece). 



HerbSj sbrubs or trees, 1. simple, entire, general^ opposite, stipules 0, or 

 minute. Calyx cup-shaped, persistent, segments often with intermediate teeth, 

 valvate, petals imbricate and crumpled in bud, sometimes wanting, filaments 

 inflexed in the bud. Ovary superior, sometimes adnate to tbe bottom of calyx, 

 inferior in Punica. Ovules numerous. Seeds many, without albumen. 



In Engler u. Prantl iii. 7. p. 1, 16, 22, the genei'a here described are classed under 

 three separate Oi'ders, Lythracecs, Bonneratlacem {Bonnerafla^ Duahanga^ Crypteronia) 

 and (with inferior ovary J Ptinicacem {Punica), 



A. Ovary superior, fl. bisexual, symmetric. 



Inland trees or shrubs, fr. a dry capsule. 



Calyx-segments 6, capsule 3-6-valved . . . 1. Lageestkcdmia. 



Calyxrsegments 6, capsule ciroumsciss. . . . Pemphis (p. B39). 



Calyx-segments usually 7, capsule 4~8-valved. . 2, Buabanga. 



Calyx-segments 4, capsule bursting iri'egularly . Lawsonia (p. 340). 



Litoral trees, fr. fleshy, indehiscent . . . .3. Sonneeatia. 



B. Ovary superior, fl. bisexual, zygomorphic . . . Woobforma (p. 341). 

 0. Ovary superior, fl. male and bisexual, pitals . .4. Ceypteronia. 



D. Ovary inferior Punica (p. 341). 



1. LAGERSTRCEMIA, Linn. ; FL Erit. Ind. ii. 575. 



Trees or shrubs ; 1. nearly opposite, or the uppermost alternate, entire. ^ Fl. 

 in axillary or terminal panicles, calyx-tube broadly turbinate or hemispherical, 



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