ODO 



LIII. LYTHRACEJE 



[Lager strosmia 



cleft into 6 ovate lobes, petals nnguieulate, edge undulate. Stamens numerous, 

 inserted at or above the bottom of calyx-tube, 6 often stouter and longer 

 than the others, anthers versatile. Ovary free, 3-G-celled, style filiform, ovules 

 numerous, attached to axile placentas. Capsule coriaceous, 3~6-celled, girt at 

 base by the persistent calyx, dehiscing loculicidally into 3-6 valves. Seeds 

 winged. 



A. Calyx-tube smooth, neither ribbed nor grooved. 



1. L. parvifiora, Roxb. Cor. PL t. 66 ] Wight Ic. t. m ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 

 31. Vern. Dhaura^ Asidh, Lendla, Seja, Hind. ; Bonda, BJwndara, Mar. ; 

 Ohennangi, Tel. ; Channangi^ Kan. ; Ventek^ Tam. ; Zaung hale, Upper 

 Burma. 



A large tree, youngest shoots and leaves, as well as inflorescence, pubescent 

 with very short simple hairs. L. opposite, sessile or very shortly petiolate, 

 2-4 in. long. Fl. white, fragrant, ^ in. across, in axillaiy and terminal panicles, 

 pedicels slender. Calyx not ribbed, hoary, from the base to the end of segments 

 }-l in. long. A raised line inside at the base of segments. Segments erect;, 

 ultimately appressed to the capsule, which is |-1 in. long. 



Suhhimalayan tract from the Jumna eastwards, ascending to 3,000 ft. Assam. Lo^\ ei 

 Bengal, Central India and the Western Peninsula in deciduous forests. Upper Burma. 

 The 1. are shed Marcli-April, young foliage in May. Fl. H. S. Pr R. S , remains 

 long on the tree. A form with laiger greenish-white fl. on few-fld. axillary peduncles, 

 111 Bamboo forest, Shwebo district, Upper Burma, TawkyetsajBuTm. (Sniales, May 1901). 



2. L. lanceolata, Wall.— Syn. L, mierocarpa^ Wight Ic. t. 109 ; Bedd. 



EL Sylv. t. 30. Yern. 

 Nana^MdiX,] Ncindl^ 

 Kan. ; Ventek^ Tam. 



A large tree, 1. 

 sometimes alternate, 

 glabrous, bluish- 

 white beneath, blade 

 2-4, petiole l~~\ in., 

 sec. n. prominent, 

 arching, 6-10 pair. 

 M. in large terminal 

 panicles. Calyx 

 hoary : segments re- 



pressed to capsule, 

 no raised line at the 

 base of segment^. 

 Capsule I -h in . 

 long. 



West side of the 

 Peninsula, extending 

 east as far as Bellarv- 

 m. H. S. 3. L. THom- 

 soni, Koehne MSS., 

 Mysore and Karnatik, 

 similar but 1. larger 

 and softly tomentose 

 beneath. 4. L. indica, 

 Linn.; Wight Ic. t. 

 86, indigenous in 

 China and possibly on 

 the Shan hills in Up- 

 per Burma 5 cultivated 

 in gardens throughout 

 Fig. 142 — Lagerstx^oemialanceolata, Wall. Fr. fi. 4. India on account of 



