Lagentropmia] 1111. LYTHEACE^ 330 



its fl., lJ-2 in. acroste, rose-colouied, white or lilac, 1. generally alternate, petals long 

 clawed, much curled. 



The following imperfectlj^ known species have the caljx densely clothed with ferru- 

 gmeous or fulvous stellate tonientuni : 5. L. Rottleri, C. B. Clarke, Deccan, 1. stellately 

 tomentose beneatli. b. L. calyculata, Kurz (Pi/lnmahyu, Burm.). Forests east of Taungoo, 

 evergxeen, 1 puberuloub and strongly net-veined beneath. 



B. Calyx-tube with as many ribs as segments. 



7. L. villosa, Wall. ; Kurz F.Pl. i. 524 Vei'n. Zaung gale,ljower, Zaung 

 bale, Zlnhye, Upper Burma. 



A small or middle-sized tree, branchlets, petioles and underside of 1. softly 

 pubescent, hairs simple, 1. broadly lanceolate, blade 2™'3, petiole ^\ in., stipules 

 small but distinct. Fl. white, slightly scented, in compact head-like softly 

 pubescent panicles at the ends of branches, pedicels shorter tlian calyx-tube. 

 Calyx turbinate with 6 winged ribs, petals minute. Capsule ovoid-oblong, 

 \ in. long, base supported by the 6-ribbed calyx. Seed angular, with the 

 broad triangular wing \ in. long. 



Pegu and Upper Burma, often in Eng forest. Fl. H. S. 



Specimens, in bud only, collected by the late Sir Henry Collett in Upper Burma, 

 1 glabrous, broadly lanceolate, blade 5, petiole J in. ridges on calyx 5-6, almost winged, 

 allied to the Philii')pinp species L. pirifoVm^ Koehne. 



C. Ribs or grooves on calyx- tube twice the number of segments. 



8. L. Flos Reginae, Eetz. : Roxb. Cor. PL t. 65 (L. Reglnm) ; Wight Ic. 

 t. 413 ;^ Bedd. M. Sylv. t. 29.— Syn. L. hpeciosa, Pers. ; Koehne in Engler 

 Jahrb. iv. 28. Yern. Jaritl, Beng. : AJhar, Ass. ; Taman, Mar, ; ChaUa, Kan. ; 

 PumarathiCj Tam. ; Manbaaratlnt, Mai. ; Pyinma, Lower, Elkmwe^ Upper 

 Burma. 



A large tree, 1. glabrous, blade 6-10, petiole stout, |-| in. long, fl. purplish- 

 lilac, 2-3 in. across, in ample terminal panicles, calyx strongly 12-ribbed, ribs 

 rounded, broader than the fuiTOWS between, segments long-triangular, stamens 

 of equal length. Capsule broadly ovoid, |--1 in. long, the lower third enclosed 

 in the persistent calyx, seed with wing §-J in. long, pale brown. 



Assam, Chittagong. Lower Burma, chiefly near river banks. Foot of the Web tern 

 ghats a&cendmg to 2,000 ft. Leafless during the hot season, fl. JVIay-June. Ceylon, 

 moist low country, Malay Peninsula. 9. L. macrocarpa, Kurz {Konpijinma). Upper 

 Burma, Pegu, Maulmein, Thaungym (D. B. March 1862), Chiefly in Eng forests. A 

 bmall tree, nearly allied to 8, but 1. larger, petiole J-j xn., fl. in short terminal imnicles, 

 calyx furi'owed but not ribbed. 



10. L. hypoleuca, Kurz, Andaman^, common. A large tree, 1. glabrous, whitish-glaucous 

 beneath, elliptic-oblong, blade 6-8, petiole ^| in. long. PI. lilac, 1--1-| in. across, in 

 elongate terminal panicles, calyx tube turbinate, with 12 prominent ribs. Pr. ovoid, 

 l-l in. long, base supported by calyx, the segments of which are reflexed. 11. L. jlori- 

 tmnda, Jack {Pyimma hyu). Country between Sitang and Salween rivers. Attaran, 

 Thaungyin. Mergui. Malay Peninsula, Siam, China. A large tree, 1. almost sessile, 

 elliptic-oblong 5-7 in. long, when young stellate-tomentose beneath, sec. n. prominent, 

 terminating in arching, intramarginal veins. PI. rose-coloured, turning white, in 

 ample terminal panicles, clothed (as well as calyx) with dense stellate ferrugineous 

 tomentum. Calyx turbinate with 12 prominent ridges, segments short. Sapbule 

 ovoid, f in. long, the lower fourth enclosed in the calyx. 



12. L. tomentosa, Presl. Vern. Mzah^ Burm. 



A large tree, branchlets, petioles, underside of I, inflorescence and calyx 

 densely clothed with stellate tomentum, 1. lanceolate, blade 3-6, petiole \ in, 

 long, sec. and tertiary nerves prominent. PL white, 1 in. across, in terminal 

 pyramidal panicles, calyx campanulate-turbinate, ribs 10-12, segments short, 

 triangular. Capsule ovoid, | in. long, lower third enclosed in the persistent 

 calyx. 



Pegu, Tenasserim, Upper Burma. PL H. S. 



PempMs acidula, Porst. ; Bedd, Man. 1. 14 f . 5 — Syn. Mmtelandm GriffitMana, Wight 



