Sonnerafla] LIII. LYTHRACE.E 341 



Ceylon, Malay PeniiiMila and Arclni^elago. This and other species of So7ineraiia, ab 

 ■vvell as a few other Mangrove trees, send up from their widely spreading horizontal 

 roots vertical branches with soft pith-like wood, which serve to facilitate tlie inter- 

 change of gas between the atmosi^here and the roots buried in the mud of the tidal 

 swamp. 



B. Petals none. 



2. S. apetala, Ham. Yern. Keora, Sunclr. ; Tfvar, Mar. ; Kanhala^ Burma. 



A gregarious tree, attaining 50 ft., wood reddish -brown, kard, brandies 

 pendulous, foliage light glaucous-green. L. lanceolate, blade 3-5, petiole |-| in. 

 long. M. whitish, 1 in. across, in 3-5-fld. terminal corymbs, calyx not ribbed, 

 segments 4, longer than tube, stigma large |)eltate, top convex. Capsule 

 depressed-globose, | in. diam. 



Sundriban, banks of tidal rivers. Pegu and Tenasserim, tidal forests. Coasts of the 

 Konkan. PL Ai3ril-June. Ceylon. 3. S. alba, Smith, Andamans, Mergui, Konkan, 

 Ceylon (rare). Coasts of trojpical i^frica, Asia and Australia. A shrub or small tree, 

 1. broadly ovate, fi. 1^-2 in. across, usually 2 or 3 at the ends of branchlets, ealyx-seg- 

 ments 6, rarely 7 or 8, fruiting calyx ribbed, ribs as many as segments. 4. S. Griffithii, 

 Kurz. Coasts of Pegu and Tenasserim, ascending the rivers as far as tlie tide. Similar 

 to S. acida but without petal b. Eegarded by King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. 67, 11, 

 as an apetalous form of S acida. 



Woodfordia floribunda, Salibb. ; CoUett Simla PL 193, fig. 57. — Syn. TK tomentosa, Bedd. 

 Man. t. 14, f. 4 ; W. fruticosa^ Kurz P. PL i. 518 ; Qrislea tome7itosa^ Boxb. Cor. PL t. 31. 

 Vern. Dlia, Dhaiin, DJieivtie, Dhau, Dhawla, Hind.; Icha^ Kol; DJmltij Mar.; Jci>ji^ 

 Velahkai, Tel. ; Yet kiji^ Pattayyi^ Upper Burma. Widely spread, from tropical Africa, 

 Arabia to India, ascending to 5,000 ft. in the Himalaya, and to botli Peninsulas. China 

 and tlie Indian Archipelago. A large ornamental shrub, more or less pubescent, 1. oppo- 

 site, sometimes m whorls of 3, sessile, from a broad base lanceolate, 2-4 in. long, under- 

 side white witli bl^ck dots. PL numerous, laexamerous, slightly zygomorphlc, briglit 

 brick-red, in round lateral clusters, generally from the axils of fallen leaves, pedicels 

 dilated above. Calyx tubular curved, coloured, mouth. oblic(_ue, segments short, alter- 

 nating with minute teeth, petals 6, short, linear-lanceolate. Stamens 12, inserted near the 

 bottom of calyx, filaments long-exserted, ovary 2-celled. Capsule J-J in. long, enclosed 

 by calyx-tube, splitting irregularly. PL used for dyeing silk. 



4. CRYPTERONIA, Blame ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 573. 



Evergreen trees, 1. opposite. PL polygamous, male and bisexual on different 

 branches, possibly on different trees. PL minute, in elongate panicled racemes. 

 Calyx Clip-shaped, adnate to base of ovary, segments 5, rarely 4, petals 0. <J : 

 Stamens long exserted, alternating with calyx-segments, surrounding a rudi- 

 mentary ovary, anther cells on the edges of a broad connective, r? : Stamens 

 short, ovary 2-celled, style cylindric. Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved, crowned by 

 the two halves of the persistent style. Seeds numerous, testa produced at 

 each end. Species 5, India and Indian Archipelago. 



C. paniculata, Blums; Kurz F. Fl. i 519 ; King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 vol. 67. 5.— Syn. C. puhescens^ Blume.-- Hen iilo via jptihescens^ Wall. PL As. 

 Ear. t. 221 ; O. glabra^ Blume. Vern. AnanbOj Burm. 



A large tree, bark silvery grey. L. elliptic, acute at both ends, glabrous or 

 thinly pubescent beneath, blade 3-6, pet. I in. long, PL numerous, greenish- 

 white, calyx-teeth triangular. 



Kliasi bills, Chittagong. Pegu, Martaban and Tenasserim. PL Nov.-Peb. Malay 

 Peninsula. 



Punica Granatum, Linn, *, Wigbt 111. t. 97. The Pomegranate. Vern. Nargosali, 

 Bal. •, Darunaj DharUj Punj. ; A^iar, Hind, j DaUmhe, Kan, ; Danima^ Tel. Indigenous 

 in Persia and Afghanistan, Common in Hazara, 4-6,000 ft., apparently -wild. 

 Cultivated and naturalized from I'emote antiquity in India, Syria, Palestine, Nortb. 

 Africa, Greece and Italy. A deciduous bbrub or small tree, branchlets often spin- 



