Sdnneratia,^ 



43. LYTHRACE.E. 



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Coasts of India, Burma and the Andamans. In the salt marshes 

 and creeks of the Konkan and North Kdnara. FI. Mch.-Julj. Fr. Oct.- 

 "N'ov. A small evergreen tree. Wood reddish-grey, soft, even-grained. 

 Pores small, numerous. Medullary rays fine, numerous, not very distinct. 

 Weighs 36 lbs. to the cub. ft. 



1. S. apetala, Ham. in Syme Smb. Ava. III. 313. t. 25; Fl. Br. I. 

 2. 579. Stigma umbrella-shaped, large. Tidal forests of Bengal and 

 Burma. Konkan, Law. A moderate sized evergreen tree. Hearfcwood 

 reddish-brown, moderately hard. Used for house building, packing cases, 



Fiinica granatum^ Linn., Roxb. Fl. Ind. XL 499 ; Brandis For. Fl. 241. 

 The Pomegranate. Is cultivated in gardens throughout the presidency. 

 Wild in Kashmir and the N. W. Himalayas. Fl. Apl.-May. Fr. July- 

 Sept. A shrub or small tree. Wood light yellow, and might be tried as 

 a substitute for boxwood. The flowers afford a light red dye. The bark 

 and rind of the fruit are used for tanning and dyeing morocco leather. 

 The root bark is used in medicine. 



Order 44. SAMYDACE^. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, alternate ; stipules small, deci- 

 duous. Flowers regular, small, axillary, shortly pedicelled, fascicled 

 or in long racemes, simple or panicled. Calyx coriaceous, persistent 

 tube short, free, or adnate to the ovary, limb 3-7-fid. Petals as many 

 as calyx-lobes or 0, imbricate. Stamens definite or indefinite, usually 

 opposite the petals, and alternating with small glands. Ovary 

 superior or more or less inferior, 1-celled ^ style 1, capitate or 3- fid at 

 the apex, or styles 2-5 ovules on usually 2-5 parietal placentas. 

 Fruit loGulicidally 2-5-valved ; seeds several, usually drilled, albu- 

 minous. 



Petals 0, flowers in axillary fascicles ... ... 1. Caseaeia. 



Petals present, flowers in axillary or terminal 

 racemes 2. Homalium, 



1. CASEARIA, Jacq. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, distichous, often slightly 

 serrate and transparently dotted. Flowers small, yellow, in axillary 

 fascicles. Calyx-tube short, limb 4-5-lobed. Petals 0. Stamens 

 6-15, or rarely more, alternating with as many scales or staminodes. 

 Ovary superior, 1-celled ; stigma capitate or shortly 3-lobed ; ovules 

 many, parietal. Fruit fleshy, opening into valves ; seeds many, 

 angular, often with a red arillus ; embryo straight. 



Trees, Leaves glabrous. 

 Pedicels glabrous. 



Calyx pubescent. Carpels usually 3. Leaves thin. 1, C. graveolens. 



Calyx glabrous. Carpols usually 2. Leaves thick, 2. C. esculenta. 



Shrub. Pedicels pabcsceiit. Leaves coriaceous ... 3. C. ruhescens. 



Tree. Leaves tcincntosj ... ... 4. C. tomenlosa. 



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