334 G. King — Matefiah fur a Flora of the Malayan Fmimulu. [No.^l, 
PenANG ; WalHcL SiNOAPOBE ; Lobh, Tkanu ; King's GoLlecior. 
AubkMAHS I Kind's Colkctor. Djstkii^. Bntish India. 
There ii ft viu-iety of tlm, with gltibrona Imvea and with the longer nttimottH 
fiqaalHiig the ca.lyx'lobeB^,. to wliicb Karz hm given the vtiriebiil niiine JturHfuiuUt, 
Ilia imme for the tjpical forni beitig C« Jiuians, I have seem no spooimeim of the 
glabroQs variety from tmy of tho Malayinu pTOviuceB. 
3- Ldmnitzera, Willd* 
Large glabrous phnibs or Bmall trees, growing in tropical salt 
mai'sheB along with Mangroves and closely resemblinj^ tliera in liabH. 
Leaves clustered towards tlio ends of the brancheB, alternate, thickly 
Jeatbery, sabseseile, narrowly obovate, entira or scarceHy crenate. 
Flowers in racemes. Calyx-tube with two adnate bracteoles near ilie 
base, oblong, narrowed at I>oth ends, produced above the ovary ; lobes 
S, persistent. Fefah 5, oblong. Stammis 10 in two series, or fewer. 
Omnj inferior, 1-celled ; etyle subulate, simple ; ovules 2-5, penduloiia 
from the top of the cell. Frtdt woody, elliptic-oblong, |— I in. (inclufl- 
ing the calyx- limb), longitudinally striate or nearly smooth. Seed 1 ; 
cotyledons convolute.— Dts-i am. Species 2 j on the shores of the ti-opics 
of the Old World and of Polynesia. 
Fetal g Bcarlet ; staxneos twioe &b long as the pot-ils and of the 
same coToar ... ... ... ... 1. X. coccinca^ 
, Petala white ; atamena of the same colour and length aa the 
petals ... ... ... ... 2. L, racetnaBa, 
1. LuMnn'KEnA coccinea, W, & A. Prodr. 316. A small tree 12^0 
feet high. Leaves oblanceolate, obtusej 2-3 in. long. Racemes tertniital, 
BOnietimes several together forming a panicle. Petals scarlet, *25 in. 
long. Siamms 5-10 (usoally 7), twice as long as the petals and of tbe 
same colour. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. L pt. I, p. 606 ; Clarke in Hook. fil. Fl, Br, 
Ind. II, 452. L. lUforea, Voigt Hort. Stiburb. Calc. 39 Karz For, Fi. 
Brit. Burma, I, 469. L. pentandra. Griff. Notul, IV, 684, and Ic. Ph Asiat. 
t. 644. Pijrt-anthus Uttoreus, Jack Mai. Misc. II, 57 ; Wall. Cat, 40J8. 
Andaman Islands. Pehak; Kmg's GoUector 1180; Scorteckini 1001 ; 
and probably in the Mangrove swamps of all the provinces j Distrfb. 
British India, the Malayan Archipelago, North Australia and Polynesia. 
2, LuAiNiTzEKA itACKMOSA, WiUd. in Ges. Natui-f. Fr. Neue Scbr. 
JV, (1803), 187, A small tree 20-40 feet high. Leaves oblanceolate to 
oval, obtuse, 1-3 in. long. Racetiies axillary, elongating in fruit. P^tah 
minute, white. Stamens 5-10, about as long as the petals and also 
white. DC. Prodr. Ill, 22; W. & A. Prodr. 316; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 
T, pL I, 606; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 90; Tulasne in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 
IV.YoL IV, p. 103; Bedd. Fl. Syh% PI. XXI; Bruud. For. FL 22i; 
