LX. LYTHRACEME. 
821 
A mmannia.] 
in dense axillary clusters, ■! in. long, pedicelled. Calyx-tube wide 
campanulate, short, teeth 4, broad, triangular acute. Petals none. 
Capsule depressed, globose imperfectly circumscissile. Seeds hemi¬ 
spheric, black. Hab. In damp swampy spots, not common. 
Perak, Tambun near Ipoh. Kedah, Gunong Geriang (Ridley). 
Dislrib. Africa, Indo-Malaya, Australia. 
2 . PEMPHIS, Forst. 
A sea-shore shrub. Leaves opposite, oblong, thick fleshy. 
Flowers solitary axillary; peduncles bibracteate. Calyx-tube 
campanulate, 12 or more ribbed, teeth 6 long, 6 short. Petals 6, 
white, inserted at the mouth of calyx-tube, obovate. Stamens 12 
in 2 rows from the middle of the calyx-tube. Ovary free; ovules 
many; style long. Stigma capitate. Capsule coriaceous obovoid 
to globose enclosed in or half exserted from calyx-tube, circum¬ 
scissile, i-celled. Seeds many-angled obovoid. Species 1, Indo- 
Malaya, Polynesia. 
(1) P. acidula Forst, Gen. t. 34; King, l.c. 4. 
Shrub 5 ft. to a tree about 20 ft. tall. Young parts grey-silky. 
Leaves *5 to 1*5 in. long. Flowers -5 in. across. Capsule 4 in. 
long, 2 in. wide. Hab. Sea-shores, curiously rare in the Malay 
Peninsula. Singapore, mouth of Changi River. 
3 . CRYPTERONIA, Bl. 
Trees. Leaves opposite, ovate or lanceolate. Racemes long, 
many-flowered, panicled. Flowers very small, greenish or white. 
Bracts short, linear. Calyx-tube short, saucer-shaped or half 
hemispheric; teeth 5 (or 4). Petals 0. Stamens as many as 
calyx-lobes insert in calyx mouth between them. Ovary free, 
2-celled; ovules numerous axile; style long, filiform. Stigma 
capitate 3-lobed. Capsule globose, pubescent, 2-celled dehiscing 
through the style. Seeds many ellipsoid, winged on one side. 
Species 5, N. India to Philippines. 
Leaves membranous, base narrowed; calyx less than 
”i in. across . . . . . • • ( J ) C. paniculata 
Leaves coriaceous, base cordate; calyx more than 
■1 in. across . . . . . • ■ * ( 2 ) C. Griffithii 
(1) C. paniculata Bl. Bijdr. 1151; King , l.c. 5. C. pubescens 
Bl. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. ii. 123. C. glabra Bl. l.c. 
Tree 20 to 50 ft. tall. Leaves membranous to sub-coriaceous, 
oblong to oblong-lanceolate, blunt acuminate, base narrowed, 
glabrous, or pubescent beneath; nerves 5 to 6 pairs, 3 to 6 in. long, 
1*25 to 2-5 in. wide. Racemes pubescent or glabrous, 5 in a panicle 
on a peduncle, -3 to -5 in. long. Flowers very numerous, greenish 
white. Calyx less than 1 in. across. Capsule globose-conic puberu- 
lous. Hab. Forests in the north chiefly. Negri Sembilan, Bukit 
