822 
LX. LYTHRACE.E. 
[Crypteronia. 
Kupayiang (Cantley). Penang Hill. Common up to 2500 ft. 
altitude (all collectors). Lankawi, Kesap (Haniff). Perlis, Kanga. 
Kedah, Alor Sta. Distrib. Himalaya to Burma, Malay isles to the 
Philippines. Native names: Rupal; Bekoi. 
I cannot separate the hairy-leaved specimens from the glabrous ones. 
Both grow together on Penang Hill. 
(2) C. Griffithii Clarke, l.c. ii. 574; King, l.c. 6. 
Tree 40 to 60 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves stiffly coriaceous, broad 
elliptic acute, base cordate; nerves 7 to 8 pairs, elevate beneath, 
4 to 8 in. long, 2-25 to 35 in. wide. Racemes about 8 in a panicle, 
9 in. long, pubescent. Flowers numerous, nearly sessile, greenish 
yellow. Calyx more than -i in. across. Stamens exsert. Capsule 
less than -I in. across. Hab. Open jungle. Pahang, Kwala Lipis 
(P. Philips). Malacca, Bukit Bruang (Derry); Merlimau (Cantley). 
Selangor, Sungei Buluh (Foxworthy). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 
Penang Hill, Moniot's Road (Curtis). Native name : Kelat Tampoi. 
4. LAGERSTRCEMIA, Linn. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, distichous, oblong or ovate, 
coriaceous or membranous, caducous. Panicles axillary, terminal; 
