LX. LYTHRACE^E. 
Lagersircemia.] 
823 
branchlets cymose, many-flowered. Flowers medium to large, 
showy. Calyx tube funnel-shaped, ridged or smooth; lobes 5 
(to 9) ovate acute. Petals 6 (or 7 to ‘9) on the summit of calyx- 
tube, clawed, edge crisped or fimbriate. Stamens very many insert 
in several rows in tube; filaments exsert. Ovary at bottom of 
tube 3- to 6-celled; style long. Stigma capitate. Capsule adnate 
to calyx protruding, ellipsoid, 3- to 6-ovuled. Seeds many elongate. 
Calyx red tomentose . . . . . . (1) L. floribunda 
Calyx ashy-velvety. 
Calyx 8- to 10-ribbed; leaves 2 to 3*25 in. long . (2) L. ovalifolia 
Calyx 12- to 14-ribbed; leaves 3*5 to 8 in. long . (3) L. flos-reginae 
Calyx hardly ribbed at all; leaves large oblong 
round, stiff.(4) L. macrocarpa 
(1) L. floribunda Jack, Mai. Misc. i. 38; Clarke, in Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. ii. 577; King, l.c. 7. L. turbinata Koehne, Engl. Jahrb. iv. 
34- 
Tree 30 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves ovate-oblong, sub-acute, base 
round sub-sessile; young tomentose, adult pubescent on nerves 
beneath, finally glabrous ; nerves raised 8 to 12 pairs, 5 to 7 in. 
long, 2 to 27 in. wide. Panicles erect, woolly pubescent. Flowers 
1 in. wide. Calyx turbinate 12-ridged ; teeth triangular, 6. Petals 
sub-orbicular, rose pink to violet. Capsule 5 in. long, elliptic, 
half covered by calyx. Hab. Open country and river-banks. 
Pahang, common on the banks of Pahang River ; Kwantan (Burn- 
Murdoch); Kwala Lipis (Machado). Perak, Kwala Kangsa; 
Temengoh. Penang (Jack, Curtis). Lankawi (Curtis). Perlis, 
Kanga. Naung Chik, Bukit Besar (Gwynne Vaughan). Dislrib. 
Burma, Siam. Native names: Bungor; Antoi Gajah. 
I am quite unable to separate Koehne’s turbinata from this species. 
(2) L. ovalifolia Teysm. and Binn. Nat. Ti'jds. Ned. Ind. ii. 
306 ; King, l.c. 3. L. hexaptera Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. i. 623; Clarke, 
l.c. ii. 577. 
Big tree. Leaves oblong or oblong-ovate acute, base narrowed, 
glabrous except minutely pubescent nerves, 2 to 3*25 in. long, 
1-35 to 2 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. Panicles puberulous 
4 to 6 in. long. Flowers 1 in. across. Calyx turbinate, minutely 
velvety-grey, ridges stout 8 to 9, not passing into calyx-teeth, 
which are 8 to 9 acute triangular. Petals pale rose, 75 in. long. 
Capsule elliptic-ovoid blunt minutely velvety, 75 in. long. Hab. 
River-banks, open country, local. Malacca (Maingay) ; Brisu 
(Derry). Negri Sembilan, Linggi, coast (Foxworthy). Pahang, 
Kwala Tahan; Kwala Lipis (Foxworthy). Perak, Ulu Bubong 
(Kunstler). Dislrib. Malay isles. Native name: Bunga Malukut. 
(3) L. flos-reginae Relz, Obs. v. 25; King, l.c. 8. 
Tree 30 to 60 ft. tall, glabrous except inflorescence. Leaves 
oblong to elliptic-oblong, narrowed or blunt at base; nerves 10 
to 12 pairs, 3-5 to 8 in. long, 175 to 3 in. wide; petioles -25 to 
