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LX. LYTHRACE.E. 
[, Sonneratia . 
Calyx-tube obconic, angled, *4 in. long ; lobes 6 to 8 oblong-lanceo¬ 
late acute. Petals o. Stamens white. Style long. Capsule 
obconic, ribbed 1 in. or more through. Hab. Marine, usually 
growing quite in the sea. Singapore, Sungei Jurong; Galang; 
Pulau Brani. Johor, Tanjong Kupang. Negri Sembilan, Sungei 
Menyala (Foxworthy). Dislrib. Burma, Malay isles. Native name: 
Berombong. Use : Timber for knees of boats. 
7. AXINANDRA Thw. 
Trees glabrous. Leaves coriaceous. Racemes axillary and 
terminal panicled. Flowers small. Calyx superior, 5-lobed. 
Petals 5, small triangular; stamens 10. Ovary 5- to 6-celled, 
inferior; ovules 1 to 2 in cell; style straight. Capsule half¬ 
superior, woody, ellipsoid below adnate to calyx-tube, loculicidally 
3- to 6-valved. Seeds winged. Species 4 to 5, Ceylon and Borneo. 
(1) A. Maingayi Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 581. 
Leaves elliptic acuminate, base short, narrowed, 3 in. long, 
175 in. wide; petioles short, -15 to *25 in. long. Racemes 3 in. 
long; flowers remote, -i in. long; pedicels as long. Calyx broad 
cupular, 10-ribbed. Petals caducous. Style long. Hab. Malacca 
(Maingay). Very rare, never met with again. 
Order LXI. ONAGRACE^ 
Herbs usually found in damp spots. Leaves opposite or 
alternate. Flowers usually axillary solitary, yellow, white (or 
pink). Calyx tube wholly adnate to ovary, lobes 3 to 6. Petals 
epigynous as many. Stamens as many or twice as many. Ovary 
inferior, 4- or 5-celled; style 1. Stigma capitate or lobed. Fruit 
usually dehiscent, x- to many-seeded. Species 3000, chiefly in 
temperate regions. 
Stamens twice the number of sepals . . . .1. Jussi^a 
Stamens as many as sepals . . . . . .2. Ludwigia 
1. JUSSIJEA, Linn. 
Water or ditch herbs. Leaves alternate. Flowers yellow or 
white, solitary axillary. Calyx-tube narrow or obconic, teeth 
4 to 6, acute persistent. Petals 4 to 6, usually yellow, caducous. 
Stamens short, twice as many. Ovary 4- or 5-celled; ovules 
numerous axile; style simple, short. Stigma 4-lobed. Capsule 
narrow, cylindric or angled or obconic, 4- or 5-celled. Seeds very 
numerous minute. Species 30, tropics generally. 
