atoll research bulletin no. 392 the flora of - Smithsonian Institution ...

LYTHRACEAE (Lythrum Family)
Lagerstroemia indica L. "crape myrtle"
Recent introduction. S. China. Rare. Glabrous, deciduous shrub or small tree, 2
to 5 m high, with 4-angled branchlets; leaves, 3 to 10 cm long and 2 to 5 cm wide,
alternate, elliptic to oblong-subobovate, obtuse to acute, subsessile; inflorescences,
terminal or axillary panicles, 5 to 20 cm long, bearing clusters of flowers, each about 2.5
to 3 cm across; calyx, 6-lobed, campanulate, glabrous; petals 6, 12 to 15 mm long,
ovate-suborbicular, wrinkled, clawed, scentless, white, pink or lavender to rich purple or
blue; stamens about 15 to 40; fruit, about 0.5 to 1 cm long, ovoid, capsular; seeds,
winged. Planted ornamental on Command Ridge. 3(58712), 5, 6.
MALPIGHIACEAE (Malpighia Family)
Stigmaphyllon ciliatum (Lam.) Jussl.'Brazilian golden vine", "golden cup", "orchid vine"
Recent introduction. W. Indies to Brazil. Rare. Slender, woody vine; leaves, 2.5
to 8 cm long and nearly as wide, cordate, glabrous with pubescent margins; inflorescen-
ces, axillary racemose clusters of 3 to 7 flowers, each about 3.7 cm in diameter; sepals
5; petals 5, bright yellow, free, stalked at base, unequal, wavy, orchid-like; stamens 10,
unequal, only 6 bearing anthers; styles 3; fruit, 3-parted, each part with a broad wing
about 2.5 cin long. Planted ornamental climber. 3(58725), 6.
Tristellateia australasiae Rich.
syn. Tristellateia a~stralis Rich.
" bagnit"
Recent introduction. Malaysia and Australia. Occasional. Glabrous, long woody
climber with stems dotted with raised lenticels; leaves, 2 to 12 cm long, opposite or
verticillate, ovate, acute or obtuse, base rounded or subcordate with 2 glands, glabrous,
rather pale green; petiole, 5 to 20 inin long; inflorescences, terminal racemes at branch
tips bearing 12 or more flowers, each nearly 2.5 cm in diameter; sepals 5; petals 5,
bright yellow, 4 of them slightly falcate, equal, each about 1 cm long excluding the 2
mm long pinkish-orange claw; stamens, usually 10 of unequal length, yellow turning red;
style 1, curved, undivided; fruit, samaroid, with a lateral wing with 5 to 8 slender
flattened - - lobes each --- up to about 1 cm long. Planted ornamental climber. 5, 6(179, 205),
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