134 ECIUIA, ITS PEOPLE ASD PRODUCTIONS. 



simple, rarely branched, similarly protected by pale green, rarely -wliitisli leafy spathos. 

 Drupes tibrous, woody, with a tlesliy epicarp, arranged into comiiaet lieads, free or 

 united into bundles, usually angular pyramidal, 1-seecled, or as many (or fewer) seeds 

 as di'upes thus united. Putainen bony. Seeds large, strophiolate. 



* Drupes simple. 



f Stigmas simple, spiny-ucumiaate, continuous with the apex of the drupe. Stamens 

 free. Anthers acuminate. 



P. FCETHius, Eoxb. E.8. Tidal forests of Arakan and Tenasserim. 



'Jha-kyet or Tau-tha-kyet (Kurz). 



Skrubby, soboliferous. Drupes quite smooth. 



f f Stigmas spinescent, and often depressed, usually 2-Z-forked, horny and deciduous. 

 Stamens palinately connate. Anthers aristate or spiculate. 



P. FURCATUS, Roxb., E.T. Tree forests of Chittagong, Pegu, and Tenasserim. 



A large robust tree. Leaves 2-4 inches broad, spiny armed. Stigmas forkedly 

 2-3 spinous. 



A. GEAMixiFOLics, Kz., E.T. Tenasscrim. 



A slender screw pine. Leaves only 3-4 lines broad, minutely spinulosc. Stigmas 

 veiy short, blunt. 



* * Drupes united into phalanges [rarely the one or ftro, siinple). Stiymas sessile, 

 or nearly so, renij'orm, or peltate. Stamens racemose-united ; the anthers aristate. 



f Leaves spiny along the margins and midrib. 



P. Leeam, Jones, E.T. Marshy spots in coast forests of the Andamans 



and Nicobars. 



' Leaves dark-green, 4-5 inches broad, I0-I8 feet long, phalanges the size of the 



fist. 



P. Andamanensium, Kz. E.T. Tree forests of the Andamans. 



As the last, but drupes only 2 inches long. Leaves gradually acuminate. 



P. oDOEATissiMus, L. f. E.T. Coasts of Burma. The Andamans. 



Tsat-tha-pu (Kurz). 



Leaves glaucous or wliitish, 3-5 feet long. 



Kamorta and Katchall. 



f f Leaves with smooth margins. 



* P. Lj;vis, Eumph. Cultivated about villages. 



As the last, but all parts without spines. 



Kurz makes the following observations on some peculiarities presented by species 

 of this genus (J.A.S.B. 1876, Part II. p. 152) : — " The form which grows along the 

 beaches forms arboreous ascending shrubs, much branched, and sending down quite 

 a labyrinth of straight aerial roots, but the one which grows on the heaths is 

 entirely tlitferent, being a small tree from twenty to twenty-five feet in height, with 

 a stout grey simple stem, which sends down short and thick aerial roots, from the 

 lowermost part only, while the crown is small, sparingly and shortly branched, and 

 very dense. 



" There are besides, two varieties of these trees on the heaths, the one having the 

 stigmas normal, as in the littoral form, and the drupes connate high up, so as to afiect 

 a tesselated appearance, while the other variety lias the di'upes free for about one 

 fourth of their- length from the top, terminating in short erect points, on the inner 



' There is some discrepancy here I cannot rectify. In the index of species the leaves are descrihed 

 as 15-18 feet loucr and 4-j inches hroad, whilst iu'the textual description they are described as 8-15 

 feet long by 2-3 inches broad (W.T.). 



