146 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODUCTIONS. 



The genus Bioftcorea yields a valuable esculent in its tuberous roots, xvhicli are 

 largely cultivated, and fonn a very passable substitute for the potato of colder 

 regions. 



Dr. Mason, in addition to the above, gives the vernacular names as Tvell of 

 several Dioscoreas, distinguishing one as tlie Elephant-foot-yam, froia resembling an 

 elephant's foot in size and shape, ilyouk-thcn, Myouk-pwai-tuk, Twen-souk-myouk, 

 Hsen-lung-gywot, Kywai-kyouk-tha, Ka-dat, and in Pico karen, Xai-ka-hsang-khang- 

 long, and in Sgau karen, Kwai-taplu and !X\vai-so. 



NARCISSALES. 

 Flowers hermaphrodite, regular or in-egular. Perianth usually petaloid. Stamens 

 3 or 6, inserted on the perianth tube. Ooari/ S-celled. Seeds with copious fleshy or 

 homy albumen, and a distinct embryo. Leaves parallel-veined. 



AMARYLLIDE.E. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Perianth superior, petaloid, sexfid, biseriate, sometimes 

 ■with a crown simulating a supplementary perianth. Sfameiis 6, veiy rarely 12 to 18. 

 inserted in the perianth. Oiari/ inferior, 3 to 1 -celled. Sf)/le simple. Fruit a 

 3-valved capsule. 



CuEcniGo, Gartner. 



Perianth regular, the tube long, often filiform, the limb of 6 equal deciduous 

 segments. Otulen several in each cell of the ovary. Stigmas 3. Fruit oblong, 

 succulent, crowned by the persistent perianth tube. Seeds enveloped in a fleshy 

 pulp, with a lateral beak-shaped hilum. Flowers sessile in slieathing bracts, in a 

 sessile or pedunculate head. 



C. OECHiorDEs, Eoxb. Kamorta (a single plant) (K.). 



C. ensijhlia, K. Br. 

 Sypoxis minor, Seem, (non Don.). 



Cekuit, Linnmis. 



Perianth -with a long tube and a regular 6-cleft limb, the segments spreading or 

 recurved. Stamens inserted at the summit of the tube. Filaments free, filiform. 

 Anthers linear, versatile. Ovules usually 4 in each cell. Style filiform. Stigma 

 entire or 3-lobed. Cupsule globular, depressed, bursting iiTegularly. Seeds few, 

 nearly globular, often converted into fleshy bulbs. Large bulbous, glabrous herbs. 

 Flowers usually large, white or purplish, in an umbel or head proceeding from a 2- 

 or 3-leaved spathe. 



C. AsiAiicuii, L. Kamorta. Katchall. Car Nicobar (K.). 



Pa-daing. 



C. rEOCEBDir, Carey. Burma (M.). 



C. EiGiDUM, Herb. (M.). 



C. MACKOCAEPUM, Carey (il.). 



C. ExsiFOLiTsi, Koxb. (M.). 



C. AJi^sxTTi, Koxb. (M.). 



C. PEATENSE, Herb. (M.). 



C. LOEiFOLirji, Koxb. (il.). 



C. ELEGAXs, Carey (M.). 



C. EETTHEopHTLLrii, Carey (M.). 



C. OEN.ATrir, Herb. (M.). 



C. Zeylaxictm, L. (M.). 



C. HEEBERTIANril, Wall. (XT.). 



Paed.anthus. 

 * P. Chinensis, Ker. (31.). 

 Thit-sa. 



