230 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE ASD PRODUCTIOSS. 



and looks like a sort of plum ; but, as the flesh decays, the strong recurved hooks 

 become exposed, and no doubt aid efficaciously in the dispersion of the plant by 

 iixinji' in any passing animal, or causing them at all events to be torn away if brushed 

 against. 



BRAGANTIE.^. 

 Ovary quadranguJar. Ovules numerous, uniseriate. 



BEAGiSTiA, Loureiro. 

 B. ToiiExiosA, E. Br. Katchall. Trice Track and Great Xicobar. 



Sub-division B. Ovary superior.' Perianth usually distinct. 



NEPENTHALES. 

 Scandent shrubs. Leaves alternate, terminated by pOchers. 

 Xo species of the order NepenthecB, or Pilcher plants, is recorded by Mason, but 

 Mr. Parish met with a species near Jlergui. 



PIPERALES. 

 Flovers hermaphi'odite or diclinous, usually in spikes or catkins. Perianlh 

 rudimentary or none. Ovarii superior, of 1, single-oelled, single-ovuled caxpel ; or 

 of several, free, 2 or many-celled. 



Order CHLORAXTHACE^. 



Flowers hermaphrodite or diclinous, males spicate, females cymose or panicled. 

 Ovary 1-celled, ovule 1, pendulous, orthotropous. Embryo small, albuminous. Leaves 

 opposite, stipulate. Shrubs. 



C'HLOEANinrs, Sicarts. 



C. ixsiGxis, Kz. Martaban. 



Described in J.A.S.B. ii. 1873, p. 108. 



Many Chlorantheve are possessed of aromatic and febrifuge properties, and Blume 

 found the root of C. officinalis, which has a smell of camphor and a bitterish aromatic 

 taste, very efficacious in the treatment of the severe intermittent fever of Java. 



Order SAURURE^E. 



Flowers crowded on a spadix, hermaphrodite. Ovary superior or inferior, 

 1 -celled, with parietal placentas, or 3 to 5-cellcd with axile placentas. Ovules 

 ascending, 2 or many in each cell. Emhryo antitropous, included on the top of the 

 albumen in the embryonic sac. Radicle superior. Herbs. Leaves alternate, ex- 

 stipulate. 



HoTJTTrTXiA, TImnherg. 



Spil;es surrounded by coloured petal-like bracts. Stamens 3. Ovary 1-celled, 

 with 3 parietal placentas. 



H. coEDATA, Thunb. India. Siam. S. China. 



Order PIPERACE^. 



Floicers crowded on a spadix, veiy minute, hermaphrodite or diaxious. Ovary 

 1 -colled. OvuJe 1, basilar, orthotropous. Emhryo albuminous. Leaves opposite, 

 alternate, or whorlcd, exstipulate. Herbs or shrubs. 



' Inferior in Cynocramhca and Gyrocarpea. 



