234 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AND PRODUCTIONS. 



XXX Sfi/h thick, cofiical, sometimes minute, or JiemispJierical. 

 \ \ Ovary and capsule gbabrous. 

 G. GLATJCiroLnra, Muell. i:.T. Tipper Tenasserim. 



All parts glabrous. Capsules flat, depressed at top, 3-4-coccous, smooth, almost 

 pruinoiis, shortly peduncled. Style-column minute. 



G. ruGifOLiuM, Kz. £.T. Tree forests of Chittagong, Martaban and 



Eastern Slopes of the Pegu Range. 



All parts glabrous. Capsules sessile, 6-4-coccous, depressed, but not flattened 

 at the top. 



G. srHJEEOGTsuji, Kz. i:.T. Tree forests of Eastern Slopes of the Pegu 



Eange and Tenasserim up to 2000 feet. 



All parts quite glabrous. Style-column minute, almost spherical and constricted 

 at base. Capsules very shortly peduncled. 



J :]: J Oiarij and capsule pi(heri<Ious or tomenfose. 



G. (Phyll.'lxihus) Andamanicuii, Kz. U.T. Tree Forests of South Andaman. 



All parts quite glabrous. Leaves glaucous beneath. Capsules almost sessile, 

 velvety, 6-4-coccous. 



G. Baxcanum, Miq. Bamboo Jungles of Middle Andaman. 



All softer parts and leaves beneath, shortly tomentose. Capsules peduncled, 

 pubcrulous, 5-4-coccous. 



PnrLLANTHrs, Zinnaus. 

 Flowers monoecious, rarely dicecious. Cahjx 4-6-parted, the latter in 1 or 2 series, 

 imbricate. Capsules usually 3-coccous. Styles 2-cleft. Disk or hypogynous glands 

 present. Testa of seeds dry. 



* Trees. Capsules more or less woody. 

 P. coLUMX-uiis, Muell. All over Burma. 



Kalong-lek-thai (Kurz). 

 Young shoots shortly rusty pubescent. Flowers in axillary clusters. 



* * Shrubs. Capsules small, crustaceotis. 

 P. E.i;oBOTRToiiiF,s, Muell. Tenasserim. 



Kurz adds from the Nicobars : 



P. NiRUEi, L. Katchall. 



A weed round native huts. 



f f Capsules feshy coriaceous, or crusiaceons with a sappy epicarp. 

 -f -\- Stamens central, no ocary -rudiment. 

 ° Seeds with arillus. 



Melanthesopsis, Mueller Ary. 



Floirers monoecious. Male calyx high up, gamosopalous, the lobes in two series, 

 and inflexed, imbricate. Female calyx usually enlarged under the fruit. Petals, ovary 

 rudiment, and disk none. Stamens central, united in a column, the cells longitudinally 

 adnate. Ovary 3-cclled, each cell 2-ovuled. Style 2-cleft. D-uif a capsular 3-coccou3 

 beny, hardly dehiscing. 



M. patens, Muell. Arg. Pegu and Tenasserim. 



Leaves membranous, without mucro. 



M. FEUTieosA, Muell. Arg. Martaban from 2500 to 4000 feet. 



Leaves rigidly coriaceous, mucronate. 



