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° ° Seeds without arillm. 

 Sauropus, liliime. 



Flowers monoceimis. Male cahjx cU'cply 6-c'lcft, minute. Petals none. Dish none, 

 or outside the stamens, Globed. Stamens in a short column. Anthers opening by 

 2 slits, the cells adnate, lengthwise. Ocary-rudiment none. Ovary 3-celled, each coll 

 2-ovuled. Styles 3, very short, 2-eloft. Capsule fleshy- coriaceous or crustaceous, 

 6-valved. 



S. ALBICANS, Bl. All over Burma. 



Yo-ma-hin-yo (Kurz). 



Leaves 2-3 inches long, ovate. Capsules the size of a cherry ; pure white. 



S. QUADRANQULAKis, MucU. Arg. All ovcr Bunua. 



Leaves -i to 1 inch long, more or less orbicular. Capsule the size of a large pea. 

 Plowers only A- a line across. Branchlets compressed, 4-angular. 



var. ft puherulus. All young parts minutely pubescent. 



Bekynia, Forsler. 



Flowers unisexual. Mule calyx turbinate, high up, gamosepalous, 6-lohed, the 

 lobes infracted and imbricate in 2 rows, almost appendaged on the hack. Petah and 

 disk none. Stamens central, in a column, the anthers longitudinally adnate. Ovary 

 3-celled, each cell 2-ovuled. Capsules borry-liko, 3-coccous. 



B. EnAMN'orDEs, iluoU, Arg. Beach forests of Arakan. The Andamans 



Gong-nyin-ya. ''^'"^ Nankowry. 



All parts glabrous, leaves elliptical, ^ to 1 inch long, on a slender l-U line long 

 petioles. Capsules the size of a pea, Eeshy, red, then purplish-black. 



B. iiACEMOsA, Muell. Arg. Katchall and Great Nicobar. 



B. OBLONGiFOLiA, ifuell. Arg. Katchall. 

 vav.foliis majoribus. 



CicCA, Linnaus. 



Flowers unisexual. Calyx 5-6- (rarely 4-partite). Bisk developed in either se.x, 

 gland-like, or in females united and urceolate and annular. Stamens 3-5. Ovary 3- 

 12-eelled, each cell 2-ovuled. Styles 3-4, bifid. Capsule di'upaceous and dehiscing, 

 or berry-like and tleshy. The cocci woody or crustaceous. 



* Capsules drupaceous, sappy-fleshy, large, cocci ivoody. 



X Flowers usually G-mcrous. Stamens in a column. Ovary and capsule 3-celled ; 

 glands in females urceulute-connate. Drupes white. 



C. ALBizzioiDEs, Kz. Wcstem slopes of the Pegu Range up to 2000 feet. 

 Sha-ma or Thit-sha (Kurz). 



Leaves up to 1 inch long by \ an inch broad. Drupes about an inch in diameter. 

 C. MACROCARPA, Kz. Promc and other parts of the Irrawaddy Valley. 



Zi-hpyu (Kurz). 



Loaves narrow, linear, bark wiinkled and fissured ; styles simply 2-cleft, the 

 lobes broad and short, 3-crenato ; capsules about an inch in diameter. 



C. (PnYi.LANTurs) E.UBi.icA, L. All over Burma up to 3000 feet. 



Ta-sha-pen (Kurz). Zi-hypu (Mason). 



As the last, but bark smooth, peeling off conchoidally. Styles twice 2-cleft, the 

 end lobes subulate. Drupes only i an inch in diameter. 



Wood brown, rather heavy, close-grained, takes a fine polish, weight 45 lbs.' Bark 



' Kurz ti'Uows Braudis in giving 35 lbs. as the weight, but this is clearly an error. 



