236- BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODUCTIOXS. 



and fniits iisod for tanning (Knrzy. I think Kurz mistakes the native name, as in 

 Pegu at least it is known as ' Sha-lipyu ' or white Shah. The fruits are eagerly 

 eaten by the Burmese though very austere, and tlie wood is reckoned durable 

 esiioeially in water. 



X X Flowers 4-merom, stamens free, 4, glands in males and hermaphrodites free 

 and distinct, ocary and drupes usually '^-celled. 



C. (Phtllaxthus) disticha, L. Cultivated in Chittagong, Pegu and 



Then-bor-zi-hpyu. tbe Andamans. 



Quite glabrous. Flowers red, drupes yellow. 



* * Capsules herry-like, small, the cocci crusfaceoHS. 



-\- Stamens 5, aU free. Disk annular, 5-f/onous. Capsule 3-'2-coccous, succulent 



white. 



C. (SEcrRixEGA) LEUcoPTEus, !Muell. Arg. Ava (probably). 



Armed with spiny abortive branchlets. Flowering branchlets terete. 



C. (Secubixega) obovata, iluell. Arg. All over Burma. Ivaraorta. Katchall 



-v^- „v^„ ...s and Car Xicobar. 



le-chyn-ya. 



Unarmed, flowering branchlets compressed, 4-corncred. 



^_ ^ Stamens 2-adelphous the 3 inner ones ivhoUy, the outer only basally united. 

 Glandi in females distinct, capsules \'2-&-C0( cous, succulent, purple or purplish-hlaek.', 

 C. (Phtllaxthus) EETicrLATA, Poir. Arakan. Pegu and Tenasserim. 



Leaves ^ to 1 inch long. Capsules depressed-globular. Adult branches smooth. 



var. a reticulata. Young shoots and leaves beneath puberulous. 

 var. ji glabra, Thw. All parts glabrous. 



C. MicEocAEPA, Bth. Tree forests all over Chittagong, Burma, 



and the Andamans. 

 Leaves 1-2 inches long. Capsules globular. Adult branches lenticellate-rough. 



var. a microcarpa. All parts glabrous. 



var. ji pubescens. Young shoots and often beneath the leaves puberulous. 



Flowers racemose-pan icled. 

 BiscHOFFiA, Illume. 



Flowers ditt'cious. Calyx deeply 5-partite, the lobes of the male cucullatc and 

 imbricate. Petals and disk none. Stamens 5, free, inserted round an Ovary- 

 rudiment. Antlters opening by 2 slits. Ocary (occasionally surrounded by 5 

 staminodes) 3- or rarely 4-cellecl, each cell 2-ovnled. Styles basally connate, simple 

 linear. Capsule drupaceous, sappy, with a 3-4-coccous crustaceous putamen. 



B. Javaxica, B1. All over Burma up to 2.500 feet. 



Flowers greenish in axillary, glabrous panicles. Drupes the size of a pea, 

 sappy, bluish-black, smooth. 



Wood red, takes a fine polish. Weight 47 lbs. (Gamble). 



J J Fruit inJehiscent, drupaceous or berry-like. 



XXX Flowers in racemes or spikes, the males often amentaceous. Stamens free, 

 round an oiary-rudiment. 



° Seeds with an arillus. 



BACCArfiEA, Loureiro. 



Flowers dioecious or monoecious. Calyx 4-5-cleft, imbricate. Petals none. 

 Stamens 4-10. Ovary 3- (rarely 2-5-) celled, each cell 2-ovuled. Fruit a spurious 

 berry, covered with an irregularly bursting epicarp. Seeds enveloped in a white 

 sappy and edible arillus. 



