25 i BURMA, ITS PEOPLE ASD PRODUCTIOyS. 



Baliospeemum, Blume. 



Flowers moncecious. C'ali/x 5-parted, imbricate in bud. Petals nouo. Bislc m 

 females urceolate, in the males gland-like and usually free. Stamens 15 or more, 

 free or connate by pairs, on an elevated central receptacle. Anthers 2-rimose, 

 lon^tudiually adnate. Ovartj-rudhnent none. Orari/ 3-4-celled, cells 1-ovuled. 

 Styles 3-4, lialf 2-cleft. 



X Cali/x not accrescent in fruit. 



B. MO>TAxirir, Mucll. Arg. All over Burma up to 3000 feet. 



Disk in both sexes annular. Ovary densely hirsute. Leaves sinuately lobed, 

 glabrous, at least above. 



B. RErnioiDES, Kz. Siam. 

 Ovary densely hirsute. Leaves entire, pubescent. 



8 § Flowers in racemes or spikes, sometimes amentaceous. 



CoEriLBHTM, Reinwardt. 



Floicers usually dicecious. Calyx 2-3-parted, imbricate. Petals or disk none. 

 Stamens 2-3, free, or shortly connate. Anthers 2-runose, longitudinally adnate. 

 Orarij-rudiment none. Ovanj 2-3- (rarely 4-)eclled, cells 1-ovuled. Styles as 

 many as ovary-cells, simple or shortly connate. Capsule drupaceous or beny-Uke, 

 2-4-coccous. Seeds with a spmious aiillus. 



-\- Petioles hearing a gland on each side of the apex. 

 * C. (Exc^caeia) setifeea, Muell. Arg. Occasionally cultivated. 



Chinese Tallow-tree. 

 Leaves entire. Capsules 3-4-coccous. Seeds enveloped in a •white soapy substance. 



C. (Exe.ECAEiA) EN-siGNE, Muell. Arg. Tree forests of Chittagong and 

 Leaves serrulate. Drupes beiTy-like, sessile. ^"'^ ft'gi range. 



X X Petioles without glands. 



C. (Excj;caeia) BACCATUir, Muell. Arg. Tree forests all over Burma. 



Le-lun-pen (Kurz). 



Leaves entire, more or less glaucescent beneath. 



Exc^CAMA, Linnaus.^ 



Flowers usually monoecious. Calyx 3-2-mcrous, lobes connate or free, or much 

 reduced in the males, imbricate in bud. Petals or disk none. Stamens 3-2, central. 

 Anthers 2-rimose, cells longitudinally adnate. Ovary-rudiment none. Ovary 3-2- 

 (rarely 4-)celled, cells 1-ovuled. Styles 2-4, simple, basally connate, stigmatic on 

 their inner face. Capsule fleshy or almost dry, 3-2-coccous. Seeds without sperma- 

 phore or arillus. 



* Male floicers pedicelled. Capsules woody, lai-ge. 



E. IxTUCA, iluell. Arg. F.T. Tidal forests of Upper Tenasserim. 



All parts glabrous. Leaves crenato-serrate. 



** Male flowers sessile or nearly so. Capsules crustuceous. Valves opening 

 elastieally, and twisting ; all parts glabrous. 



X Leaves repand-toothed or serrate. 

 E. AGAiiocHA, L. Tidal forests of Burma, the Anda- 



Ta-yan or Ka-yan. ™ans, and Kamorta. 



Leaves alternate. Capsules as large as a pea. 

 The juice of the -n-hole tree is very poisonous. 



' From exca'co " to blind " ; from its acrid juice, if introduced into the eye. 



