264 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AND PRODUCTION'S. 



E. BULBiFEErM, Kz. Arakan. Tenasserim. 



E. (Phockis) gibbositm, Wall. 



" In vicinitate U. cernuii poncndum an potius gcncri Pell ion im adscribendum ? " 

 Kiirz [I.e. supra). 



Pellionia, Gaudichaud. 



Floicers dioecious in axillary cymes or clusters, -without any dilated or succulent 

 receptacle. Male foicers : Perianth-segments 5, or sometimes 4, broad, imbricate in 

 bud. Stamens as many, the filaments inflected in the bud. Female flowers : Perianth- 

 segments 4 or 5, narrow and unequal. Sterile stamens usually as many. Ocary 1-celled, 

 with 1 erect ovule. Stigma sessile, small, tufted. Nut seed-like, surrounded by tlic 

 persistent perianth. Albumen little or none. Herbs. Leaves distichous, alternate or 

 unequally opposite, usually very oblique. 



Pellionia PEocEiDiroLiA, Kz. X Katchall. 



Very near P. frutescens, which has, however, serrate leaves. 



J I Female jxi'lanth tubular, very short, or wanting. Leaves ojjposite or alternate, 

 not stinging. 



BoEnilEKlA, .Taeq. 



Male jjerinnth 4- (rarely 3-5-)parted, valvate in bud. Sfametis as many as perianth- 

 segments. Female perianth tubular, free, or nearly adhering to the ovary. Ovule 

 single, erect. Stigma filiform, continuous witli the ovary, usually one side papillose, 

 persistent. Aehme conform with the ovary, pericarp crustaceous, thin, or nut-Like. 

 Albumen present. 



X Flowers in sessile heads, axillary or above the leaf-scars. 

 II Leaves glabrous above. 

 B. Malabaeica, Wcdd. Tree forests all over Burma up to 2000 feet. 



Moncecious. Leaves 4-8 inches long, on a variable (2 lines to 3 inches) petiole, 

 membranous, crenulate-serrate. Flowers minute, greenish-white, in dense clusters. 



II II Leaves sparingly hairy. 

 B. Helfeei, B1. Tenasserim. 



Monoecious. Leaves cordirfe-ovate. Flower-bracts numerous, large, scarious, 

 brown. Perianth 2-toothed. Ovary and style solitaiy. 



B. niDTMOGYNE, Wedd. Maulmain. 



As the last, but usually ovary and styles 2. 



B. DIFFUSA, Wedd. AH over Burma to 3000 feet. 



Leaves oblong, lanceolate, flower-bracts minute. Perianth 2-4-toothed at the 

 somewhat hairy apex. Stigmas twice as long as the perianth. 



X X Flower heads globular, sessile, forming spikes in the axils of the leaves, the spikes 

 sometimes colleeted in a raceme or panicle. 



B. MACEOPHYiLA, Don. Ava Hills. 



Leaves lanceolate, pustulate-rugose above, the pustules terminating in a perforated 

 gland. 



B. coEDATA, Poir. (not Lour.). Ava and Chittagong. 



Leaves broadly ovate, smooth or rugate, without glands, coarsely serrate, hairy 

 on both sides. 



B. Hamiltoxiana. Tree forest of Eastern Slopes of the Pegu 



Kange and hills East of Toung-ugoo. 



All adult parts glabrous. Leaves glabrous, serrate or entire, usually 2-ghiuded 

 at the base of the mid-rib. 



The " liber " of many species of Bochmeria yield strong cordage. 



