284 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AND PBODECTIOXS. 



Machlltis, Rnmphius. 



rcrianfh -wholly persistent, not induratinp; ; the segments in fruit reflesed or 

 spreading. Pedicel usually not thickened. Staniens 12, as in Citmamomum. 



* Leaves coriaceous, glaucous heneafh. 

 J Leaves hhmtish, acuminate, with the margins not reflexed. 



M. Indica, Lour. E.T. Martaban at from 3000 to 7000 feet. 



M. odoratissima, N.E. 



Perianth-segments about 2^ lines long. Leaves fi-om 4 to 7 inches long. 



M. EiMOSA, Bl. Tenasscrim. 



Perianth-segments hardly a line long. Leaves 2-3^ inches long. 



% J Leaves Hunt, oval, with reflexed margins. 



M. FEuiicosA, Kz. Upper Tenasserim at 4000 feet. 



Leaves ovate, a little decurrent on the strong, broad, glabrous petiole. 



** Leaves acuminate, hardly chartaceous, one-coloured. 

 M. Tavoya^'a, Mcissn. Tenasserim. 



Alseodajhxe, Nees von Essenhech. 



Flowers as in Cinnamomum. Perianth nearly wholly deciduous, tlie fruit large, 

 resting on the thickened, often fleshy pedicel. 



A. GEANDis, N.E. E.T. Arakan. Pegu and Tenasserim. 

 Fruits oval, 1-2 inches long, fleshy, smooth, bluish-black and pruinose. 



X X Jnthers 1-celled. 



f Fruit superior, quite free, not adnate. 



Beiischiiiedia, Nees von Essenleck. 



Perianth wholly deciduous, the segments nearly equal (or the outer lobes minute). 

 Ovarg 1- (or imperfectly 2-)celled, Berry resting on a thickened, often fleshy pedicel. 



B. EoxBUEGHiAXA, N.E. Pegu, Martaban up to 2000 feet, and 

 Shaw-htoo-pen (Kurz). ^^e Andamans. 



Petiole ^ to 1 inch long, glabrous. Pcrianth-segTnents about lA lines long. 

 Fruits oblong. 



B. GLOBi-LARiA, Kz. Hills East of Toung-ngoo from 3000 to 4000 feet. 



As the last, but the fruits spherical. 



B. MACHornYLLA, Meissn. Southern Tenasserim. 



Petiole IJ to 3 lines long, thick, tomentose. Perianth- segments about a line long. 



j- f Fruit tcholly inclosed in the enlarged perianth, hut rarely adnate to it ; only the 

 apex sometimes exserted. 



CErPTOCABTA, R. BrOiCH. 



Flotcers hermaphrodite in racemes or panicles. Fertile stamens 9, free. Frtiit 

 free, not adnate to the perianth. Fruiting perianth-tuhe globular, having the appear- 

 ance of an inferior fruit. 



C. FEBREA, Bl. Tenasserim. Kamorta. 

 Inflorescence and all softer parts minutely ochre-pubemlous. Adult leaves 



glabrous. 



C. Geiffithiana, "Wight. Southern Tenasserim. 



All parts more or less covered with a rusty velvety tomentum. Leaves pubescent 

 beneath. 



