290 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AND PROBUCTIONS. 



M. LONGiFOLiA, "Willi. E. T. Tree forests of Cliittagong. Pegu 



Za-dcip-lipyu (Kiirz). "'i'-^ Tenasserim. 



Leaves large, 1-1^ foot long. Petiole thick. Fruits 2 inches loug. 



M. coKTicosA, H. f. ot Th. Tree forests of Chittagong, Pegu, Teuassenm, 



the Aiulamans, and Kaniorta. 

 Leaves 7-9 inches long. Petiole i an inch long, slender. Fruit an incli long, 

 glabrescent. 



Order MONIMIACE^. 



Flowers apetalous, usually monoecious, solitary, geminate, or in cymes, bracteoles, 

 caducous. Srpah 4, decussate, or 5-8, many-seriate, imbricate in bud. Stamena 

 usually indefinite, in male flowers lining the wall of the capsule, or in hermaphrodites 

 occupying the throat only, fi'ce. Anfhers usually adnate to, and shorter than the 

 connective. Carpeh numerous, 1 -celled, free, sessile on the surface of the recepta- 

 cular capsule (rarely sunk in its walls). 



IMuch diversity of opinion has existed as to the natural relations of this Order, 

 but Hooker, fil., et Tliomson, jdace it next to Mijristicacea:, from its aromatic properties, 

 pellucid-punctate leaves, diclinism, solitary anatropous ovule, and divaricate cotyledons. 



MoyiMIE.'E. 

 Perianth fg-like, or siih-t/Iohose, at length dehiscent, ovule pendnJoiis. 



KiBARA, JSndlicher. 

 K. coEiACEA, H. f. ct Th. Great Kicobar (K.). 



CHENOPODIALES. 

 Flowers usually hermaphrodite. Periuntli green or coloured, usually regular, 

 tube veiy short or none. Segments imbricate in bud. Oi'itry superior (except in 

 Ci/nocriimbe(e) or 1, rarely several carpels. Oealcs solitary (2 or more in some 

 Amarautacete and Paronychiae), basal. Emhryo usually cui'ved. Herbs or shrubs. 



Order BASILLE^E. 



Sepals 6, 1-2-seriate, green or coloured. Stamens .5, porigynous, opposite the 

 sepals. Anthers 2-celled. Orarij 1 -celled. Stigmas usually 2 or 3-lohed. Ocule 1, 

 basal. Albumen mealy. Fleshy herbs, often trailing. 



Basilla, Linnaus. 



Braeteoles adhering to the perianth, and' united in a 2-lobed external calyx. 

 Perianth ovoid, shortly 5-lobed. Style single, with 3 oblong stigmatic lobes. Fruit 

 inclosed in the globular succulent perianth and bracts. Seed vertical. Embryo 

 spiral, with little or no albumen. Leaves alternate, flat, but succulent. Flowers 

 sessile, in simple or branolied spikes. Stem twining. 



*B. alba, L. Cultivated. 



Gyen-baing. 



This species (with its var. rubra) and B. eordifolia are much esteemed as 

 vegetables in India. 



Order AMAPANTACE^. 



Flowers small, hermaphrodite, or diclinous, sessile, or in heads or spikes. Bracts 

 usually 3, persistent, the lowest largest, rarely 2, or leafy. Calyx usually of 3-5. 

 Sepals distinct, or sometimes basally coherent. Corolla none. Stamens livpogynous, 

 5 fertile (rarely fewer). Anthers iutrorse, 1-2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 

 free, l-caiiiellcd, 1-celled. Stigma capitate, 2-lobcd or 2-3-fid. Ovules 1 or more, 

 basal or singly suspended from separate erect funicles. 



