294 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AND PRODUCTIONS. 



BOERUAA VIEJl. 



PisoxiA, riumier. 



Perianth in hermaphroclite flowers contracted above the ovary, in the males, 

 bell-shaped, in the females ovoid or cylindrical, the limb in all 5-angled or 5-toothed. 

 Stamens 6-8, rarely 10, longer than the perianth, rudimentary in the females. Seed 

 solitary. Albumen scanty. The roots possess emetic and purgative properties. 



* Fruits with a double or simple row of 2>rickles along the 5 corners. 

 P. ACULEATA, L. S.S. Beach jungles of Tenasserim and the Andamans. 



Leaves 1-3 inches long, bluntish ; prickles of fruit in a double row, short, 

 glandular-headed. 



P. ALBA, Span. H.T. Beach forests of the Andamans. 



Leaves 7-10 inches long. Prickles in a single row, short, and irregular, acute. 



** Fruits unarmed, with a broad, llackish sticl-i/ line along the 5 bluntish cornrrs. 

 P. tniBELLirEKA, Seem. E. T. Tree forests of the Andaman coast. 



Flowers dioecious, small. Fruit glabrous. 



BoEUHAAViA, Linnaus. 

 B. GLnixosA, Vhl. 



MIEABILIE^i:. 



MiEABiLis, Linnmus. 



* M. Jalaba, L. 



This is a native of Tropical -America, but Dr. Jlason remarks : " The red, white 

 and yellow varieties of this pretty annual are aU cultivated by the Burmese, as well 

 as by Europeans, who often call it the Jalap plant. The true Jalap is, however, 

 quite a different plant, a species of Tpomaa.^'' The root was once supposed to be 

 the source of Jalap, whence its name, and possesses an acrid and nauseous flavour, 

 but is worthless and uncertain in its action. It is easily propagated and soon becomes 

 a weed in a garden. 



Division 11. MOXOPETALOUS. 



Flowers furnished with both Sepals and Petals, the latter connate. 



Exceptionally Poh/petalous species occur in Primulacea:, Oleinece, Plantaginecc, 

 Lobeliacea, Fricacea, Monotropea, Pyrolaeea, Pltimhayinea:, Mijrsineee, Sapotex, CgriUeir, 

 Styracea, Fbenacea and Jasmincce, and Apetalous species in the three first- 

 named Orders. 



Series I. nYPOGYXOUS or TERIGYXOUS. 



Ovary Superior. 



Exceptions : Inferior in Vacciniem and some Primulaccm, Myrsinece, Styracece and 

 Gestieracc(e. 



* Flowers very irregular, rarely regular. 



LAMIA LES. 

 Corolla usually 2-lipped, rarely sub-regular or quite regular, hypogynous. Stamens 

 fewer than the corolla-lobes, rarely as many, unequal, generally quadiidynamous or 

 two. Omry 2- or 4-celled. Style simple. Oni/es solitary in the cells, rarely 2 or more, 

 in some Myoporinem and Verhenacea. Fniit an indehiscent 2- or d-ceUed drupe or of 

 2 or 4 nucules. Leaves exstipulate. 



