VERBENACEJE. 299 



Wood gi'cy, soft, with vciy cross-jirained fibres, and hence much used for ricc- 

 liuskiiig mortars. Weight 47 lbs. Uainble (Manual, p. 300) says the wood weighs 

 58 lbs. and is ' very brittle,' which is ludicrously inaccurate, as from its interlacing or 

 cross fibres, it is ue.vt to impossible to split it, and on this account it is used for rice- 

 mortars and oil mills (AV.T.). 



A. TojiEXTOSA, Koxb. E.T. Tidal forests of Arakan and Burma. 



Flowers in heads. Calyx-lobes 2 lines long. Style long and slender. 



A small tree, which, like the mangrove, springs from arching roots and occasionally 

 attaining to 70 feet in height. The kernels arc bitter but edible, and the green fruit 

 boiled and mashed with butter is used for ripening tumours and as an application 

 to the suppurating pustules of Variola. The timber is also used, and the bark supplies 

 materials for tanning. 



riTlE.E. 



Inflorescence cymose, defmilc. Oruhs pcndidous, amphilropous or suh-anatropous. 



**" Ovules latcraUij attaclied above (he base, or near the summit of (he cells. Flowers 

 usually supported by 2 bructlets. 



\ Cymes involucred. Capsule coriaceous, iiidthisceut. 



Stmpiioreiia, Roxburyh. 



Involucre 6-8-phyllous, corolla limb regular, 5-12-cleft. Rfyle very short. 

 Stamens as many as corolla-lobes, inserted at the throat. Anthers dorsitixed, 2-celled. 

 Orary 2-cclh'd, with 2 erect collateral ovules in each cell. Scaudent shrubs with 

 opposite simple leaves. 



* Involucre shorter than the calyces. 



S. GEOssuii, Kz. E.S.S. Swampy forests of Pegu and Tenasscrim. 



Leaves entire, shortly tomcntose beneath. 



** Involucre much lonycr than the calyces. The leaflets an inch luny or more. 

 I Ovary smooth, leaves more or le.ss pubescent beneath. 



S. rNTOLUCRAxrii, Eoxb. TF.C. All over Ava, Pegu, and ilartaban. 



Nweh-sat (Kurz). 



Leaves coarsely-toothed, and with the inflorescence greyish pubescent beneath. 

 Flowers small, white, sessile. 



S. UNGncuLATor, Kz. S.S. Pegu. Tenasserim and the Andamans 



Ka-nweh (Kurz). "P ^o 3000 feet. 



Leaves entire, tawny-pubescent beneath. Inflorescences tawny or rusty-pubescent. 

 Flowers small, cream-coloured, sessile. 



J J Ovary pubescent or villous. leaves ylabrous, or nearly so. Cymes collected into 

 terminal panicles. 



S. PENTANDKUM, Kz. S.S. Soutli Tcnasserim. 



Calyx pilose-tomeutosc. Corolla-throat glabrous. Flowers small, purple, sessile, 

 in small clusters. 



S. Jackianvji, Kz. S.S. South Tenas-serira. 



Calyx glabrous. Corolla-throat woolly. 



CoxoEA, Iio.rburyh. 



Involucre 3-j)hyllous. Corolla 2-lipped, the upper lip elongate. Stamens 4, 

 didynamous. Style capillary, exserted. 



C. loMENTosA, lloxb. S.S. All ovcr Bui-ma. 



Tha-ma-ka-nweh (Kurz). 



