304 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AJD PRODUCTIOXS. 



II II CoroUa-tube shorter than the limb. 



ViTKX, ZhnxTUs. 



C'<ih/.r cup-sliapetl, 5-toothe(l or lobed. Curolln almost 2-]obc(l, the limb unequally 

 5-lobed, the lower lobe larger and lip-like. Stamens 4, diJyiiamous, inserted in the 

 tube and exserted. Ovary 2- (or less perfectly) 4-celled, -with a solitary ovule, 

 laterally attached, in each cell. Style filiform, shortly and acutely 2-lobed. Mostly 

 trees, with 3-7 digitate, rarely l-foUolate leaves. Bruets very small. 



* Flowers in panieles. 

 \ Panicles terminal, zcitlioiit or only with minute SHbiilate bracts. 



V. AGxns-CASTus, L. E.S. var. ji Valley of the Irrawaddy and Sal ween. 



V. trifulia, L. 



Kyoung-ban. 



All parts minutely greyish-mealy, leaves white, at least beneath. Leaflets 

 sessile, flowers sessile or nearly so. 



Tar. a Aff7iHs-castus, L. 

 Leaves 5-7, foliolate, more or less linear, acuminate. 



var. /3 trifolia. 



Leaves 3-1, foliolate, broader, acute or bhintish. 



T. CAXESCEN's, Kz. Promo. 



All parts softly and shortly pubescent. Flowers on slender pedicels, median 

 leaflets petioled. 



V. HETEROPnTLLA, Roxb. £.T. Tree forests of Pegu and Tcnasserim. 



Adult parts all glabrous, at least above. Leaflets petioled. 



V. WiMBEELETi, Kz. £.T. Tree forests of the Andamans. 



Glabrous. Corolla tomentoso. Calyx puberulous. Leaflets coarsely crenate. 



;j: J Panicles terminal, tvith numerous conspicuous leafy bracts. All parts pubescent. 

 Leaves diyitately Z-fuliolate, leaflets sessile. 



V. PTJBESCErrs, Yhl. £.T. Southern Pegu and Tcnasserim. 



Kyet-yoh (Kurz). 



Petiole not, or but slightly winged at the apex, panicle cymose-branched. 

 Flowers blue. 



V. LiMONiFOLiA, Wall. Ava and Promo. 



Petiole broadly and leafy winged. Panicle spike-like, interruptedly cymose. 



\\X Panicles axillary, elongate, lax, leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets sessile, glabrous. 



V. ALATA, llottl. et Willd. E.T. Pegu and Tcnasserim up to 2000 feet. 



Kyet-yoh. 



Bark grey, smooth, 2 lines thick, peeling off in lung curved flakes. 



Kurz describes the wood: "Yellowish or light brown, clouded, close-grained, 

 rather heavy, soft but strong, weight 45 lbs." This is hardly correct. The wood 

 is liard, as its name imports, 'Fowl's-ho/ie,' and its weight proves, which is 61 lbs. 

 to the cubic foot. It is one of the handsomest woods I know, of a rich pale nankin- 

 brown, and highly deserving of attention as a furniture wood of the better sort. 

 The native name, however, applies to more trees than one, and my remarks apply 

 to selected samples of the heavier wood. Brandis describes a wood of this name 

 as 45 lbs. weight, and " much prized, but scarce " (W.T.). 



* * Flowers in axillary dichotomows cymes. Petiole not winged. 



V. TESTITA, Wall. Ava. 



All softer parts pubescent. Cymes pubescent, shorter than the petiole. 



