318 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODUCTIOXS. 



in bud. Fertile stanmis 2 or 4 (rarely also tlio fifth nidimentary one developed), 

 in pairs inserted in the tube. Anthers 2-celled, the cells divaricate, or rarely parallel, 

 dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary usually 2-cclled, with 2 distinct placentas in each 

 cell, attached to the dissepiments and either contiguous or separated by a considerable 

 interval, or the dissepiment discontinued between the placentas, and the ovary 

 appearing 1 -celled. Ovules several or numerous to each placenta. Style filiform, 

 with two short stigmatie lobes. Fruit a capsule, often very elongated, opening 

 loeulicidally or septifragally in 2 valves, leaving the dissepiment free. Seeds 

 transverse, usually flattened, winged, or wingless. Albumen none. Emhryo straight, 

 or rarely curved, with flat or flesiiy cotyledons, the radicle next the hilum. Trees 

 or shrubs, often climbing, very rarely herbs. Leaves opposite, or rarely scattered, 

 compound or rarely simple, the leaflets usually opposite. Stipules none. Flowers 

 often showy, solitary, and axillary, or more usually in racemes or panicles. 



* Seeds in a single row, along the edges of the septum. 

 % Septum continuous, flat. 



SlEXOLOBIUM, L). Don. 



Calyx more or less distinctly 5-ribbed and 5-toothed, marcescent-persistent. 

 Leaves unpaired pinnate, with serrate-cut leaflets. 



* S. STANS, Seem. E.S. An American shrub, now cultivated. 



All parts glabrous. Leaves variable, fi'om 1-3 foliolate to unpaired pinnate. 

 Leaflets in 1 to 2 paii-s, almost sessile. Capsule 6 inches loug, glabrous. 



\ X Septum more or or less corl^y -medullary , jointed. 

 SrEKEospEEMm, Chamisso. 



Calyx net-ribbed, marcescent-persistent. Seeds spuriously 2-celled. Leaves 

 pinnate. 



X All parts and the inflorescences quite glabrous. 



S. CHELENOiDEs, D.C. Ava. Chittagong. Pegu. 



Tha-khwot-hpyu (Kurz), or Tha-kut-hpyu. 



Flowers yellow, rather small, septum of capsule terete. 



Wood close-grained, soft, elastic, durable, and takes a good polish (Kurz). 



S. SEERTJLAIUil, D.C. Ava. 



Leaflets only about an inch long, serrulate, septum of capsule compressed. 



X X Yoioiger parts and inflorescences variously pubescent. 



S. jfEUE.VNTurM, Kz. Pegu Eange. 



Than-deh (Kurz). 



Flowers pale lilac or bluish-white with dark purjile veins, inflorescence and calyx 

 sinijily pubescent. Seeds and septum as in S. chelonioides. 



Wood greyish or reddish-brown, close-grained, heavy, soft. Weight 33-36 lbs. 

 (Kurz). There is some confusion here, as a wood of 36 lbs. to the cubic foot cannot 

 be termed heavy. A wood under 40 lbs. may be termed light (W.T.). 



S. suAVEOLEXs, D.C. ilartaban. 



Flowers 2-lipped, uniformly lilac or purple, the lobes crenulate-undulate, inflor- 

 escence viscid-pubescent. 



S. FiMERiATuii, D.C. Tree forests of Martaban and Tenasserim up to 3000 feet. 



Than-that (Kurz). 



Flowers funnel-shaped, uniformly pale lilac, the lobes long-fimbriate, inflor- 

 escences glandular pubescent. 



