328 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODUCTIOXS. 



Ehketia, Linnttnu. 



Calyx deeply ek'ft into 5 segments. Corolla more or less rotate, ■\vitli a short 

 tube, imbricate in bud. tilainens inserted in tlio tube. Anthers exserted, or rarely 

 almost included. Orary 2-eelled, with 2 ovules in each cell, or 4-celled, with solitary 

 ovules, Fi uit a di'upe, the cndocarp forming two 2-seeded or four 1-seeded pyrenes. 



X Leaves entire. Pyrenes 4, \-see(led. 

 E. ASPEEA, Eoxb. Ava. 



Leaves, especially beneath, pubescent. 



E. L.Tivis, Roxb. South Andaman. 



Leaves glabrous. 

 Mason gives as the name for Elirdia, Yen-yai myouk-myi. 



CORDIEJE. 

 Orary undivided. Style terminal {rarely none), twice forlrd. Fruit indehiscent, 

 usually fleshy, 4-seeded. Cotyledons lonyitadinally folded. Albumen none. 



CoRDiA, Linnans. 

 Style twice forked. Calyx more or less tubular, forming a cup under the drupe. 



* Lvaves beneath and ealyx densrly toinentose. 



C. FKAOEANTissiMA, Kz. Miu'taban and Upper Tenasserim. 



Ka-la-mat (Kurz). 



Calyx about 4 lines long. Adult leaves smooth above and white-dotted. Ovary 

 ■with a sessile stigma. 



Wood veiy fragrant (Kurz). 



C. POLTGAMA, Roxb. Martaban up to 2000 feet. 



Calyx about 2^ lines long. Leaves above very scabrous, from short haii's, and 

 minutely white-dotted. 



** Leaves glabrous or pubescent beneath. Calyx glabrous or puherulous. 

 X Flowers small, white. Corolla-tube as long as or shorter than the calyx. 



C. MYXA, L. Chittagong and all over Burma. 



Tha-nat, or Toung-tha-nat (Kurz). 



Glabrous-leaves without white dots on the upper side. Drupes the size of a 

 cherry, acuminate. 



var. genuina. Branchlets silveiy grey, leaves usually smaller and more 

 repand-crenate, more coriaceous. Berries about ^- to 1 inch in diameter. 



var. brunnea, Kz. Branchlets brown, the young shoots densely brown- 

 pubescent. Leaves larger, of a more chartaceous texture ; especially while young, 

 covered with a soft appressed brown pubescence. Drupe about an inch long. 



Wood valueless, save for fuel. 



The leaves of a species of Cordia, called ' Jlhay-d,' are used as envelopes for the 

 common Burmese cheroots, made of chijiped tobacco, rolled up into a conical cigar. 



C. GEANDis, Koxb. Chittagong, Ava, and Pegu. 



Tha-nfit. 



Leaves white-dotted above. Dru])e the size of a pea, bluut, with a mucro. 



X X I'lowcrs large and shouy, orange or brieJ;-red. Corolla-tube long-exserted. 



C. suECOHDATA, Lanik. S. Kamorta and Xankowry. 



Corolla-limb nearly an inch in diameter, crumpled. Drupe the size of a cherry, 

 crowned bv the calvx-tube. 



