332 nCRMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODUCT lOXS. 



From the mainland of Burma Kurz only enumerates 6 species, to wliiili the 

 above 13 recorded by Mason are additional. 



The generic name for Ipomaa in the vernacular is TJ-men. 



\ X Sepals all, or 3 of them, much enlarged, and icing-lile in fruif. Capnile 

 1 -celled and 1 -seeded. 



PoEAXA, LhuKtus. 

 Ocary 2-celled, the cells 2-ovuled. Siyle entire or 2-clcft. Stigma capitate. 



* Sfgle 2-cleft. All the 5 sepals enlarged in fruit and stellatehj spreading. 

 Corolla small. 



P. voLUBiLis, Burm. (K.). Tenasserim (probably). 



Panicles without floral leaves. Sepals about 2 lines long, oval, blunt. Capsule 

 mucronate, smooth, brown, the size of a small pea. Flowers small, white. 



** Sti/le simple. Onig 3 of the sepals fairly enlarged, erect, or erect-spreading. 

 Floicers ivhite. 



P. PANiCTXATA, Eoxb. (K.). Ava. 



Corolla about 2 lines across. Fruiting sepals 1 -nerved. 



P. sPECTABiLis, Kz. E.S. Tree forests of Martaban. 



Corolla-limb about an inch in diameter. Fruiting sepals 5-nen-eJ at the base, 

 further up 3-nerved. 



P. EACEMOSA (M.). 



+ + Bracts leafy, enlarged in fruit, conspicuous. 

 Nkueopeltis, Wallich. 



Corolla deeply .5-lobed. Styles 2. Capsule 4-8-valvcd, adnate to near the centre 

 of the bract. Scandent sln-ubs. 



N. KACEMOSA, Wall. (K.). Eastern slopes of Pegu Range and Tenasserim. 



All parts glabrous. Leaves elliptical, entire, coriaceous, on a glabrous petiole 

 ^ to 1 inch long. Stamens 5, the filaments inserted, with a villous base, at the 

 sinuses of the lobes. Capsules ovoid-globose, the size of a small pea. 



I^. OVATA, Wall. (il.). 



EvoLVuxcs, Linnieus. 



E. LiNiFoirrs, L. (K.). Kamorta. 



With white flowers. 



E. ALSiyOIDES, L. (iT.). 



Calontciiox, Choisy. 



* C. sPECiosuM, Chois. (M.). 

 C. RoxBCEGHii, G. Don. (M.). 



liweh-ka-zwon-hpyu. 



Batatas, Rumphius. 



* B. EDULis, Rumph. (M.). 

 Ka-zwon. 



B. PANicuLATA, Choisy (M.). 



QrAMOCLlT, Tuurnif. 



*Ci. PEXNATUM, Yoigt. (^r.). 



Mjat-leh-ni. 



