334 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AND PRODCCTIOXS. 



Order HTDROLEACEj:. 



Corolla hypogynous, lobes 5, imbricate. Stamens, inserted on the corolla-tube. 

 Filaments sleniler, exserted. Disk none. Ovary 1- or 2-celled. Styles 2, distinct. 

 Onctes many. Capsule 2-Yalved. Seeds minute. Emlnjo straight in scanty albumen. 

 Herbs. 



Hi'DEOLEA, Linnaus. 



H. Zetlaxica, Yahl. (il.). 



The leaves beaten to a pulp are used for dressing foul ulcers. 



GENTIALES. 

 CoroUa mono-, rarely sub-poly-petalous, hypogynous. Stamens equalling the 

 coroOa-lobes, or fewer, always inserted on the coroUa, and usually included in its 

 tube. Ofuri/ usually syncarpous, and 2-celled. Leaves very rarely alternate or 

 stipulate. Herbs, shnibs or trees. 



Order GEIs'TIAXE^. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Cahjx persistent, consisting of 4 or .5, rarely more, 

 lobes or segments, much imbricate. Corolla usually regular, with 4 or 5 (rarely 

 more) lobes, twisted or otherwise imbricate, or induplicate in bud. Stamens usually 

 as many as corolla-lobes and alternate with them, usually inserted in the tube or at 

 the throat of the corolla. Filaments usually free. Anthers versatile, the cells 

 parallel, opening longitudinally or by terminal pores. Orary 1-celled, but with the 

 2 parietal placentas projecting into the cavity, so as to partially divide it into 2 or 

 4 cells, or rarely completely 2-celled, with numerous ovules in each cell. Style 

 simple, entire, or with 2 short stigmatic lobes. Fruit a capsule opening scpticidally 

 in 2 valves, or rarely indehiscent, or a succulent berry. Seeds small. Athumen 

 fleshy or homy. Emlryo small, straight, axile, with short cotyledons. Usually 

 herbs or under shrubs, rarely trees, erect, or climbing, with opposite (very rarely 

 alternate) simple leaves. Stipules none. Flowers usually in cymes or coiymb-like 

 panicles, rarely clustered or solitary. 



The tonic properties of several species of Gentiana arc due to the presence of 

 a peculiar bitter principle, Gentianine, in the roots. In India various species of Ophelia 

 supply the place of Gentian, and are in high esteem under the name of Chu-etta. 

 American Calumba root is produced by Frazera Walteri. 



Fagejea, Thunleryh. 



Cali/x 5-pnrttd, the lobes blunt, imbricate. Corolla funnel-shaped, the tube 

 cvHndrical or widened upwards, the limb 5-cleft (veiT rarely 6 or 7) the lobes oblique 

 and almost twisted, imbricate in bud. Stamens 5, inserted in the tube of the corolla. 

 Filaments filiform. Anthers incumbent. Ovary 1- or 2-celled, with numerous ana- 

 tropous ovules attached to the thick, almost 2-lobed placentas. Style filiform. 

 Stigma peltate. 



* Flowers large, ahove an inch lung, solitary, or by threes or Jives in a short 

 peduncled terminal corymb. 



X Corolla-tube long, exserted above the middle, or at the summit dilated into the limb. 



F. CAENOSA, Jack. F.S. Upper Tenasserim. 



All parts glabrous. Leaves entire, with recurved edges, on a compressed petiole, 

 with a short leflexed point, smooth and fleshy. Flower large, dull yellowisli-whito. 



X X Corolla-tube short or from the base funnel-shaped, dilated. 

 F. AuiiKTLAEiA, Jack. E.S. Tenasserim (probably). 



Calyx about an inch long or longer. Leaves thick-coriaceous, the lateral nerves 

 distinct, but thin and immersed on the under surface. 



