Al'OCYXE.E. 345 



PLUMKRIE.i:. 



Oiari/ consi^liny of '2 more or less distinct carpels, each with a single placenta. 



* Fruit-carpels indehiscent, not follicular. 



X Calyx gamosepalous. 



R.viwoLKrA, Liniiteus. 



Calyx tootliod. Cnrolln elongate, funnel-shaped. Dish oiipular or annular. 

 Drupes sappy, usually connate at the base or up to the middle. Albumen fleshy. 

 Herbs, under- shrubs, or shrubs. 



E. (OrnioxYlON) sekpextina, "Willd. C'hittagong and all over Burma. 



The root is used in medicine as a tonic and febrifuge, and to euro snake bites. 



OcHUOSiA, Jussieu. 



Calyx toothed or lobed. Disk none or obsolete. Drupes usually paired, fleshy- 

 fibrous. Trees or shrubs. 



0. SALrBRis, Bl. Tropical forests of tlie Andamans. 



Cerbcra oppositifolia, Lamk. Kamorta, Trice and Track. 



X X Sepals free, reflexed. 



Ceebeka, Limueus. 



Calyx glandless inside. Disli none. Drupes usually single by abortion, fibrosc- 

 woody. Trees. 



C. ODALLAM, Gaertn. Arakan. Tenasserim. Andamans. Kamorta. Katchall. 



C. MAXGHAS, L. 



Ka-lw'i. 



The Burmese extract an oil for burning from the seeds, which are said to be 

 emetic and purgative. Wood worthless. 



** Fruit-carpels follicular, dehiscing along the ventral suture; rarely indehiscent. 

 Corolla-throat naked. 



X Seeds in no way winged nor hairy-fringed. 



\ Seeds not imbedded in pulp. 



\ Albumen none. 



('ALncARrrir, G. Don. 



Follicle broad, obliquely truncate, slowly dcdiiscing, 1-sceded. Slirulis. 



C. RoxnriiGun, G. Don. (1'.). Tropical forests in JIartuban and Tenasserim. 



Kopsia vinctejlora, Bl. Generally planted all over Burma. 



K. fruticosa, D.C. 



Sa-lat. 



\ \ Albumen present. 



VixcA, Linnieun. 



Follicle elongate-linear, continuous, manj'-secdcd. Albumen fleshy. Erect shrubs 

 or under-shrubs. 



*V. ROSEA, L. 



v. Guilelmi ll'aldemarii, Klotzsch. 



Thom-ban-ma hnyo-bcn. 



A South-.\merican plant much cultivated in villages all over the country, and 

 sometimes domesticated in rubbishy places. 



