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368 BURilA, ITS PEOPLE ASD PRODUCTIOXS. 



J ^ Racemes pediDicled, siwp/i/ compound. 



A. MEMIilUNACEA. IvlKlk}-^!! Hills. 



Habit of A. cn'xpa, but leaves larger nnil green. Callous, repand-toothed, gland- 

 dotted beneath. Petlieels up to -h inch long. licrries striate, the size of a pea. 



A. VIKENS, Kz. 



Eacemes divaricately corymbose aud spuriously terminal. Pedicels up to 2 inches. 

 Ill Liflurenrivce twihUitte, sessile, or at hast the primary racemes sessile and the 

 lateral ones pcduncled. 



A. CErsp.\, D.C. Martaban at 4000 to 7000 feet. 



A. crennlata, Lodd. 



A. crenata, Eoxb. 



A. lentiginosa, Bot. Eeg. 



A. densa and poli/sticta, Mi(j. 



A. macrocarpa, Wall. 



Umbels sessile, like the leaves glabrous. Calyx-lobes a line long. 



Thnnbcrg's species has not only a different uervature, but is charactei'izcd also by 

 the numerous conspicuous gland-dots. Khasi specimens (Hb. Hf. and Th. Xo. 41), 

 however, seem identical with the Japan plant (Kurz). 



A. viLLOSA, Ro.xb. Var. a Tavoy and Taipo mountain in 



ilartaban at 4000 feet. 



Leaves beneath and the sessile umbels brownish or rusty tomentoso. Calyx-lobes 

 2h lines long. 



var. a FiO.rhnrffhiana. Leaves more or less rusty pubescent, at least on tlie nerves. 



var. ji i/lahrata, Bl. Leaves glabrous at least when full grown. Calyx glabrous 

 or nearly so. 



Slason gives the following names for various Ifi/rsinea in Sgau-Karen : Lae-kho- 

 niau-thu, Lae-kho-mau-ghau, Lae-kho-mau-wa, and Lao-kho-mau-hpa-do. 



Sub-order ^TIGICEREJE. 



Fruit a dnj ciilindrical follicle-like drupe rupturing irregularly. Seeds elongate, 

 germinating while still on the tree. Albumen none. Anther-cells mang-chamhered. 



^GiCEBAS, Gaertner. 

 Corolla twisted in bud. Filaments connate at the base. Flowers in umbels. Trees. 

 M. (Rhizophora) coeniculata, L. Tropical Coast forests of Arakan, Tenasserim, 

 ^. majus and minus, Gaertn. the Andamans and Nicobars. 



^. fragrans, Koen. 

 Bu-ta-yat. 



Mason says " This large shrub, when in bloom, is covered with small white 

 flowers, which seem to have great attractions for the fireflies. In moving up the 

 streams near the sea-board on a dark night these trees are often seen illumined with 

 myriads of waving brightning wings. 



Retreating, chasing, sinking, soaring, 

 The darkness of the copse exploring, 

 and making them look in the deep gloom like superb candelabra hung with living 

 lamps." 



Order PRIMULACE.E. 



Corolla inonopetalous, hypogynous, or rarely perigynous, or wanting, isoste- 

 monous, aestivation contorted "or imbricate, very seldom none. Stamens opposite to 

 the corolla-lobes. Orarg free, or very rarely inferior, 1-celled; placenta central, 

 globose, many-ovuled. t^c^/fs fixed by" their ventral face. 7'V((/< a capsule. Embryo 

 albuminous. 



