428 BURMA, ITS rEOPLE AND mODUCTIOXS. 



HYroEATnituM, Bluine. 

 Styles 2-lobyil. Herri/ small, stalked or sessile, not pulpy. Seidt in a siugle 

 row ill eacli cell. Erect shrubs or trees. 

 Sub-genus Peiung.\, DC. 



Fluirers 5-merous ; tlie calyx-liiub persistent. Herri/ contracted into a longer or 

 storter stalk (the elongating pedicel). 



H. (Eandia) eacejiosum, Eosb. ilarshy forests of Pegu and Martaban. 



Petiutga varialilis, Hassk. Katchall and Great Nicobar. 



Glabrous. Flowers in axillary spikes. 



Sub-genus HrriiANTHEEA, "W. A. 



Flowers 5- rarely 4-raerous, the calyx-limb persistent. Berry sessile. 



H. (Eandia) steicta, Eoxb. Chittagong. Bhamo. 



Glabrous. Flowers in axillary clusters. 



Beachttome, Hooker, f. 



Flowers polygamously dicecious. Corolla funnel-shaped, glabrous. Sfi/h shortly 

 2-lobed. Berry small, not pulpy. Seeds very numerous. Erect shrubs. 



B. Wallichii, H. f. Khakyen Hills. Ava. 



Inflorescence, flowers, and berries very like those of Seiprosnia tenintum, but the 

 last arc many-seeded (Kurz). 



MoEiNDorsis, Iloohr, f. 



Flowers dioecious, in pedunclod heads. Calyx-llinh cupular or 4-tootlicd. Corolla- 

 throat villous. Style hirsute. Berry elongate, cylindrical, the numerous seeds im- 

 bricately pendulous, almost appendaged. Trees. 



M. (Psilobium) capillaeis, Kz. Swampy forests of Pegu and Tenasscrim. 



* Corolla ralrate. 

 X Orary 2-celle(l, the placenta 2-cleft, Corolla redapl ieate-raleate [Musswndieee). 



Mrss^NDA, Linnctus. 

 The one or other calyx-lobe of the outer flowers extended into a discoloured 

 leaf. Connective not nnicronate. Style-branches 2. 



* Calyx-limb deciduous, leariny an anyular scar at the top of the berry. 

 X Calyx-teeth J-1 line lovy. 



M. GLABEA, Vhl. Hills East of Toung-ngoo at 3000 to 1000 feet. 



Calyx-teeth erect, lanceolate. Branchlets puberulous or velvety, 

 var. o yenuina. More glabrous, especially the leaves and branches, 

 var. p WaUichii, Don. Leaves pubescent beneath and along the nerves above, 

 petioles shorter. 



M. VARIOLOSA, Wall. Arakan, Pegu and Tcnasserini, more 



common south of Maulmain. 



Calyx-teeth as in preceding, but reflexed. Branchlets hii'sute. 

 II. parra, Wall., from Tavoy, possibly belongs here, but the only specimen seen 

 by me is not sufticicnt for a correct identiiication. 



M. Jelinekii, Kz. Great Nicobar. 



Calyx-teeth ?,- line long. 

 Allied to 31. longifolia. 



X X Calyx-lobes 2-4 lines long. 

 M. rvvETT^EFOLiA, Kz. Tropical forests East of Toung-ngoo. 



Calyx-lobes filiform, 2-2i lines long, all conform and none expanded leaf-like. 



