462 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODUCTIOXS. 



0. (Melastoma) ckenua, Eoxb. E.S.S. Chittagong. 



Glabrous. Branchings of panicle 4-cornered or 4-wingeJ. Bracts persistent. 

 Connective without any appendage. 



ALLOMOEPniA, Blame. 



Calyx costate. Stamens 8 or 10, nearly equal. Ocary free or adnate to the 

 bottom of the calyx. Capsule ovoid, included in tlie urceolate costate calyx. Flowers 

 clustered or almost whorlcd, in narrow terminal panicles. 



A. HisproA, Kz. Upper Tenasserim. 



Habit of A. Griffit/iii, the stems, petioles and the 9 strong ribs beneath densely 

 covered with long brownish bristles. Calyx-teeth minute. 



A. iTjiBELLrLATA, H. f. £.S. St. Matthias Island, Mergui Archipelago. 



Quite glabrous. Leaves 5-ribbed. Calyx-lobes with a thick wing-like appendage 

 on the back. 



OcnxnocHAEis, Blame. 



Calyx terete and smooth. Stamens 10, equal. Ovary and capsule adnate to the 

 calyx, the latter globular, smooth. Cymes axillaiy, or collected into terminal panicles. 



0. Jav.anica, B1. Tenasserim. 



AxEEixcLEisics, JTorf/ials. 



Calyx terete. Anthers 8, equal. Capsule 4-valved. at the top, almost free. 

 Flowers in axillary fascicles or umbellets. 



A. Helferi, H. f. Tenasserim (or the Andamaus). 



Calyx softly apprcssod-pubescent. 



A. Geiffithii, H. f. Mergui Archipelago. 



Calyx very densely and spreadingly hirsute. 



SONERILIEJ^. 

 Ocary broadly earved out and depressed at the 3-o-eornered fop. Conneetive 

 rarely produced at the base. Capsule opening at the top into S-5-cornered valves, rarely 

 terete. Seeds minute, straight, angular, never coehleate. 



SoxEitlLi, Eoxlurgh. 



Flowers 3-merous. Stamens 3 or 6. Capsule 3-cclled. Herbs, or rarely under 

 shrubs, sometimes stemless. 



* Capisules terete or trigonously-terete. 

 X Anthers elongate. 

 S. LiNEAEis, H. f. Maiilmain at 3000 feet. 



Annual, 2 feet high, glabrous, or nearly so. Leaves narrow-linear, serrulate. 



X X Anthers short. 

 S. STRicTA, Hook. Maulmain. 



Annual, i- foot high, puberulous. Calyx slightly downy and glandular-hairy. 



*' ■'•■ Capsules sharply 3-gonous or 3-quetrous. 

 X Anthers short. 



S. TENKRA, Pi.. Br. Lateritc rocks and Pagodas all over Pegu 



and Tenasserim, Korth of Tavoy. 



Small annual, 1-5 inches high, spaiingly and spreadingly gland-hairy. Leaves 

 4-8 lines long, ovate to oval. Capsule usually witli a few hairs. 



