464 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AND PRODCCTIOXS. 



Pternandra. 



Cah/x smooth or scaly, tlic limb truncate, obscurely 4-lobed. Stamens 8. Trees 

 or shrubs. 



P. CATiTELLATA, Jack. Tenasscrim (or the Andamans). 



llowers in small stout almost simple cymes. 



P. c.ERULESCENS, Jack. Tfnasserira. Kamorta. 



Ewychia Jaclciana, Walp. 

 Apteuxis frineri'is, Griff. 

 Eiri/ckiu paiiiculata, Micj. 



Flowers in branched rather slender axillary and terminal panicles. 



Sub-order MEMECYLE.E. 



Oianj 1 -celled, with a free central placenta, to which H or more ovules arc 

 attached in a whorl. Berry succulent or coriaceous, 1 -seeded. Embryo large, the 

 cotyledons much folded and leafy. 



Memecylon, Linnaus. 

 Anthers 8, equal. Trees or shrubs, with penninorved or rarely 3-nerved leaves. 



"'■' Calyx inside iritJiout radiate lameUa-Iike nerves, or the nerres very obsolete. 



M. umbellatum, Burm. E.S. Boronga Island. 



M. tinctorinin, Keen. 

 II. ramiforum, Lamk. 



Myen-khae-ta-nyet. 



Leaves sessile or nearly so, opaque, drying yellowish. Cymes sessile, umbel- 

 like. Calyx conspicuously 4-toothed. 



Wood very strong and tough, and close-grained. Leaves and flowers yield 

 a yellow dye (Kurz). 



** Calijx radiately nerred within, the nerves simple or fo)];ed, raised and lamella- 

 like, like the gills of a mushroo}n. 



X Berry ovoid or ovoid-oblong. Cymes and pedicels very short and robust. 



M. ccEErLEUM, Jack. E S. var. 7 Tenasserim. 



M. lutescens, Presl. 



31. Manillanum, and M. laurifulium, Nuud. 

 M. foribundum, Bl. 

 M. eordatuni, Gi'iff. 



Leaves sessile or very shortly pctiolcd, with the base rounded or cordate. 



X X Berry globose, from the size of a pea to that of a eherry. 

 \ Cymes short and sometimes reduced. Leaves usually thieh coriaceous, without 

 visible lateral nerves or veins, petioled. 



A Berries the size of a pea or smaller. 

 f Branehlets more or less^ terete, sometimes marked with obsolete lines. 

 ° Calyx up to a line in diameter, not tulercled. 

 M. L.i:vrGATUM, Bl. E.T. Tavoy. 



M. paehyderma, Wall. 



Leaves attenuate at the base, very acuminate, glossy. Petiole 1-2 linos long. 

 Pedicels hardly a line long, thick. Cymes very short, almost sessile. 



M. PLEBEitJir, Kz. E.7'. Bhamo. Pegu. Thoung-ycen. 



Leaves attenuate at the base, .shariily acuminate. Pedicels l-IA- liue long. 

 Umbel-like cymes shortly peduncled. 



