474 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AND PRODUCTIONS. 



* Flowers sessile. Trees. 



C. AKBoiiEA, Eoxb. All over Burma. 



Ban-bwe. 



Petals blunt or rounded, concave. Ovules in 2 rows in cacli cell. 



"Wood described as reddish-brown, tough and durable. "Weight 55 lbs. 



C. sPHiERicA, Rosb. Chittagong Hills. 



Petals acute, the borders revolute. Ovules in 6 rows in each cell. 



Sub-genus Plaxchoxia, B1. 



Only the innermost row of stamens reduced to filaments. Cotyledons 2, distinct. 



C. (Pfeioaea) valida, Blume. The Andamans. 



Phnelwnia littoralis, Bl. 



Fruits ellipsoid, angular-ribbed. 



LEncTiiii.EA sALiciroLiA, Prcsl. Maulmain {fide Heifer). 



A geniis which is entirely enigmatic to me. The gamopetalous corolla and the 

 insertion of tlio very numerous stamens on the bottom of tlie caly.x form a puzzling 

 combination of characters. If the corolla be incorrectly described, we may guess 

 Mi/rtaeem as its probable affinity (Kurz). 



More than 50 species of this Order, all woody plants, are found in Burma. 

 Astringent ])rinciplcs prevail in the bark, and it is therefore often used for tanning 

 purposes. Fragrant ai'omatic or pungent volatile oil abounds also in the Mtjrtaeea. 

 The buds of Caryoplii/Uus aromaticns yield our cloves. All-spice or pimento-pepper 

 is derived from Piine7ita. Several furnish good dessert fruits, like guava, jambo, 

 rose-apple. Heavy, usually brown-coloured timber is obtained from the various 

 Bpecies oi Eugenia and Caretja (Kurz). 



Order COMBRETACE^. 



Flo/rers hermaphrodite, rarely polygamously dioecious, or unisexual. Calyx-iule 

 terete, or angular, more or less narrowed above the ovaiy, the limb usually bell- 

 shaped, 4-5- (rarely more-)toothed, lobed, or parted, valvate, or very rarely imbricate, 

 persistent or deciduous. Petals none, or as many as calyx-lobes, usually small, im- 

 bricate, or valvate. Stamens as many or twice as many as calyx-lobes, rarely numerous, 

 in a single or triple series, inserted on the calyx, or epigynous. Filaments straight, or 

 inflcxed in bud, sometimes alternating with glands or staminodes. Anthers versatile, 

 and opening longitudinally, or adnate and opening by 2 valves. Fpigijnous disl; none, 

 or lobed. Oiari/ inferior, 1-celled, with 2 or more, or very rarely a single pendulous 

 ovule. Style filiform, or scarcely any, with an entire terminal stigma. Fruit various, 

 dry or drupaceous, indehiscent, or very rarely dehiscing, winged or not. Seed solitary, 

 pendulous. Albumen none. Cotyledons convolute, or folded, very rarely flat, radicle 

 short, superior. Trees or shrubs, often climbing, with alternate or opposite, rarely 

 whorlcd, simple or rarely 3-foliolate leaves. Stipules none. Flowers usually small, in 

 axillary or terminal inflorescences. Bracts usually small. Bractlets sometimes larger, 

 often wanting. 



Sub-order COMBEETEM. 



Calyx-lobes valvate. Stamens without alternating glands at the base, the filaments 

 often inflcxed in bud. Anthers versatile, opening in longitudinal slits. Ovary with 

 2 to 12 suspended ovules. Flowers in racemes, spikes, or heads. 



* Calyx-limb deciduous. 

 X Calyx-tube short, constricted, but not produced beyond the ovary. 



Termixalia, Linnecus. 

 Petals none. Stamens inflexed in bud, cxserted. Flowers spiked or panicled. 



