COMBRETACJE. 470 



* Bcah as long as or longer than the nut. 



A. (CoNOCAnpus) ACUMINATA, Roxb. var. a from Chittagong to Tenasserim 



Y5J10-. lip to 3000 feet. var. /i swampy 



forests of Ava and Pegu. 



This tree is cognizable by tlio bark, 'wliieb consists of herbaceous green tubercles 

 covered with a smooth grey epidermis which is easily scraped off. By this mark the 

 tree can be recognized from all others in Burma, but in the plains (the var. /i) the 

 bark becomes white niarmorato and conchoid (as in Etnhlica officinalis). I should 

 certainly have specifically separated this swampy variety had I not met with trees 

 that bore both kinds of bark. The wood is inferior (Kurz). 



QuisQUALis, Linnaiis. 



Cahjx-tuhe very long and slender, the limb small. Sla/nens 10, cssorted. Leaves 

 opposite. Floirers showy, in racemes. 



* Q. IxDiCA, L. vars. « and /i all over Burma, var. 7 Khakyen Hills. 



Q. longijiora, Presl. 



Q. villosa, lloxb. 



Da-weh-hmaing. Chinese honcy-siicklc. Eangoon creeper. 



A scandent shrub witli beautiful white, orange, or red flowers, which towards 

 evening exhale a powerful perfume. It can be raised cither from seed or cuttings, 

 and is a luxurious and beautiful creeper for a house front. 



* * Calyx-limh persistent. 



Calycopteeis, Lamarck. 



Cah/x-tube 5-ribbed, not produced beyond the ovary, the limb enlarging. Stamens 

 10, included. Leaves opposite. Flowers racemose. Climbers. 



C. (Getoxia) ntjtaxs, Roxb. All over Burma up to 2000 feet. 



G. Jlorihumla, W. A. non Roxb. 



Kywot-ne-nweh. 



Leaves pubescent, rarely almost glabrous. Longer stamens J-J as long as the 

 acute calyx-lobes. 



"Wight and Arnott state that C. nutans with short stamens does not occur in 

 Hindustan, but all the specimens which 1 have seen from there belong to C. nutans, 

 none to C.Jloribunda, Lamk. 



LcM.viizERA, Willdenow. 



Calyx-tube elongate, narrowed beyond the ovary. Stamens .5 or 10, exserted. 

 Leaves alteniato. Llvwcrs racemose. Trees or erect shrubs. 



L. KACEMOSA, Wind. Tropical forests all over Burma, the Andamaus, 



Petaloma alternifolia, Roxb. and Great Nicobar. 



Hmaing or Yon-yai. 



Flowers white. Stamens 10, about as long as tlie petals. 



L. (PTRUANTnrs) LrrTOREtJS, Jack. Mangrove swamps, Jfergui, and a 



L. coccinea, W.A. straggler at Kamorta. 



L. pentandra. Griff. 



Flowers crimson. Stamens 5-10, twice as long as the petals. 



Sub-order GYItOCARPEJE. 



Calyx-lobes valvato or imbricate. Stamens alternating with as many glands or 

 8t<aminodes. Filaments straight in bud. Anthers adnate, opening by a slit along the 

 inner edge or by 2 valves. Ovary witli a solitary pendulous ovule. Leaves alternate. 

 Flowers eymose. 



