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some years between ISoO ami 1810 ; Init latterly the forests liavc not been so pro- 

 ductive." Dr. J['Clellaii(l writes: "It is i'ounil in the immediate vicinity of Prome, 

 growing in the small hills of that place. It is also seen near Thoun<;zai, in the 

 northern part of the Rangoon district ;" but Dr. lirandis says : " Not wild in Pegu." 



C. sEPiAMA, Roxb. S.S. Burma {fide Masou). 



Su-kyin-bo (Kurz). 



Scandent shrub. Leaflets ovate, acute. Pods 2-valved. 



Sub-genus GurLANDiN.i, L. 



Scandent thorny shrubs. Poda coriaceous or thin coriaceous, 2-valvcd, the valves 

 cchinate or glandular-hirsute. Seeds not compressed. Stamens as long as, or some- 

 what longer than, the petals. 



* Pads cchinate. Seeds almost globose. 



B. BONcrc, L. S.S. All over Burma and the Andanians. 

 Kalein (Kurz). Kamorta and Katchall. 

 Branelilets, etc., more or less brown or tawny-pubcsccnt. Stipules none. Bracts 



straight and erect. 



** Pods glandular-hirsute irhen fully ripe. Seeds oblong. 



C. MiMosorDEs, Lamk. S.S. Toimg-ngoo. 

 C. simora, Ham. 



All parts more or less glandular-puberulous and prickly. 



B, Pods fleshy-coriaceous, torose. 

 Sub-genus CrLiNDOCARPus, Zoll. 



Thorny scandent shrubs. Pods indehiscent, the sutures thickened. Seeds not 

 compressed. Stamens as long as, or somewhat longer than, the petals. 

 C. TOETUOSA, Eoxb. , Teuasserim. 



Panicle shortly tomentosc and prickly. 



C. DiGYNA, Both. All over Burma. 



C. olcospcrma, lloxb. 

 C. gracilis, Mi([. 



Panicle glabrous and unarmed. 



PTEKOLOBnjM, E. Brcwiie. 

 Pods .samaroid, indehiscent, the upper end produced into a conspicuous wing-like 

 appendage, 1 -seeded. Ovary 1-ovuled. 



P. MACHOPTEEUM, Kz. S.S. Pcgu and TenasseHm. 



Kyoung-gyct-nwch (Kurz). 



MEZoxErRUM, Pesfontaities. 

 Pod flat, several-seeded, indehiscent, the upper suture extended into a wing. 

 Stigma small. 



M. GUBEUM, Desf. var. ft frequent in the Inawaddy zone of Pegu. var. 7 



not uufrcquent in the dry forests of Prome. 



Leaflets in 10 to 8 pairs, h inch long, blunt or refuse. 



var. a genuinum. Glabrous or nearly so. Leaflets usually alternate. 



var. /i enneaphyllum, "W. A. Glabrous or the secondary raehiscs and young 

 shoots slightly puberulous. Leaflets glabrous or nearly so, usually opposite. 



var. 7 pubescens, Desf. The young parts more or less velvety pubescent or 

 puberulous. Leaflets opposite or nearly so, beneath shortly pubescent. 



