552 BURMA. ITS PEOPLE AND PRODUCTIOXS. 



B. LAxciFOLiA, Eoxli. E.T. C'liittagong. Andamans. 



Leaves veiy unequally decurrent at the Lase, largo. Pedicels very slender. 

 Petals a line long, reflexed. Panicles crowded, shorter than the leaves. 



Kurz adds from the I^icobars : 



B. pLAirxEUEA, Kz. Kamorta. 



Gluta, Linnaus. 



Cahjx spathaceous. Stainei/s inserted on the stalk-like torus. Sf^Ie filiform. 



G. Tavoyaxa, Wall. E.T. Tenasserim, south of Tavoy. 



SijndesDiis Taroi/aiia, "Wall. 



Thayct-thytsi (Kurz). Che (Mason). 



Leaves coriaceous, the petiole not above 6 lines long, stout and marginate. 

 Panicles and calyx puberulous. 



I fear nothing but a variety of Linne's G. Rt-nrjltas (Kurz). 



G. ELEGAxs, Kz. E.T. Coasts of Tenasserim. 



Leaves chartaceous, the petiole long and slender, not or only at the apex margi- 

 nate. Panicles and iiowers perfectly glabrous. 



G. LOXGIPETIOLATA, Kz. Audamans. 



A tree common on the shores of the Andamans, with large green long-petiolcd 

 leaves unlike those of any other species. Flowers and fruits unknown. 



Gluta [Sijndcsmis) yields good timber, equalling mahogany in appearance. Br. 

 Mason remarks: " Tavoy red-wood makes handsome furniture, and is used in Tavoy 

 for the same purposes to which gum-kino wood ' is applied at Maulmain. "When the 

 ■wood is steeped in ferruginous mud, it turns jet-black, and looks like ebony. The 

 large cylinder knobs, one or two inches in diameter, so often noticed in the ears of 

 Karen ■women at Tavoy, are made of this wood after the colour has been changed." 

 It seems strange if the ■word 'che,' which in Pegu undoubtedly applies to a -white 

 •wood {Semecarpus), is in Tavoy applied to a red wood like Gluta ; if so, it is a striking 

 example of the confusion that may result by trusting to vernacular names. The 

 timber {Gluta Tai'oijana) is of a fine red colour, ■works easily, and looks like a coarse 

 mahogany. Its weight ■when fully seasoned is 52 lbs. 



BouEA, Meisner. 

 Calyx 3-5-parted, valvate in bud. Stamens 3-8, all anther-bearing. Sfi/Ie short. 

 Leaves opposite. 



*B. orrosiTiFOLiA, Koxb. £.T. Tenasserim'and the Andamans, and 



Mav-an cultivated all over Burma. 



Panicles small, sessile or nearly so, quite glabrous. Petals h line long. Drupes 

 orange or orange yellow. Dr. Mason .says : " There are two varieties, one bearing 

 an intensely sour fruit, and the other one as insipidly sweet." 



B. BuRjiANicA, Griff. i:.T. Thoungyeen VaUey. 



£. Brandisiana, Kz. 



Panicles large, long-iieduncled, puberulous. Petals a line long or longer. Drupes 

 liluish-black. 



Mangieeea, Linnmis. 



Cahjx 4-5-parted. Pdah 4-5, the nerve usually thickened. Antlier-hearing 

 stamens 1-5. Sli/le filiform. Leaves alternate. 



* Petals and stamens free, the former inserted at the base of the cushion-like or 

 cupular disk. 



X Panicles and cahjx more or less puherulous or jjuleseent, rareli/ almost glabrous. 

 Fertile stamen 1. 



' rtcrocarpus. 



