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° Flowers and fruit more or less ijellowish-puhesecnt or ionuntose. 



Y. CALYCULATA, Till. Tunasscrim. 



F. Madraspatana, Roxb. non Gacrtn. 

 Racemose panicles and flowers tomentoso. Fruits iiuhcrulous, tlie wing U-1 

 incli long, the calyx reaching the middle of the n>it. 



° ° Fruits quite ghihrous, even icken young. 



V. LEiocARPA, Etli. S.S. Tenasserim. 



All parts glabrous. Xuts about 3 lines in diameter, the calyx reaching the 

 middle, and forming a sharp ring there, the wing rounded at the apex. 



V. Maingayi, Laws. F.C.S. Tenasserim. 



Glabrous? Nuts nearly i inch across, the calyx broad and flat, occupying only 

 the basal part of the nut, the wing shortly acuminate. 



Smytuea, Seemantt. 

 Capsule lanceolate or urn-shaped, 2-valved. 

 S. CALPR'ARPA, Kz. .S'.^..S. Tenasserim. 



Leaves serrate, chartaccoxis, glabrous save along the pilose midrib beneath. 



** Ovary superior. Drupe fleshy or dry, icith a \-Z-celled hard putamen. 



ZizYPnrs, Jussieu. 

 Leaves palmately 3-.5-nerved. 



* Flowers in axillary eymes or clusters. 

 ° Leaves more or less tomentose or pubescent beneath. Drupes soppy, quite glabrous. 

 Z. jcji-BA, Lamk. All over Burma. 



Zi. The ' byer ' plum of India. 



Leaves coriaceous, densely fulvous or whitish tomentose beneath, glabrous above. 

 Drupe h-f inch long, the putaraen 2-cclled. Erect shrub or tree. 



Wood close-grained, strong, heartwood dark brown. Bark used for tanning (Kurz). 

 This tree, so common thiougliout the jungles of India, yields a pleasant acid 

 berry, the size of a small cherry. The cultivated fruit grows much larger, but it loses 

 in flavour what it gains in size, being less acid and refreshing, and more mucilaginous, 

 especially wlien cooked, tliaii the wild fruit. Lac is found on this tree. The timber 

 is small, and large trees too valuable for fruit to be cut down. 



Z. iEXOPLiA, ilill. S.S. All over Burma and the .\ndamans. 



Z. albens and napeca, Roxb. 

 Tor-zi-nweh (Kurz). 



Leaves membranous, above tliinly, beneath densely silky pubescent. Drupe the 

 size of a pea, the putamen 1- rarely 2-ceIIed. Erect or seandent shrub. 



var. n glahrcscens. Leaves green on both sides, shortly and thinly pubescent, 

 var. ft ferrugineseens. Leaves tawny villous beneath. Usually a lofty climber, 

 var. 7 pediecllaris. Wall. As preceding, but cymes longer peduncled and 

 larger, pedicels about 3 lines long. I'rome. 



° ° Leaves glabrous or sprinkled with a few hairs on the nerves beneath. 



Z. cit.AiutA, Roxb. S.S. Tropical forests of Chittagong, Tenasserim, 



and the Andamans. 



Leaves green, tliin chartaceous. Young drupes tawny tomentose, adult woody. 



*-■' Cymes collected into leafy or leafless panicles. Drupes woody. 

 Z. FCXicri.osA, Ham. E.S.S. Ava Hills. 



Leaves glabrous, rigidly chartaceous. Drupes glabrous. Climber. 



