584 nURMA. ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODCCTIOXS. 



* Pcffils 3. Anthers 6-8. 

 X F/oircrs srssilr, spiked, the male S2}>l>:es forming large panicles. 



A. iioHiTUKA, W. A. I^.T. Tropical forests of Pegu Eange and 



Thyt-ni (Kurz'). Tonasserim up to 3000 feet. 



Leaflets shortly acurainatc. Fertile spikes simple, many-flowerod. Male flowers 

 about 4 lines in diameter, the staminal tube entire at the apex. Vood white or reddisli, 

 heartwood darlier coloured, weight 40 lbs. {fde Gamble), takes a good polish. Seeds 

 yield an oil. Brandis says Thyt-ni is 80 lbs., but this must be some other wood. 



X X Flowers pedicelled. cijmose or racemose-eymose and panicled. 

 ° Male panicles ample, as long to half as long as the leares. 

 A. sPECTABiLis, Miq. Eangoon {Jide Hiern.). 



Leaflets shortly acuminate, thin coriaceous, the nerves prominent on both sides, 

 the veins and net-venation distinct. 



A. cucuLLATA, Eoxb. F.T. Southern Pegu and Tenasserim. 



Thyt-ni (Kurz). 



Leaflets blunt, smaller, coriaceous, the nerves above hardly visible and impressed, 

 the veins and net-venation obsolete. Fertile spikes few-flowered. Flowers about 

 2 lines in diameter, the staminal tube slightly 3-toothcd. 



° ° Panicles slender, shorter than or as long as the petiole. 

 A. LACTESCENS, Kz. E.T. Tropical forests Hills East of Toung-ngoo. 



Leaflets green, conspicuously nerved and net-veined on both sides. Flowers long 

 pedicelled. Panicle very lax, densely lepidote. 



** Petals b. Stamens \0. 



A. DTSoxYioiDEs, Kz. F.T. Martaban, Yunzalin. 



Panicles shorter than the petiole, like the petiole densely lepidote. Leaves 

 sparingly lepidote beneath. 



f f Anthers e.cserted or the filaments upwards free. 

 Walsura, Eoxburgh. 

 Petals 5. Berry iudehisoent or follioular-dehisciug along the suture. Seeds arillate. 

 Sub- genus Eu-walsura. 



Berries indehiscent or only very slowly and incompletely dehiscing along tlio 

 sutures, usually velvety or tomentose. 



* Panicles densely pubescent. Young shoots and petioles of young leaves puierulous. 



W. TRicnosTEMON-, Miq. Ava. Pegu and Tenasserim. 



JF. villosa, "W.A. 

 Jyo-bo (Gyo-bo, Kz.). 



Petals pubescent. Filaments flat, at the very broad base somewhat coherent. 

 Heartwood dark brownish-red, hard and close-grained, 61 lbs. weiglit. 



** Panicles minutely puierulous. Leaves and petioles glabrous. 

 ° Leaves coriaceous or firmly chartaceous. 

 "W. kobttsta, Eoxb. E.T. Tropical forests of Tenasserim ; rare in Pegu Eange. 

 Jyo-bo. 



Leaves beneath usually white-areolate within the net-venation. Filaments 

 broadly lanceolate, sprinkled with minute hairs. 



