602 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AND PRODUCTIONS. 



■'•' Till' 5 hmer sfamcns reduced to sfamiimdes. 



Beownlowia, Roxlurgh . 



Carpels distinct, globular, 2-valved, 1 -seeded. Albumen none. Trees with 

 stellate or scaly pubescence and simple leaves. 



•■" Leares deeply peltate. 

 B. PELTATA, Btli. S.T. Tcnasserim. 



Leaves oblong or rotundate. Ca]3-s velvety. 



■'' ••" Leaves not peltate. 

 B. ELATA, Eoxb. Chittagong to Tenasserim. 



Leaves cordate-oblong. Calyx velvety. 



B. LANCEOLATA, Btli. Tidal forests of Arakan and Tenasserim. 



Leaves lanceolate. Calyx scaly. 



Pextace, Hassl-arl. 

 Fruits 3-5-winged, indcliiscent, by abortion 1 -seeded. 

 P. Bdkmanica, Kz. E.T. Tropical forests of Pegu Pi.ange and llartaban. 



Kurz gives Thyt-ka or Katliyt-ka as the name of this tree, and describes the 

 ^vood as heavy. Now ' Thyk '-ka weighs 37 lbs. only to the cubic foot, and is not a 

 lieavy wood, whilst ' Kaflnjt^ (= * l((ithit-l;u) is one of the lightest woods known, 

 being 23 lbs. only. 



Beerya, liuxhurgh. 

 ■X- ■» j^iii/jcfg all (inther-learing. 

 Capsule 3-4-valved, with twice as many wings. Sti/les 1-4, filiform. 



B. amontlla, Eoxb. Mixed forests of Pegu and JIartaljan. 

 var. mollis, "Wall. 



Hpet-wun. 



The wood is reddish-brown, and something like a rather coarse-grained mahogany. 

 It weighs 56 lbs., and is excellent for all purposes, and planes and dresses well. 



GREJTIF.E. 

 Sepals distinct. Petals icitli a hasal scale more or less adnate, inserted round the 

 lose of a more or less raised torus hearing at the top the stamens. Anthers short, the 

 cells parallel and distinct. 



* Fruit dry, winged. 



Columbia, Persoou. 



Fruit 3-5-celled, separating into as many 2-winged cocci. Trees or shrubs, with 

 simple often oblique leaves. Flowers small, clustered in terminal panicles. 



C. (Geewia) floeibunda, "\Yall. S. Ava, Taong-doung. Toukyagat, East 



of Toung-ngoo. 



Leaves cordate-oblong. Fruits -J- 1 inch across. 



C. Meeguiexsis, Planch. Mcrgui. 



Leaves lanceolate. Fruits IJ inch across. 



* * Fruit more or less drupaceous, not winged. 



° Fruit unarmed, tomoitose to glabrous. 



Geewia, Linneeus. 



Drupes more or less lobed or globular. Trees or shrubs with sira])le 1-9-nervcd 

 leaves. Floicers rather small, axillary and lew, in cymes, or in terminal panicles. 



