608 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AND PRODUCTIONS. 



I loolied for some time upon this species as a variety of H. 2)liotinicBfolius, but 

 the habitat as well as the structure of the leaves are inconsistent with such a view. 

 It is nearest to E. lanceafolim, Eoxb., but differs by obtuse or rounded leaves and 

 beardless anthers (Kurz). 



f f Piitamen icrinlded or tulerchd. Cahjj: and jiediceh 2}itherulous. 

 X Fdioles not genicidate-thiclccncd at apex. 



E. GANiTRUs, Eoxb. ChittagoDg. 



Ganitrus spharicus, Gaertn. 

 E. cyanocarpus, Mart. 



Leaves and petioles glabrous. Style long, exsertcd. The longer anther-cell 

 acute. Drupes globular. 



E. LACuxosus, "Wall. E.T. Tropical forests of Pegu and Tenasseriui. 



Bu-ta-let (Kurz). 



Leaves beneath along the nerves and the short petioles densely puberulous. 

 Style short. Anther-cells equal, blunt. Drupes oblong. 



X X Petioles tliielened at summit. 



E. WALiJcniT, H. f. E.T. Ava, Pegu Range, and Tcnasserini. 



E. Jonyifolixs, Wall. 



Leaves beneath and the rather short petioles densely puberulous. 



E. EOBUsTus, Eoxb. E.T. Chittagong (Masters), Teuasserim, and 



E. Helferi, Kurz. the Andamans. 



Leaves and the long petioles glabrous. Drupes oblong. 



E. STiprLAEis, Bl. Tropical forests of Pegu and Tenasserim. 



All parts densely and shortly pubescent. Drupe globular. 



E. cuneatns, Wight, is noted by Masters as growing in Chittagong. Burma, and 

 Tenasserim. I do not know the species. Possibly the Burmese localities refer to 

 E. hicunostis, Wall. (Kurz). 



E. LEPiosTACHTA, Wall. Tenasscrim (Helf. teste Mast.). 



Masters states that the species is very like E. robustus, but that the anthers are 

 bearded, while in E. rohistus itself he tells us that the anthers are both bearded and 

 beardless. 



E. LrciDTJS, Mast non Eoxb. Chittagong (Griff, teste Mast.). 



Masters identifies his specimens with Eoxburgh's plant, which the late Dr. 

 Anderson had already recognized asEttplorhioceous, and which is C/eidinti Java?/ icum, li\. 

 I doubt the coiTcctness of tlie habitat given, for the reason tliat Griffith had never 

 visited Chittagong. 



I have not seen E ohlongus:, Gaertn., from Maulmain (Kurz). 



The ripe berries of several species of Eiaocaipun are edible, and those which 

 possess a coarsly wrinkkd stone {E yanitrus) furnish the so-called Bralmiini beads 

 worn by Hindu religious mendicants. The wood of some species is said to be good ; 

 but little definite seems known of the timber yielded by the different species. Accord- 

 ing to Mason, the name of the Salween Eiver (as it is called by Europeans), or Than- 

 Iwen, is derived from the name of a species of Ekeoearpus {E. Wailicliii), ■\\'hich 

 grows abundantly on its banks. Other species are called Tor-ma-ji, and Wa-hsG-ben, 

 and Kurz adds Bu-ta-let. 



Order MALVACE^. 



Flinrers regular, liermaplirodite or unisexual. Bracteoles 3 or more, free or 

 combined, often forming a kind of calyx. Sipah .5, valvate, free or connate. Petah 

 5-twisted, imbricate. Stamens numerous, rarclv definite, atlnate to the base of the 



