612 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AND PRODUCTIOXS. 



aduate to tlie stamiiial tube. Staminal-tiihe divided about tlie middle into 5 divisions, 

 each bearing 3 renifoim antlicrs, imperfect in female flowers. Oranj 2-3-celled, with 

 2 ascending- ovules in each cell. Stijlcs 3, cleft with as many peltate stigmas, imperfect 

 in male flowers. Trees with palmatinerved loaves. Flowers panicled. Bracteoles 

 4-G, enlarging in fi'uit. Capsides 2- or 3-valved. 



K. cALYcrNA, Eoxb. Mixed forests of Ava and Pegu. 



A', //-aterna, Koxb. 



Dwa-bok. 



" There really may bo two different species in India, tlic one with smaller smooth 

 seeds, the other with larger furrowed seeds. The indument of the Burmese plants 

 is much more floccose, the involucre-leaflets broader. Seeds, unripe, appear smooth 

 and smaller." Wood white, straight-grained, good for house-building (Kurz). 



Decascuistia, IVigU ami AninU. 



Bracteoles 10. Oi-ary 10-eelled, with a solitary ovule in each. 



D. PAEViFLOiiA, Kz. Siamese Province of Kanburi and probably Tenasserim. 



Leaves beneath shortly but densely whitish tomentosc. Involucre much shorter 

 than the calyx, puberulous. Petals about A- inch long. 



D. CRAssiuscuLA, Kurz. Prome. 



All paits thickly tomentose. Involucre nearly as long as the calyx, densely 

 toraentose. Petals nearly 2 inches long. 



" Very near D. crotonifolia, but differs in its sessile flowers, broader and decurrcnt 

 leaves, and very .short petioles" (Kurz, J.x\..S.B. ii. 1873, p. 227). 



blasters describes but does not name another large-flowered (flowers pink, 4 inches 

 in diameter) species fiom Paugoou (Kurz). 



IIiiiisci's, Liitnaus. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Bnufeules free or more or less connate, several, rarely 

 reduced to 5 or fewer. C'ali/x 5-lobcd, or toothed or spathaoeous. Petals 5, connate 

 at base with the staniinal tube. Staminal tube truncate, or 5-toothed at the summit. 

 Filaments many. Aiifliers 1-celled. Ovary 5-celled, with 3 or more ovules in each 

 cell. Styles 5, connate at base. Capsule loculicidally 5 or rarely spuriously lO-celled, 

 velvety, dehiscing. Herbs, shrubs or trees with more or less palmate lobes or 

 entire leaves. Flowers often showy, in axillary inflorescences. 



A. Leaflets of involucre free, sometimes adnato to the calyx, but not connate 

 with one another, or altogether wanting. 



Sub genus Soi, \n'dka. 



Involucre wanting. Heibs with small flowers. 



H SOLANDRA, L'Hcr. Ava. Taong-doung. Segain. 



Flowers white, on long slender pedicels, usually forming terminal racemes. 



Sub-genus Hibiscus. 



Calyx regular, not .spathaceous, .5-cleft, more or less persistent, surrounded by a 

 more or less jiersistent involucre, the leaflets of which are either quite free or some- 

 times adnate to the calyx. 



* Capsule rounded, ohtuse or truncate. 

 ° Cajisules truncate, winged. 

 H. viTiFOLius, L. Rubbishy spots from C'hittagong and 



-ZZl truneatus, Poxb. Ava to Pegu. 



Velvety-pubescent. Calyx anil involucre tomentose. Flowers large, yellow 

 with a dark-purj>le eye. 



