gvttifer.t:. iiypEiticiyE.E. 637 



not inchidcil liy Kurz in liis list, whence I presnnio tliat species docs not occur in 

 Tenusscrim. 



Another enormous tree {Arfocarpus mollis, WiiU.) is also a favourite one for 

 canoes, and this may be the species to which Kurz alhides ; but that a k)fty InophjUum 

 is also used, as .Telinek asserts, 1 cjuite believe, though lie may have mistaken the species. 



C. Wallicuiani-.m, rianch. et Trian. Tropical forests of Kamorta. 



Kavi.a, Widlich. 



Ovary 1-celled, witli 1 ovules. Sti/le single, with a -1-clcft stigma. 



K. (Mesua) nervosa, Planch, et Trian. E.T. Tenasserini. 



Flowers 1-3 in the leaf-axils, and terminal. 



K. FLOKrDU.xnA, Wall. £.2'. Troi)ical fori^sfs in hills East of Toung-ugoo 



at 2J00 feet. 

 Flowers in terminal panicles. 



Mesua, Linnaus. 



Flowers polygamous or hermaphrodite. Si'pals and petals each 4, imbricate. 

 Sfameiis numerous, free or connate at base. Aiit/iers oblong, 2-celled, dehiscing 

 vertically. Ovarij 2celled, with two erect ovules in each cell. Utijle long, with a 

 peltate stigma. Drupe woody, 1- celled, 1— 1-seeded. Trees with rigid coriaceous 

 almost veinless leaves. Flowers large. 



M. FERRKA, L. E.T. Tropical forests from Chittagong to 



M. speciosa. Cluiis. Tenasserim and the Andamaus. 



If. 2'edunculiita, Wight. 



Gan-gor. Ceylon iron-wood. Poached-egg tree. 



A handsome ornamental tree, witli fragrant flowers, one of the five flowers do- 

 scribed as tipping the Hindu Cupid's dai'ts. It is one of the hardest, most imperishable 

 and valuable woods, averaging over 70 lbs. to the square foot. It is red when fresh, 

 but seasons to a reddish-brown, and is hard and tough, but cross-grained and difficult 

 to plane and dress. It is said to grow wild in Tenasserim. .\ specimen before me of 

 ' Toung-gangor,' from Tavoy, would seem, however, to belong to some other species, 

 though Kurz only gives one sp(>cies (uniting /Wrcw iuul pedioieiilala). It weighs 77 lbs. 

 to the cubic foot, is a pale yellowish-brown, rather straight in the grain, very hard, 

 and takes a beautiful polish. It is probably not M. fcrrea, but some other species of 

 Mesua, and a most valuable timber. 



Ordir llYPKRICINEiE. 



Flowers regular, hermaphrodite. Stamens 5, imlu-icate. Petals 5, hypogynous, 

 imbricate, often twisted. Sfainois indefinite, hypogynous, free, or united into 3-5 

 (rarely 1) bundles. Anthers 2-ccllcd, lougitudiiudly dehiscing. Ovary 3-5-celled or 

 rarely spuriously 1-celled. Styles free. Stiymas usually elub-shaped or capitate. 

 Fruit a septicidal or loculicidal capsule or an indehiscont berry. Albumen none. 

 llerbs, shrubs (rarely trees), with opposite simple leaves. Stipules none. 



UVPEItlCIE.Ti. 

 Capsules dehiscing septicidally. Seeds not winged. 



lIvrKiticiM, Linnteus. 

 Flowers 5-merous. 



* Sfirubs leith large Jlowers. Ovary b-celled. Capsule 5-ralved. 



H. LEScHENAULTn, Cliois. Nat-toung, over 7000 feet. 



IT tri/lorum, Bl. 

 If. ohlonyi/'olium, Hooker. 

 //. llookerianum, W..V. 



