640 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AND PRODUCTIONS. 



Leaves somewhat spreading on the very short thin and branched branchlets. 

 Plowers pedicelled, white, in hjose slender terminal or variously lateral racemes. 



Tlie wood of the Dimarix makes good fuel, and Tamarix galls are highly 

 astringent, and cousequeutl}' used both in dyeing and medicine. 



Order CAEYOPHYLLE^. 



Sepals free or united. Pettih 4-5, hypogynous or sub-perigynous, sometimes 

 none. Stamens usually twice as many as petals. Annual or perennial herbs with 

 opposite loaves. 



sileniej:. 



Calyx gmnosepalons, 4- io b-luled. Petals and stamens hi/poi/i/noits, often raised on 

 a stalk-like torus. Sti/les distinct from the base. Stipules none. 



Gypsophila, Liiniaus. 



Cah/x turbinate-tubular or bell-shaped, broadly and almost wingcdly 5-nerved. 

 Capsule deeply 4-valved. Styles usually 2. 



*G. (Saponama) vaccaria, L. South Andaman (introduced). 



Sapotiaria perfoliata, Eoxb. 



ALSINIE.E. 

 Sepals free. Stamens i>iserted on an annular dish, rarely perii/ijnous. Stijles free. 



Bkachystemma, Bun. 

 Petals entire. Capsules depressed, 1 -seeded. Sti/lrs 2. Stipules none. 

 B. CALYCINU3I, Don. Khakyen Hills. 



FOLTCARriEJi. 

 Sepals free. Stamens imerted on an annular disk. Styles united. Stipules scarious. 



Drymaria, Willdenow. 



Petals lobed. Sepals not keeled. Style very short. 



D. coEDATA, Willd. Bhamo, Martaban at 2000 to 2500 feet. 



Cerastium eordifulium, Roxb. 



BoLYCARPON, Linnieus. 



Stpals keeled. Petals entire. Style short. 



P. (Pharnaceum) depeessum, L. Chittagong. Arakan. Pegu. Tenas- 



P. Laflingiee, Bth. and H. f. serim. 



Lafinyia Indica, Retz. 



PoLYTA7:r.i;A, Loureiro. 



Sepals not keeled, scarious. Petals entire or notched. Style elongate. 



P. coRYiiBOSA, Lank. Ava, on limestone at Segain and 



P. maryinata, Prsl. Paglia-myo. Prome. Maulmain. 



POLYGALALES. 

 Sepals and Pct^ds 5 each, rarely 4 or 3. Stamens as many, or twice as many as the 

 petals. OiHiry 2-ceUed, rarely 1- or more-celled. Albumen fleshy, rarely none. Leans 

 exstipulate. Herbs or shrubs. 



Order POLYGALE^. 



Flou-ers irregular, hermaphrodite. Sepals 5, unequal, the 2 inner ones often 

 petal-like, imbricate. Petals 5 or ?j, distinct, unequal, the lower ones usually keel- 

 shaped. Stamens 8 (rarely 4 or 5), hypogynous. Filaments usually united into a 



