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slirath. Anihcm opoiiinp; liy tonninal pores or riircly l)_v slits. Orarij free. l-S-cclled, 

 with one or iiioro uuutropoiis ovules in eaeh eell. Fruit usually a 2-celle(l eapsule, 

 rarely l-eelled ami iudeliisrent. Fluinirs 3-bnicted, iu racemes, panicles or spikes. 



ror.YUALiE.i:. 



Seeds albuminoui. rftiih mure or less united into a ffainopelatons corona. 



I'oi.viiAi.A, Linnaus. 

 Stamens 8, uniteil The two inner sepals wiuf^-like. 

 Sub-genus lii.ia'UAUiiiUM. 

 The 2 inner sepals (wings) persistent, petaloid or herbaceous. 



* Jl'ini/s herbaceous or (jreen, sepnl-lihe, u-ith a narrow hyaline manjin or not, acute. 

 f IFerhs or perennials, rare/;/ parasites. 



P. (ii.oMKUATA, Lour. C'oTunion in Touiig-yas in Marfaban up to -tOOO feet. 



Erect, stout, 1 to 2 fe(,'t liigli. Bracts fallen before flowering'. Flowers small, 

 •white with purple tips. Capsule eiliato. 



P. TKi.KiMiioinKs, Willd. I'are in tlie Eng forests of the Western 



Slopesof the Pegu llange audKamorta. 



Small, a few ini'hes high. Flowers and bracts as in preceding. Capsule 

 glabrous, not eiliate. Flowers whitish, hut the keel and crest of a beautiful lazuli blue. 



P. CnixENSis, L. Pegu. 



J', areensis, Willd. 



Small. Flowers yellow or orange-yellow, Avitli dull orange tips. Bracts persistent 

 (luring flowering. 



■•■••' jrini/s petal-like and coloured, hi ant and off en mucronate. 

 ° Stems terete. 

 P. kiuoi'ti;i;a, T)C. Ava and Prome Hills. 



Wings about a line long, pubcrulous. ("apsules oblong, puberuloiis, not margined. 

 P. CEOTAi.Aiiioinrs, Ilam. Dry forests iu Prome. 



Wings 3 lines long, puberuhnis. Capsules orbicular, with narrow eiliate margin. 



° ° Stems sharply angular. 



P. i.i;rTAl.i:A, DC. Open forests of .\va, Prome, Pegu, and Kamorta. 



Erect, glabrous. Leaves linear. Mowers small, iu terminal and lateral racenu^s. 



Sub-genus SmiKiocAuuiiJi, Zoll. 



Cali/.v deciduous. A'eel not crested. Seeds albuminous. Flowers small. 



P. Gi.AUCKSCEXs, Wall. Ava. Prome. Tonasserini. 



P. /areata, Uoyle. 



Capsules not nerved, almost rolunilate, not winged. 



P. cAitoiorAitm. K/. Tenasserim. 



Capsules strongly nerved, oblong, the membranous borders produced wing-like at 

 the summit. 



Sub-genus CiiAM.F.Bnxi:s, Tournef. 



Caly.): deciduous. Keel crested. Albumen none. Flowers rather large. Shrubs. 



P. Kakk.n-sh-.m, Kz. Marlaban Hills, 1000 to COCO feet. 



Flowers pale-lilac. Koel-ercst 2-lobed, the lobes many cleft. Capsules mem- 

 branous. Strophiole minute. 



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