644 nri!)[A. TTS PEOPLE AXD PHriDUCTIOyS. 



COCHLOSPERMUM, Kllltth. 



Capsule 3-yalved. Seeds cochleate, pilose or woolly. Leaves palraately-lobed. 

 C. (BoMBAx) GossTPicM, L. T. Deciduous forests of Prome. 



"Wood worthless. Tree yields a clear white gum. 



BixA, Linnaus. 

 Capsule 2-valvcd. Seeils straight, glabrous, with a pulpy testa. Leaves simple. 

 •■■J3. ORELLAXA, L. E.T. ('ultiv;ited all over Burma. Like 



Thi-dyn ■wild iu Katcliall and Kamorta. 



Sapwood red, heartwood pale-coloured. The orange-red pulpy testa of the seeds 

 furnish the nrnotto dye or ' terra orellana.' The seeds are steeped in water and well 

 stirred at intervals till the coloured paste enveloping them is dissolved. The thick 

 tluid which results is then strained and boiled, during which process the colouring 

 matter rises to the top, is skimmed off, and boiled down in anotlier 'VTSsel till of a 

 sufficient consistency to be made into balls of two or three pounds weight. It is 

 chiefly used to colour cheese and chocolate. 



FLACOURTIE.T.. 

 Petals none, or if present oahj small, linhrieate in huil, without scales. Anthers 

 opening bi/ ralees. 



* Petals present. 



SeoLOPiA, Selireber. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Petals 4-6. Stamens indefinite. Seeds fuuicled, testa hard. 

 S. EoxBrRGHii, C'los. E.'T. Tenas.serim. 



Ludia spinosa, Ro.\b. 



Drupes almost globular, the size of a small pea. Leaves opaque above. The 

 older branches armed with long, strong, straight and compound spines. 



S. LUCiDA, Wall. E.T. Teuasserim. 



Drupes obovoid, the size of a small cherry. Leaves shining on both sides. 



X X Petals none. 



Flacotrtia, Conimerson. 



Flotcers dioecious. Sepals 4-5, scale-like, imbricate in males. Stamens nnmerow^. 

 Orari/ 2-5-celled. Styles 2-b, free, connate at base. Berry containing 2 to many hard 

 pyi'enes. Trees or shrubs, often spiny, with simple leaves and small racemose flowers. 



* Stiyina simple, subulate {not thicl;ened at apex). 



F. SuMATRAXA, Planch. Tenasserim. 



Berries the size of a peppercorn. Pyrencs smooth, convex on back. 



Ludia fcetida, Roxb., doubtfully referred by Hook. f. to this .species is 

 Ilomaiium Jatidum, Bth. (Kuiz). 



** Sfi/les short or almost n-antiny, tliiehened and truncate at the apex or more or less 

 bluntish 2-lobed. 



° Pyrenes coaqjressed anil quite fat. 

 F. CATAPUHACTA, Rosb. T. iJixcd Ibrcsts of Pegu and ^Xlartaban. 



Ke-yu-weh (Kurz). 



Branchlets and leaves glabrous or nearly so. Stem armed with compound 

 spines. Berries the size of a cherry, containing 5 to 7 pairs of large tubercuhirly 

 wrinkled seeds. 



Tlie wood is rather heavy, brown, and close-grained (Kurz). 



