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F. l.vERMis, 110x1). T. 5r:iitaliiin. 



llesembles tliu last, but is unarmed. 



"^ ° Pi/renes nloioid-3-a»(/iihir icitlt roiaided had;. 

 X Leaves acuminalc. 

 F. MOLLIS, H. f. and Th. T. Tcnassciim. 



Unarmed. Enuiehlets and leaves tawny pubescent. Flowers iu very sbort 

 tawny racemes. 



X X Lrari's hlunf or nearlt/ so. Brrriex the size of a pea. 



F. SAPIDA, Ro.xb. T. Deeidudust'onsts of Prome and Ava. 



!N5-yu-weh (Kurz). 



Loaves coriaceous, 3 to o inclies long. 



F sEmiiiA, Eoxb. .S'. Chittagong. 



F. obcordata, Eoxb. 



Leaves small (l-H incli long), membranous, .\rnicd witb numerous long spines. 



F. ROTrxDiFOLrA, Clos. T. Andamaus. 



Unarmed, or only with a few short axillary spines. 



The fruit of F. catiiphrada, F. inermis and /'. sapida, and others is eaten cookeil, 

 being very sour. Tlie young leaves and shoots are also edible, and an infusion of tla? 

 bark of Calaphracta is a gentle astringent used to check looseness. The wood is hard 

 and close-grained, but too small for general use. 



Xylosma, Fursfer. 



Flowers dioecious. Sepals 4-5, scale-like, imbricate iu bud. Petals none. 

 Stamens numerous, the anthers versatile, short. Oranj on an annular disk, 1 -celled, 

 with 2 or rarely .'3-6 parietal placentas, bearing 2 or a few ovules. Style simple, or 

 more or less divided. Sfii/i/ias dilated, or rarely peltate. Berry 2-i5-seeded. Flowers 

 small, clustered. 



X. LONGiroi.iiM (?). Frequent on the swampy forests of the Irrawaddy. 



Kurz not having seen the flowers or fruit is iu doubt as to the s]iecies. 



Flowers diacious. Petals with an adnate teale or basal appendage. 



* Calyx aljirst entire, afterwards split tiny variously. 



Gyxocaedia, p. Brown. 

 Flowers dioecious. Caly.r cup-shaped, .")-toothed or rupturing into 3-5 segments. 

 Petals 5. Males: Stamens wwmQrows. Jl«//if;-s basifixed. Females: Sfaminodes 10-15. 

 J'laeenfas 5, bearing numerous ovules. Berry large, globular, with hard rind. Trees, 

 with simple leaves, and largo fascicled flowers. 



G. oiioiiATA, IJo.xb. F.T. Tropical forests of Chittagong, Eixngoon, 



Martaban, and Tenasserim. 



A large tree, witli fruit the size of an orange, filled with numerous seeds imbedded 

 in pulp. These seeds washed and dried are known in the bazaar as " Chaulmoogra," 

 and when beaten up into a paste with a little ghee arc a favourite application in 

 obstinate cutaneous diseases. The expressed oil is also used as an application to 

 leprous sores, and both oil and seeds arc administered internally in live grains or five 

 drop doses for the same complaint and for tape-worm. For rheumatism, stiff joints, 

 and sprains, llr. Christy recommends the oil should be well rubbed, with the ends 

 of the fingers, into the parts affected. At bed-time a capsule of 5 drops may be taken, 

 and the second night two capsules, or a capsule at mid-day ; but the oil must never be 



