658 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODUCTIONS. 



X X Sfi/h'S hifid. 

 C. (MENisrEEMUM) TiLLOsus, Roxb. Chittarrong and Ava to Tenassciim up 



C. incanus, Colcbr. to 3000 ffct. The Nicobars. 



Pericampylus incanus, Miers. 



Many plants of this Family are tistd in medicine for the bitter principle they 

 contain. A decoction of the fresh roots of C. Linnaanm is given for rheumatism, and 

 is regarded as laxative and sudorific, and the leaves are sometimes made into cunies. 

 The stems are used to make baskets of, and ropes, and a durable pui-jilish ink is 

 expressed from the ripe berries (Wight). 



CISSAMPEL TDIEJE. 



Floirers 3-5-mero>is. Ovaries usually solitar;i. Sfi/Ie-scar usualli/ almost hasul. 

 Enclocarp dorsidh/ muricate or echinaie. Seeds horseshoe-sliaped. Albumen scanty. 

 Emhryo linear, the cotyledons appressed. 



Stepdanta, Loureiro. 



Petals 3-5, shorter than the sepals, rather thick. Staminal column peltate at 

 summit. Flowers umbellate. 



X Flowers with very short 2)cdiccls. 

 S. HEKNANDiFOLiA, "W'illd. Mixed forests fi-om Ava and Chittagoug 



Cissampelos hexnndra, lloxb. to Tenasserim. 



X X Flowers with slender piedicels forming loose cymose umlellets. 

 S. (Cissampelos) glabra, Roxb. Mixed forests in Pegu. Tenasserim. 



/S. rotunda, Lour. Andamans. 



Cissampelos, Linnaus. 



Male flowers: Sepals 4. Petals united in a cup. Female flowers: Sepals and Petals 

 1-2, the latter entire 2-cleft or -parted. Styles simple. Flowers cymose or racemose. 



C. paeeiea, L. Commi n all over Burma up to 3000 feet. 



C. caapa, L. 

 C cOHcohulacea, "Willd. 



Cyclea, Arnott. 

 Male flowers : Sepals connate. Petals more or less connate. Female flowers : 

 Sepals 2, lateral, free. Petals none. Styles 2-partcd. Flowers panicled. 



C. peltata, H. f. ot Th. Ava and Chittagong to Tenasserim. 



C. pendulina, Miers. The Mcobars. 



PACSYGOXIEA-:. 

 Floivers nsually 3-merous. Ovaries and carpels usually 3, rarely 9-12. Style-scar 

 almost basal or ventral. Seed curved, hooked, or iriflexed. Albumen none. Cotyledons 

 thick and fleshy. 



Pachtgone, Miers. 



Sepals 6, the inner larger. Petals 6, emliracing the stamens. Males : Stamens 6, 

 free. Anthers nearly globular, 2-celled. Females : Staminvdes 6. Carpels 3, with 

 horizontal styles. Prupes reniform, the style-scar nearly basal. Putamen conform 

 ■wrinkled. Seed horseshoe-shaped. Woody climbers with racemose flowers. 



X Inflorescence and drupes densely tomentose. Leaves with prominent nervation. 



P. DASTCAiiPA, Kz. F.S.S. Upper Tenasserim. 



Antitaxis ram flora, Miers. 



X X Inflorescence glabrous. Leavex almost polished. 

 P. ODOEiEEEA, Miers. F.Jr.C. Common in swampy forests in Pegu, 



Nn^a-hnvu Martabun and Tenasserim. 



