GG4 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODUCTIONS. 



in a doul)le row alonn; the ventral suture. Sfigma large, peltate. Berry ovoid, large. 

 Small trees, with glabrous leaves, and solitary or clustered flowers. 



C. Maetab.lnicus, H. f. et Th. E. T. Mai-taban. Tenasserim. 



XYL0PIE.1-:. 

 Pdah rnlrate, connirent or liardly open, those of the outer row usualh/ thick, not 

 narrowed at base, and inclosing the 3 inner, smaller or minute ones, or the latter wanting. 



* Ovules solitary. 

 Anona, Linnieus. 



Sepals 3, valvate. Petals usually 6, valvate, in 2 series, the outer ones fleshy, 

 connivent or almost spreading, the inner ones almost conform, but somewhat smaller, 

 rarely wanting. Stamens numerous, the connective, beyond the anther-cells, ovate. 

 Torus hemispherical. Ovaries numerous, usually united with a solitary ovule in each. 

 Style oblong. Berries fleshy, connate into a many-colled oval or globular fiuit. 

 Trees or shrubs with solitary, terminal, or leaf-opposed flowers. The genus is 

 indigenous to America. 



X Fruit areolafe. 

 *A. SQUAMOSA, L. Cultivated. 



Au-za. Custard apple. 

 Leaves usually blunt, fruits with prominent convex arches. 



* A. KETicuLATA, L. Cultivated. 

 Bullock's heart. 



Leaves acuminate. Arcoles of fruit barely convex. 



X X Fruit very huge. All parts glalrous. 



* A. MrwcATA, L. Cultivated in Burma and the Xicobars. 

 Sour sop. 



Aktabotrys, R. Brown. 



Sepals 3, valvate in bud. Petals 6, valvate in 2 rows, concave at base, tho 

 flat or terete limb more or less spreading. Stamens numerous, the connective 

 truncate dilated beyond the anther-cells. Torus plano-convex. Ovaries numerous, 

 with 2 erect ovules in each, the style ovate, or linear-oblong. Berries variously 

 shaped. Shrubs with yellow or yellowish-white flowers, solitary or clustered. 



§ Petal-limb fattened. Petals oblong laneeolate. 

 X Flowers rising from hooked peduneles. 



A. CRASsiFOLiirs, H. f. et Th. E.JT.C. Tenasserim. 



Leaves firmly coriaceous and glabrous. Young parts rusty-tomentose. 



A. ODOEATissiMUS, E,. Br. Martaban. Tenasserim. Ava. 



A. hamatus, Bl. 

 Uvaria nucata, Eoxb. 

 A. Blumei, H. f. 

 A. infermedius, Hassk. 



Leaves thin coriaceous, glabrous. 



X X Flowers rising without peduneles from lateral branchlets. 

 A. KuKzii, H. f. et Th. Eng forests of the Irrawaddy region. 



Adult parts all glabrous. Toukya-gat. Martabau. 



