068 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AND PRODUCTIONS. 



billexiej:. 



Filaments equal. Anther-cells parallel. Trees or herbs. ' 



DiLLENiA, Linnaus. 



Sepals and petals 5, spreadinp;. Stamens almost free. Carpels 5-20, arilicring 

 to the axis and united only by the ventral marjjin. Styles as many, stellately 

 reflesed. Ovules many, in 2 rows. Fruit indeliiscent, almost berry-Uke, 5 to 

 many-celled, inclosed in the fleshy calyx. Seeds in pulp, or pulploss without 

 arillus. Trees with large parallel-nerved leaves. Flowers white or yellow, solitary 

 or in lax panicles. 



X Seeds along the margin hairg. Flou-ers rerg large, white. 



D. Indica, L. E.T. Martaban. Tenasserim. Rather rare 



JD. speeiosa, Thl)g. in the Pegu Kange. 



D. elongata, Mic|. 



Tha-lipyu. 



X X Seeds smooth. Flowers gellow. 

 \ Calgx inibescent. Flowers solitarg. 

 D. puLCHEKKiMA, Kz. Pegu. Martaban. 



I5yu or Hpyu. 



Peduncles very long, straight. St3les 12. 

 D. AUBEA, Sm. n.S. Martaban. Tenasserira. 



C. ornata, Wall. 

 Peduncles short and thick. Styles 10. 



D. piLosA, lloxb. Andamans. Xicobars. 



Peduncles very long and slender. Styles 6. 



The insular species may require separation, as Kurz writes of it : ''I formerly 

 identified this tree with Eoxburgh's, but I now entertain great doubts as to the 

 correctness of my identification, having ascertained that the insular species is a 

 Southern form, which is unlikely to extend so far Xorth as Assam" (J.A.S.B. 1870, 

 Part ii. p. 115). 



f f Flowers fascicled. 



D. PAKViFLORA, Grifi. Pegu. Tenasserim, to 2000 feet. 



Calyx and peduncles densely tomentosc. Styles 5-7. 



Iff Calg.t and peduncles glabrous. Flowers fascicled. 



D. scABKELLA, Roxb. ChittagoDg. 

 Peduncles bracted. 



D. PENTAGTNA, Roxb. M.S. Pegu, Tcnasscrim to 2000 feet, M.F. 

 D.florihmda, H. f. and Th. 



Zyn-bywon or Zym-byun. 



Peduncles without bracts. 



Mason calls the trees of this genus the "Magnolias of Burma," but in opposition 

 to general belief considers the wood to be the reverse of durable. Most authorities 

 however describe the wood of the Dillenias as strong and good, though rather coarse. 

 The large fruits the size of a small melon have when ripe a very pleasant smell, 

 something like that of an apple, but are terribly astringent. Elephants are however 

 very fond of them, and Mason says they are brought to the bazaars, and are a favourite 

 fruit with the natives, who put them into their stews or ' messes,' for a Burman 

 does not cat curry, or any dish containing butter. To the habitual chewers of 

 ' pan ' the rougli asti'ingent flavour is doubtless not so disagreeable as it is to the 

 palate of a European. 



