Brorvnlorvia.] xxvni. TILIACE^E. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 381 



1. BROWNXiOWXA, Roxb. 



Trees. Pubescence stellate or scaly. Leaves entire, 3-5-nerved, feather- 

 veined. Flowers numerous, small, in large terminal or axillary panicles. 

 Calyx bell-shaped, irregularly 3-5-fid. Petals 5, without glands. Stamens 

 many free, springing from a raised torus. Staminodes 5, within the stamens, 

 opposite the petals and petaloid. Anthers subglobose. Ovary 5-celled, each 

 cell 2-ovulate ; styles awl- shaped, slightly coherent ; ovules ascending. 

 Carpels ultimately nearly free, 2-valved, 1 -seeded. Albumen ; cotyledons 

 thick, fleshy. DISTEIB. Three species confined to Tropical Asia. 



1. B. elata, Roxb, Cor. PL iii. 61, t. 265; leaves ovate acute base 

 cordate 5-7-nerved undulate down^ beneath, petiole long. Bot. Reg. 

 t. 1472 ; Watt. Cat. 1178. Humea elata, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii. 640. 



CHITTAGONG to TENASSERIM, Roxburgh, Griffith &c. DISTRIB. Borneo. 



A lofty tree. Branches spreading. Leaves 4-12 by 3-8 in., glabrous, white be- 

 neath, sometimes peltate ; petiole 3-4 in. or longer, thickened at the apex. Panicles 

 terminal, as large as the adjacent leaf, branches pubescent, ultimate pedicels longer 

 than the flower. Flower-buds clavate-oblong. Slower ^ in., yellow. Calyx funnel- 

 shaped, lobes ovate shorter than the tube. Petals oblong, spreading, taperiug at the 

 base, longer than the sepals. Filaments slender ; anther-lobes divergent at the base, 

 confluent at the apex ; starniuodes linear-lanceolate. Style as long as the petals. Follicle 

 1^ in., by abortion solitary, obliquely ovate, woody, covered with fine ash-coloured 

 pubescence. Seed solitary, rarely 2, albumen ; embryo erect, cotyledons 2 nearly 

 equal amygdaloid. 



2. B. lanceolata, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. Suppl. ii. 57 ; leaves 

 lanceolate-acuminate white and scaly beneath, petiole short, panicle much 

 shorter than the leaves. 



SUNDERJBUNDS, (hiffith ; TENASSERIM, at Moulmein, Parish. 



A tree. Leaves 4-6 by 1-2 in., glabrous ; petiole | in., thickened at the apex. 

 Panicles terminal and axillary, shorter than the leaves, peduncles longer than the 

 petioles. Flower-buds ovoid. Calyx ^ in. diam., campanulate, lobes lanceolate 

 equalling the tube. Petals ^ in., oblong base broad. Anthers small, didymous, lobes not 

 widely divergent, connective thick ; starninodes petaloid. Ovary 4-lobed, cells 2-ovuled, 

 style simple, stigma 4-lobed. Young fruit pyriform, truncate.], 



2. PBNTACE, Hassk. 



Trees. Herbaceous portions pubescent or scaly, ultimately glabrous. 

 Leaves entire, leathery, 3-5-nerved. Flowers numerous, small, in terminal 

 panicles. Calyx bell-shaped, irregularly 3-5-fid. Petals 5, glandless. Stamens 

 numerous, on a slightly raised torus, sometimes pentadelphous. Staminodes 

 5, opposite the sepals. AntJiers subglobose, pollen globose 3-pored. Ovary 

 5-celled, cells 2-ovuled ; ovule pendulous, raphe next the placenta. Fruit 

 dry indehiscent 3-5-winged, by abortion 1 -celled, 1-seeded. Seed solitary, 

 albuminous. DISTKIB. Three species, all Malayan. 



1. P. burmannica, Kurz in Flora, 1871, 278 ; leaves elliptic ovate 

 acute 3-5-nerved pubescent beneath, pedicels long, ovary globose 5-lobed, 

 fruit oblong truncate 5-winged wings longer than broad. 



MARTABAN, Brandis ; PEGU, Kurz. 



A tree. Shoots pubescent. Leaves 4 by 2| in., oblong, rounded at the base, acumi- 

 nate, glabrous, whitish beneath; petiole | in. Pedicels long, covered with tawny down. 



