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XXI. TILIACE^ 



[Pentace 



2. PENTACE, Hassk.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 381. 



Trees with leathery leaves and numerous small flowers in terminal panicles. 

 Calyx campanulate, 5-fid. Stamens numerous, filaments usually in 5 bundles. 

 Staminodes 5, short. Ovary 5-celled. Trait dry, indehiscent, 1-celled, 1-seeded, 

 with 3-10 large membranous wings. Embryo large, in a thin albumen. Species 

 15, Burma and the Eastern Peninsula. 



1. P. burmani- 

 ca, Kurz, P. El. i. 

 154. Vera. Thitka, 

 Burm. 



A large evergreen 

 tree, wood red (white 

 when fresh cut), 

 shining, not hard, 

 even grained, medul- 

 lary rays prominent 

 on radial section, 

 young shoots pubes- 

 cent. Leaves ovate- 

 or obovate - oblong, 

 acuminate, more or 

 less sinuate - lobed, 

 glossy above, pale 

 and pubescent be- 

 neath. Secondary 

 nerves 5-7 pair, the 

 lowest pair basal. 

 Inflorescence tawny- 

 tomentose. Stamens 

 iu 5 bundles of 4-7 

 each, the bundles 

 Capsule with 5 broad membranous 



Fig. 45. — Pentace burmanica, Kurz 



alternating with long linear staminodes. 

 wings, 1-lh in. long. 



Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests on the hills of Burma. Fl. February, March. 

 Also on the hills of Cambodia. 2. P. Griffithii, King, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., vol. 60, 

 ii. 104, of Tavoy, has leaves with 5 basal nerves, the 2 outer close to the margin, the 3 

 inner very prominent, large flowers (J iu. diam.) and a capsule with 10 wings. 



3. BERRYA, Eoxb. ; El. Brit. Ind. i. 383. 



B. Ammonilla, Eoxb., Cor. PI. 264. The only species. Wight 111. t. 34 ; 

 Bedd. El. Sylv. t. 58. Vern. Petwivn, Burm. 



A tall tree with smooth pale bark, heartwood dark red, very hard. Leaves 

 cordate, acute, bright green, with 5-7 basal nerves, margin undulating, glabrous 

 above, glabrous or slightly pubescent beneath. Petiole 2-4, blade 5-8 in. long. 

 Stijrales ^ in. long, linear-setaceous. Fl. white, numerous, -| in. diam., in lax 

 terminal panicles. Stamens co, free, no staminodes. Ovary 3-4-celled. 

 Capsule supported by the persistent calyx, globose, pubescent, with 6 

 horizontally spreading, blunt, papery wings 1 in. long. Seeds 1-4 in each cell. 



Malabar, Travancore, Ceylon, Andamans, Burma. Fl. C. S. Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinch . 

 t. 133, regards the tree of the Eastern Peninsula, leaves softly tomentose beneath, as a 

 distinct species — B. mollis, Wall. 



4. GREWIA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 383. 



Trees or shrubs, mostly deciduous, at times scrambling or climbing. Branch- 

 lets, leaves and sepals mostly clothed with stellate hairs. Simple hairs on petals, 



