Tristania] 



LI. MYBTACE.E 



3-29 



1. T. burmanica, Griff. : Kurz F. Fl. i. 474. Vern. Taungyo-pyizin^jyw&r, 

 Taung-fhabye Upper Burma. 



A middle-sized tree, young shoots silky pubescent, 1. '2-3 in. long, oblanceo- 

 late, petiole short, hairy. Calyx \ in. across, capsule \ in. diam., protruding 

 far beyond the calyx-tube. 



Pegu, Martaban. Tenasserim, ascending to 3,500 ft. Upper Burma. Fl. March, 

 April. 2. T. merguensis, < Ji-i tt". Tenasserim. Malay Peninsula. Borneo. L. glabrous, 

 rigidly coriaceous, ol, lanceolate, obtuse or obtusely acuminate, blade 3-5 in., narrowed 

 into a very short petiole. Cymes pubescent, calyx \ in. across, pubescent on both 

 surfaces, capsule ; \ in. diam. 



Fw. 138.— Tristania burmanica, Griff. J. 



Melaleuca Leucadendron, Linn. Vfergui, Malaj Pen insult I Archipelago. Australia. 



\ middle-sized tree, bark pale, peeling off in papery layers, branches slender, pendulous. 



I,, alternate riaceous, lai Ia1 , more or less oblique, - 5 in. long, tapering into a 



short petiole, with 3 7 distinct longitudinal nerves. PI. yellowish-white sessile in erecl 

 axillary spikes 2 6 in. l > ■ i s ir . the rachis generally prolonged and leaf bearing. Stamens 

 numerous, the filaments united at their base into 5 bundles inserted opposite to the 

 petals. Ovarj half-inferior enclosed in the calyx-tube. Capsule loculicidally 8-valved, 

 Yields t be Cajupu! oil ,.f commerce 



I. BARRINGTONIA, Forst. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 506. 



Trees us n rule c\or.j icon. I. alternate, not gland dot tod. Fl. in spikes ■< 



racemes, bracts usuall] deciduous. Calyx-tube enclosing the 2- or 1-celled 



ovary, not produced beyond ii. Petals I, rarely •">. more or less adnate at the 



