1877.] Knowledge of the Burmese Flora. 95 



L. (Cot. Reg. t. 14 ; Bot. Mag. t. 201*1) arc frequently caltivated in gar- 

 dens in Burma, and sometimes half-wild. 



2. P. CALOKEUEA, Kurz MS. 



Hab. Burma, probably Upper-Tenasserim or Martaban (Dr. Brandis). 

 The texture, nervature, and indument of the leaves are entirely those 

 of P. Sorsjieldii. Flowers and fruits unknown, 



3. P. .SUBEEOSA, L. Amsen. Acad. I. 226; Mast, in Linn. Trans. 

 XXVII. 630 (P. WalkericB, Wight 111. t. 108.) 



Hab. In hedges and in shrubbery of Chittagong. — PL Fr. RS. 



Modecca, Lamk. 

 Conspectus of Species. 



* Petals inserted at the throat or to thrtube of the calyx ; stigmas sessile (Micro- 



blepharis, Wight). 

 Leaves entire ; seeds pitted, with crenate borders, M. cordifolia. 



* * Fetals inserted on the bottom of the calyx. Style Z-cleft or styles 3, distinct. 



(Blepharanthus, Wight). 

 Leaves 3- rarely 5-lohed; seeds pitted, with a doubled-crenate border,. . .,M. trilobata. 



1. M. cOEDiroLiA, Bl. Bydr. 939 ; Rumph. I. 169. t. 49 ; Miq. PL 

 Ind. Bat. I. 702. 



Hab. Not unfrequent in open places of the tropical forests, especial- 

 ly along the coasts, of the Andamans. — PL Pr. April, May. 



2. M. TEiLOBATA, Roxb. Corom. PI. III. t. 271 and PL Ind. III. 

 132. 



Hab. Frequent in the tropical and moister mixed forests, especially 

 in open places, but also in village-bushes, in hedges, along river-sides, &c. 

 all over Burma, from Chittagong and Ava southwards. — PL Begin, of RS. 

 Fr. end of RS. 



Carica, L. 



*1. C. Papaya, L. sp. pi. 1466 ; Roxb. PL Ind. III. 824 ; WA. 

 Prod. I. 352 ; Bot. Reg. t. 459 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2898 and 2899 ; Griff. Not. 

 Dicot. 570. t. 584. f. 2 ; Wight 111. II. t. 106, 107 ; Maingay in Journ. 

 Agr. Hort. Soc. India 1867. 184 cum icon. {Papaya vulgaris, DC. Prod. 

 XV/1. 414). 



Hab. Generally cultivated all over Burma, especially the southern 

 provinces where it often springs up half- spontaneously in uncultivated 

 places and along river-banks. — PL Fr. nearly oo . 



CUCTIBBITACEJE. 



Conspectus of Genera. 

 Trib. I. GUCUBBITE^, Endl. Anthers 2-celled, the cells straight, 

 curved or fiexuose. Ovary with 3 (rarely 2 or 5) placentas ; ovules horizon- 

 tal, numerous. 



