1877.] Knowledge of tlie Burmese Flora. 119 



Macropanax, Miq. 



1. M. OEEOPHiLTJM, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I/l. 764. 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the hill-forests, esi^ecially the damper ones, 

 of the Martaban hills east of Bhamo, above 4000 ft. elevation ; Ava, Ka- 

 khyen hills (J. Anderson). 



Tupidanthus, Hf. and Th. 

 1. T. CALTPTEATUS, Hf. and Th. in Bot. Mag. t. 4908. 

 Hab. Arracan hills (Theobald). 



COBNAGEJE. 



Conspectus of Genera. 



* Petals narrow-linear, valvate. Anthers hasifix. Style elongate. Leaves alter' 



nate. 



Alangium. Stamens usually 2 to 4 times the number of the petals, Ovary 1- 

 celled. Albumen ruminate. Flowers clustered or fascicled. 



Marlea. Stamens as many as petals. Ovary 1 — 3-celled. Albumen homo- 

 geneous. Flowers cymose-panicled. 



* * Petals short, valvate. Anthers dorsifix. Style short. 



CoRNUs. Petals 4. Ovary 2-celled, with a simple stigma. Leaves usually oppo- 

 site. 



Alangium, Lamk. 



Conspectus of Species. 



A tree, spiny-armed ; petioles 6 — 8 lin. long ; petals 10 — 6 ; filaments densely pilose 



at the base ; bracts and bractlets broadly ovate, very deciduous, ,.A. decapetalum. 



A large climber, unarmed ; petioles shorter ; petals 6 ; filaments sparingly pilose at 



the base ; bracts and bractlets linear- oblong, longer persistent, .... A. Sundanum. 



1. A. DECAPETALTJM, Lamk. Encycl. Diet. I. 174 ; DC. Prod. III. 

 203 ; WA. Prod. I. 72 ; Wight Icon. t. 194 ; Voigt Cat. Hort. Calc. 40 

 cum syn. (A. hexapetalum, Lamk. 1. c. ; DC. L c. ; WA. 1. c. 326 ; Wight 

 111. II. t. 96 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 502 ; A. tomentosum, Lamk. 1. c. ; DC 

 1. c. ; Eheed. Hort. Malab. IV. t. 17. ; A. Lamar chii, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 

 215). 



Hab. Burmah (according to Rev. Dr. Mason). — Fl. HS. 



The above synonymy probably includes two different sj^ecies. I sus- 

 pect that Thwaites' A. Lamarchii is a climber. The calyx-tube is appa- 

 rently sulcate-ribbed. 



2. A. Sundanum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I/l. 772 and Suppl. Fl. Sumatr. 

 341. 



Var. a. MiQUELiANA, flowers on pedicels \ — f in. long. 



Var. j8. INSULARUM, pedicels only 2 — 3 lin. long. 



Hab. Var. /3. In the tropical forests of the Andamans. — Fl. March, 

 April. 



