1877.] Knowledge of the Burmese Flora. 159 



Glabrous ; flowers in axillary spikes, //. raccmo.mm. 



Siibg. 2. Ilyptianthera, WA. Flowers 5- rarely 4-merous, the calyx-limb persis- 

 tent. Berry sessile. 

 Glabrous ; flowers in axillary clusters, II. strictum. 



1. H. KACEMOSUM, {Bandla racemqsa, Koxb. Fl. Ind. I. 144 ; Fe- 

 tunga Boxhurghii, DC. Prod. IV. 399 ; Petunga variahilis, Hassk. Cat. 

 Hort. Bog. 114 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 201, cum syn.). 



Hab. Not imfrequent in tlie swamji-forests and in swampy or marshy 

 places along choungs or around lakes of Pegu and Martaban, and no doubt 

 elsewhere. — FL Oct. — Dec. ; Fr. Dec. — April. 



2. H. STRICTUM, {Hyptianthera stricta, WA. Prod. I. 899 ; Mandia 

 stricta, Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. 526 ; Bondeletia stricta, Roth Nov. sp. 140). 



Hab. Chittagong (Hf. and Th.) ; Ava, Bhamo (J. Anderson). — Fl. 

 Sept. ; Fr. Febr. 



Braehytome, Hf. 



1. B. Wallichii, Hf. Icon, plant, t. 1088. 



Hab. Ava (Griflt. 2787) ; Kakhyen hills (J. Anderson) .—Fl. April. 



Inflorescence, flowers, and berries very like those of Sa/p7'osma ternatum, 

 but the last are many-seeded. 



Morindopsis, Hf. 



1. M. CAPiLLAEis, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1874. 189 (Psi- 

 lohium capillare, Kurz 1. c. 1873. 313). 



Hab. Frequent in the swamp-forests of Pegu and Martaban down to 

 Tenasserim. — Fl. April, May. 



Musssenda. L. 



Conspectus of Species. 



* Calyx-limb deciduous, leaving an angular scar at the top of the berry. 



X Calyx-teeth ^ — 1 lin. long. 



Calyx-teeth erect, lanceolate ; branchlets puberulous or velvety, M. glabra. 



Calyx-teeth as in preceding but reflexed ; branchlets hu'sute, M. variolosa. 



X X Calyx-lobes 2 — 4 lin. long. 

 Calyx-lobes filiform, 2— 2| lin. long, all conform and none expanded leaf-like, 



. . M. pavettccfolia. 

 Calyx-lobes linear, 2 — 3 lin. long ; corolla-lobes nearly half as long as the corolla-tube, 



. . M. macrojjhylla. 

 Calyx-lobes lanceolate, about \ in. long ; corolla-lobes about \ as long as the corolla- 

 tube, ^' calycina. 



* * Calyx-limb persistent, crowning the berry. 



Calyx-teeth linear-subulate, about 4 lin. long ; corymbs rather compact, M. corymbosa. 



1. M. GLABRA, Vhl. Symb. III. 38 ; DC. Prod. IV. 370. 



Yar. a. GENTJiNA, more glabrous, especially the leaves and branches. 



Var. j8. Wallichii, (M. Wallichii, Don. Gen. Syst. III. 490), 

 leaves pubescent beneath and along the nerves above, petioles shorter. 



