1877.] Knowledge of tie Burmese Flora. 231 



Corolla-loLcs as long as the tube ; anthers in a single row inserted at the throat ; her- 



ries ovate, acuminate, B. biUijracea. 



1. B. YiLLOSA, Wall. Cat. 4165 ; DC. Prod. VIII. 198. 

 Hab. Ava, Taong-doiig (Wall.). — El. Nov. 



Mimusops, L. 



Conspectus of Species. 



Leaves rounded or retuse ; flowers solitarj'-, rather small ; anthers blunt (?) ; berries the 

 size and shape of a wood-apple, 5 — 6-seeded, M. Uttoralis. 



Leaves bluntish acuminate or apieulate ; flowers clustered, conspicuous ; anthers very- 

 acuminate ; berries oval, usually 1-seeded, 31. Elengi. 



1. - M. LiTTOEALis, Kui'z ill Joum. As. Soc. Beng. 187G. 138. (71/. 

 Indica, Kurz Andam. Rep. 42 and in Journ. As. Soc. 1871. 70). 



Hab. Frequent in the coast-forests of the Andamans ; also Tenasse- 

 rim, Moulmein (Wallich, Theobald) and further south (Griff. 3613).— Fl. 

 June, July ; Fr. CS. 



2. M. Elefgi, L. sp. pi. 497 ; DC. Prod. VIII. 202 ; Roxb. Coroni. 

 PI. I. 15. t. 14. and Fl. Ind. 11. 236 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 1042 -, Wight 

 Icon. t. 1586 ; Bedd. Sylv. Madr. t. 40). 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the tropical forests of South Andaman, also 

 in those of Martaban and Tenasserim ; generally planted in villages all 

 over Burmah. — Fl. Febr. — Sept. 



Conspectus of Genera. 



* Ovary -cells ivith 2 ovules. 



Maba. Calyx- and corolla-lobes usually trimerous. Ovary-cells usually as many 

 as corolla- lobes. 



Cargilia. Calyx and corolla 4 — 6-merous. Ovary-cells usually twice as many 

 as corolla-lobes. 



* * Ovary-cells 1-ovuled. 



X Anthers opening by longitudinal slits. 

 GuNiSANTHUs. Calyx- and corolla-lobes usually 4, rarely 6. Ovary-cells usually 

 as many. Male and female flowers all solitary. Calyx of males divided to the base, 

 the lobes narrow, membranous. 



DiosPYROs. Calyx- and corolla-lobes usually 4 — 6. Male flowers clustered or 

 cymose, the females solitary, or rarely in cymes or panicles. Calyx of males gamo- 

 sepalous. 



X X Anthers opening laterally by apical pores. 

 Leucoxylon. Characters of Diosjjyros. 



Maba, Forst. 

 Conspectus of Species. 



* Ovary Q-cellecl, the cells l-oviiled. 



Glabrous or nearly so ; ovary glabrous, M. Mcrguiensis. 



* * Ovary 3-celled, densely pubescent . 



