1877.] Knoioledge of tie Burmese Flora. 245 



Myxopyrum, Bl. 



1. M, SMiLACiFOLiUM, Bl. Mus. Lugd. Bat. T. 320. — {Clwndro- 

 spermicm smilacifolmm, Wall. Cat. 2837 ; DC. Prod. VIII. 301 ; Cliionan- 

 thus ? smilacifoUus, Wall, in Eoxb. Fl. Ind. I. 108). 



Var. a. GENUINUM, leaves more or less entire or remotely and minute- 

 ly spineseent-toothed ; panicle ample, slender, as long as or longer than the 

 leaves. 



? Var. /?. iLiciroLiTJM, leaves somewhat narrower and stronger nerved 

 and veined, strongly and crowdedly s|)inose- serrate ; panicles rather con- 

 tracted, not above 2 in. long, axillary and leaf- opposed, rarely terminal, the 

 peduncle and branchings strong and 4i-cornered. 



Hab. Var. a. in the forests of Chittagong ; var. (B. rather frequent in 

 the tropical forests of Martaban and in those of the Andaman and Cocos- 

 islands. — Fl. AjDril, May. 



Clwndrospermum ? coriaceum, Wall. Cat. 2838 ; DC. Prod. VIII. 

 301. (nomen nudum), from Ava, Taong-dong, is unknown to me. 



Azima, Lamk. 



1. A TETEACATTTHA, Lamk. Encycl. Bot. I. (1783) 343 ; Poir. in 

 Lamk. 111. Gen. III. (1823) 401 t. 807 .—(Monetla Urlerioides. L'Her. 

 Stirp. Nov. I. (1784) I. t. 1 ; Tulasn. in Ann. d. sc. nat. 4 ser. VIII. 

 113 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1/2 596 ; Fagonia montana, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1/2. 

 496, teste Hf.). 



Hab. Frequent in the dry forests and shrubberies of Ava and Prome, 

 occasionally entering the savannahs. — Fr. March. 



AFOCTNACE^. 



Conspectus of Species. 

 Ser. I. GTMNOSFFRM^. Seeds naked, i. e., without a deciduous 

 tuft of hairs at their extremities, sometimes persistently hairy-fringed all 

 round, more so at the extremities. Anthers free. 



* Corolla valvate in lud. 



Trib. 1. STRYGHNE^. Ovary entire, 2-celled, with axile placentas. 

 Strychnos. CoroUa-throat naked or bearded. Berry corticate or sappy, the 

 seeds imbedded in pulp. Albumen horny. Trees or scandent shrubs. 



* * Corolla twisted-imlricate in hud. 



Trib. 2. CARISSEjE. Ovary entire, 2—1 -celled, with axile or parietal placentas. 

 * Ovary l-celled, with 2 parietal placentas. 



X Fruit an indehiscent drupe or berry. » 



Chilocarpus. CoroUa-throat naked. Seeds in pulp. Albumen horny. Scan- 

 dent shrubs. 



WiLLUGHBEiA. As preceding, but seeds without albumen. Scandent shrubs. 

 X X Fruit a dehiscent capsule. 



