﻿74 S. Kurz — Confrihutions towards a Knoivlcdge [N^s. 2, 



2. BiXA. Capsule 2-valved. Seeds straight, glabrous, with a pulpy testa. Leaves 

 simple. 



Trih. II. FLACOTJRTIBM. Petals none, or if present only small, imbricate in the 

 bud, without scales. Anthers opening by valves. 



* Petals present. 



3. ScoLOPiA. Flowers bisexual. Petals 4 to 6. Stamens indefinite. 



* * Petals none. 



4. Flacouetia. Flowers usually dioecious. Ovary 2- to 8-cclled. 



5. Xylosma. Flowers dioecious. Ovary 1-celled. Seeds glabrous. 



Tr'ib. III. PANGIE^. Flowers dioecious. " Petals with an adnate scale or basal 

 appendage. 



* Calyx at first entire, afterwards splitting variously. 



6. Gynocaedia. Calyx cup-shaped. Stamens numerous, free. Styles 3 with cor- 

 date stigmas. 



7. Rypaeia. Calyx globose, rupturing into 3 to 4 deciduous segments. Stamens 

 4 or 5, united in a tubular column. 



>^ X Sepals distinct already in bud, much imbricated. 



8. Hydnocaepfs. Sepals 4 or 5. Petals 5 — 9. Stamens 5 or indefinite. 



CocMospermum, Kth. 



1. C. GossTPiUM, DC. Prod. I. 527 ; Wight 111. Incl. Bot. Suppl. 

 86. t. 18 ; Hf. Iiid. Bot. I. 190. {Bomhax gossyinum, L. ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. 

 III. 169. 



Hab. In the dry forests on the hills opposite Prome. PL March. 



Bixa, L. 



*1. B. Oeellana, L. sp. pi. 730 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 581 ; Wight 111. 

 I. t. 17 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1456 ; Griff. Not. Dicot. 610 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 190. 



Hab. Frequently cultivated in and around villages all over Burma, and 

 occasionally seen half wild along the courses of mountain streams in the 

 Pegu Yomah.— Fl. RS ; Fr. CS. 



Scolopia, Schreb. 



' 1. S. RoxBUEGHii, Clos in Ann. d. sc. nat. ser. 4. VIII. 250 excl. 

 syn. ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 190. {Ludia spinosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind II. 507.) 



Hab. Tenasserim, Mergui (GrifF. Helf. 211.) 



Roxburgh's plant is described as having lucid leaves, but his figure as 

 well as the plant cultivated in the HBC. have them opaque when dried. 



Flacourtia, Comm. 



Cons^ecius of sj)ecies. 



* Stigma simple, subulate (not thickened at apex). 



Berries the size of a pepper-kernel; pyrenes smooth, convex on back, ...F. Siimafrana. 



* * Styles short or almost wanting, thickened and truncate at the apex or more 



or less bluntish 2-lobed. 



O Pyrenes compressed and quite flat. 



