﻿1874.] of the Burmese Flora. 89 



Hab. Froqiiont along tlio sandy sea-sliores in the l)cach-forests of the 

 Andamans and Tenasserim ; also often cultivated in villages. Fr. Apr. 

 Maj. 



Kayea, Wall. 



I. K. NERYOSA, T. And. in Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 277. {Bfesua nervosa^ 

 Planch. & Trian. in Ann. d. sc. nat. Bot. sor. 1, xv. 307). 



Hab. Tenasserim, Moulmein district (Falc.) down to Mergui (GriiT.). 

 Fr. Apr. 



Mesua, L. 



1. M. FEEREA, L. sp. pi. 734 ; AJfight Ic. t. 118 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. IT. 

 G05 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 277. (J/, speciosa, Chois in DC. Prod. I. 502 ; 

 Wiglit Spicil. 27. t 30 and 31 ; and Icon. t. 961 ; 3L pedunculata, Wight 

 Ic. t. 119). 



Hab. Fveqnent in tropical forests of the Andaman islands and all over 

 Tenasserim ; Chittagong. Fl. March ; Fr. May, June. 



TEBJSrSTRCEMIACEyE. 



Conspectus of genera. 

 Trib. I. TERNSTRCEMIACE^. Anthers basifix. Fruit indehiscent. Seeds usually 

 few. Albumen fleshy, usually scanty. Embryo curved, the cotyledons shorter thau 

 the radicle and nearly as broad. 



1. Anneslea. Ovary half-immersed in the torus. Fruit inferior. 



2. Terkstrcemia- • Petals united at base. Anthers glabrous. Ovules 2 tj 4 iu 

 each cell. Fruit superior. Seeds large. 



3. Adinandra, As preceding, but anthers pilose. Seeds numerous, small. 



4. Cleyera. Petals free or hardly united. Anthers pilose. Ovules many. Fruit 

 superior, 



5. Etjrya. Flowers dioecious. Petals united at base. Anthers glabrous. Ovules 

 many. Fruit superior. 



Trih. II. 8 A TIE A UJEjE. Anthers versatile. Fruits usually pulpy, rarely almost di - 

 hiscent. Seeds numerous, small. Albumen copious. Embryo straight, the radicle 

 longer than the cotyledons. 

 6 Saurauja. Flowers 5-merous, usually hermaphrodite. Styles 3—5. 



Tril}. III. GORDONIE^. Anthers versatile. Fruit indehiscent or loculicidal. Al- 

 bumen scanty or none, rarely copious. Embryo curved or straight, the>. cotyledons 

 large, the radicle short. 



X Fruit a dehiscent capsule. 

 1. ScHiMA. Sepals somewhat unequal. Seeds flat, winged. Radicle inflexed. 



inferior. 



8. GORDONIA. Sepals very unequal. Seeds winged. Radicle superior. 



9. Camellia. Sepals very unequal. Outer stamens monadelphous. Seeds few, 

 large, not winged. Radicle superior. 



% Ys Fruit an indehiscent drupe. 



10. Pyrenaria. Sepals very unequal. Seeds large. Cotyledons folded or 

 convolute. Radicle inferior. 



