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Eriolaena, DC 



1. E. Candollei, Wall. PI. As. rar. I. 51. t. 64 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 

 370. 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the dry and low, rarely in the mixed, 

 forests of Prome and Ava down to Martaban and Pegu. PI. H. S. ; Fr. 

 C. W. 



Pentapetes, L. 



1. P. PH(ENiCEA, L. sp. pi. 958 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 157 ; Bot. 

 Eeg. t. b'15; Hf. Ind, Fl. I. 371. {Eriorhaphe punicea, Miq. PI. Jungh. 

 I. 289). 



Hab. In cultivated plains, along rice-fields, etc., in Pegu, Ava and 

 Prome. Fl. E. S. 



Melhania, Forsk. 



1. M. Hamiltoniana, Wall. PI. As. rar. I. 69. t. 77 ; Walp. Eep. 

 1.349; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 372. 



Hab. Ava, frequent along the sandy dry banks of the Irrawaddi j 

 also Taong-dong (Wall.). Fl. Sept. Oct. ; Fr. Nov. 



Melochia, L. 



1. M. CORCHOEIFOLIA, L. sp. pi. 944 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 139 ; Hf. 

 Ind. Fl. I. 374. 



Hab. Common as well in cultivated lands, waste places around villages, 

 long-grassed pastures, etc., as in the leaf-shedding forests, all over Burma 

 and adjacent provinces. Fl. Fr. Sept. to Octob. 



Visenia, Houtt. 



1. V. IifDiCA, Houtt. Syst. Linn. VI. 287. t. 46; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. 1/2. 189. {V. tmiellata, Bl. Bydr. 88; Wight Ic. t. 509; Biedleia 

 velutina, DC. Prod. I. 491 ; Melochia veliotina, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 5 ; Hf. 

 Ind. Fl. I. 374). 



Hab. Eather rare in the tropical forests of Pegu, Martaban and 

 Tenasserim (Brandis). Fl. E. S. 



Waltheria, L. 



1. W. Americana, L. sp. pi. 941 ; DC. Prod. I. 492. (JV. Indica, 

 L. 1. c. 941; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 374). 



Hab. Not uncommon on the lower hills of the Irrawaddi valley from 

 Ava (Segain) to Prome. Fl. Sept. Oct. 



Guazuma, Plum. 

 *1. a. tomentosa, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. V. 320; Wight 111. t. 31 ; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Madr. t, 107 ; Hf Ind. Fl. I. 375. 



Hab. An American tree sometimes seen planted as an avenue-tree. 

 Fl. E. S. ; Fr. C. S. 

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