18 DILLENIACER. [ Dillenia. 
1. N. Zeylanica, DC., Hf. Ind. Fl. i. 7.—Sat-jo-yit.—A 
woody climber; leaflets more or less ovate, shortly acuminate, 
usually densely. pubescent or tomentose beneath ; flowers rather 
smell, yellowish, in lax panicles usually longer than the leaves ; 
petals linear-spathulate ; achenes spirally twisted with a long’ pilose 
tal 
Has.—P Bag orate in the mixed forests, especially in the lower ones, along 
choungs and — around villages, &c.; also Ava, and probably all over 
woes Fi. B.S.; Fr. C. 8—1. 
2. N. laurifolia, Wall; H.f. Ind. Fl. i. 7—A glabrous large 
woody evergreen climber; leaflets oblong, acuminate, coriaceous; 
flowers cream-coloured, rather small, in poor d eater shorter than 
the leaves; petals elongate, club- shaped ; achenes spirally twisted 
os a long pilose tail. . 
AB.—Martaban down to Tenasserim, in the tropical forests not unfrequent. a 
Fl. fis Mahe —S8S. = Metam. = | 
DILLENIACELZ. 
Sepals usually 5 (rarely 4 or 6), ——— — in aestiva- 
tion. Petals 5 or rarely fewer, deciduo Stam indefini ie, 
sot ige ge gate escent t 3) The 
ry seabrous leaves of — are used for oe The fruits of © 
Dillenia, enveloped in the enlarged fleshy calyx, are eaten raw or in _ 
eurries, ete. Dillenia sbaie contains trees of some importance to the : 
forester, the others are climbers or shrubs. About 11 species are — 
known to grow in Burma 
curt sig —— or —— at the setcee nee or eo wk 
3-5. Ovules m .  . Tetracera. 
. Dillenia. 
— * Filaments ‘hreighoul their th € wal. Tr : 
Arillus wanting or pulpy Pes = sue 
DILLENIA, L. 
__. Sepals and petals 5, spreading. Stamens almost free ; anthers — 
soe opening by slits. Carpels 5-20, adhering to the axis and u 
