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“ee ; DILLENIACE. [ Delima. 
on smooth, somewhat heey 2 to 1 in. long, naked peduncles 
arising in clusters of 3 to 9 from the reduced wart-like branchlets 
along the branches ; sepals about 5 lin. long, smooth ; petals obovate, 
narrowed towards the base, about 8 lin. long ; carpels and Hla 5: 
fruits globular, the size of a cherry, smooth, orange-yellow 
Has.—Mixed oe oo the upper ones; frequent from a and 
Martaban down to Ten to 2,000 ft. elevation. —Fl. H. S.; Fr. Begin 
of R. 8.—l.—SS.= is. 
RemarKs.—Wo0d rather heavy, fibrous, but close-grained = ee eg , greyish- 
brown, striate. Used for house-posts in house-building. W = ~ 3, pd. 
DELIMA, L, 
Sepals 5. Petals 2 to 5. Filaments dilated at the upper a 
outer cells much -diverging. Carpel solitary, 2-3-ovuled, almos 
globose, narrowed in a subulate style. Ripe carpels follicle like, 
coriaceous. Seed solitary, with a cup-shaped toothed arillus.—Climb- 
ers, with harsh leaves and small panicled flowers. 
1. D. sarmentosa, L. ; H.f. Ind, Fi. i. 31.—An evergreen, large, 
woody climber, with rough red-brown branches ; leaves varying from 
obovate to oblong-lanceolate, blunt or acute, 3 to 4in. long, crenate- 
serrate, very scabrous from scattered minute appressed stiff hairs ; 
ont small, white, in large axillary panicles at the end of the 
che 
Has.—Frequent in the mixed forests all over Burma; from Chittagong and 
Pegu down to the Andamans ; also Ava—Fl. R. S.—s:1.—SS. = SiS. 
TETRACERA, L. 
pals 4-6. Petals as many or sometimes fewer. Filaments 
dila: st apex ; anther-cells distinct or more or less diverging. 
Carpels 3-5, rarely fewer, many-ovuled, the ovules in rows. Ripe 
carpels follicle-like, coriaceous, 1-5-seeded. Arillus lacerate-—Climb- 
ers, with usually harsh Getic and small white panicled flowers. 
ae YE; — DC. ; Hf. Ind. Fl. i. 31.—An evergreen shrubby 
og the young parts usually stiff-hairy ; leaves oblong, acute at 
both ends, serrate-toothed, 3 to 4 in. long, glabrous above, beneath, 
especially along the nerves, appressed-pilose ; flowers rather small, 
white, in small poor panicles; sepals glabrous, ciliate ; follicles 
3-5-seed ; the arillus orange-red. 
Has = Cbttbspong: 
Sikeags ts is another new species of this genus (7. Aygrophila) ee 
ws abundantly in the swamp forests between the Irra 
ar the Lhein river, but the flowers or fruits have not yet gees 
