Fibraurea, | MENISPERMACER. 53 
late bract, forming 3-4 in. long, glabrous, solitary racemes above 
the scars ‘of the fallen leaves ; ; drupes as large as a cherry or nearly 
an thick, orange yellow, smooth and shining ; ; the putamen 
white, about 5-6 lin. long, smoothish, imbedded in a limpid, colour- 
less, jelly-like j juice. 
Has.—Rather frequent in the tropical forests of the eastern slopes of the 
Pegu Yomah and Martaban; also Tenasserim:—Fl. March-Apr.; Fr. Begin. of 
R. S.—s: 1—SS.=SiS. ; Metam. 
Remanxs.—Wood consisting of coarse brown and white variegated strong 
loosely arranged fibres. Possibly good for cordage. 
FIBRAUREA, Lour. 
Hee 9, ate 3 outer ones small and bract-like. Petals none. 
Males : Females: staminodes 6; ovaries 3, with 2 
ovules ae ae ; ae ninaite, sessile. Drupes 3, l-seeded, the 
style-scar almost terminal. Putamen oblong, with convex back, 
the endocarp hardly intruded. Albumen horny. Cotyledons leafy.— 
Woody climbers, with coriaceous 3-nerved leaves. Flowers in axil- 
= panicles, 
F. tinctoria, Lour; H.f. Ind. Fl. i. 98.—A large woody 
ores all parts glabrous ; 3 leaves ake ‘to elliptically oblong, 
rounded at base, on a 1-2 in. long petiole, shortly and bluntis 
acuminate or apiculate, quite sialeags glossy, coriaceous ; panicles 
glabrous, lax, the male ones hardly, the female ones 5 6 times, 
longer than the petioles ; flowers it small, on slender glabrous 
3 drupes nearly an in, in diameter, yellowish, smooth and 
glossy. 
Has.—Tenasserim. 
ANAMIRTA, Colebr. 
Sepals 6, somewhat unequal. Petals none. Males: filaments 
united in a column bearing numerous sessile anthers which are 
4-lobed ne Ecallod after dehiscence. Females: staminodes 9-10; 
carpels 3, rarely 4-5, the stigmas almost capitate. Drupes stalked, 
the style-scar almost basal; putamen woody, the hollow endocarp- 
process intruding near the base. Seeds globular, hollow. Albumen 
almost ruminate. Cotyledons narrow. rade climbers, with large 
er Flowers in large pendulous panicles. 
us, W.A.; H.f. Ind. Fl. i. 98 ; Brand. For. Fi. 8.— 
A ican woody climber, all parts glabrous; bark grey, corky- 
rimose ; leaves ovate or broadly ovate, cordate or truncate an 5-nerved 
at base, acute or acuminate, rarely bluntish, on 2-6 in: long petioles, 
above, beneath pale-coloured and with a tuft of hairs in 
the nerve-axils, 4-8 in, long and about so broad or narrower ; panicles 
