Aigialitis.) PLUMBAGINER. 97 
long as the 3-84 lin, long, 5-ribhed calyx, forming axillary and 
terminal panicled racemes ; corolla somewhat longer than the calyx, 
the lobes narrow ; fruit linear, incurved, 5-angular, 14 in, long, 
with a thinly coriaceous glossy pericarp; seed of the shape of the 
fruit. 
Has.—Frequent in the littoral, especially the tidal, forests all along the 
shores from Chitt gong and Arracan down to Tenasserim and the Andamans, — 
Fl. Fr. C.8.—1.—88,—=Sal. 
: UYRSINER. 
Flowers regular, hermaphrodite, polygamous or dioecious. Calyx 
5- or rarely 4- or 6-lobed or -toothed, free or rarely adnate ‘to the 
ovary, the lobes contorted or very rarely valvate in bud. Corolla 
with as many staminodes ; filaments usually very short, free or rarely 
connate; anthers 2-celled, the cells opening by longitudinal slits, 
or rarely on the summit, sometimes chambered. Ovary free or 
adnate _to the calyx, 1-celled, the cells with several (usually ovoid 
or almost fleshy, or rarely none. Embryo filiform, usually curved, 
the radicle longer than the semi-convex cotyledons.—Trees or 
shrubs, rarely undershrubs, sometimes scandent, the soft parts often 
marked with resinous dots, with alternate simple leaves, Stipules 
none. Flowers small, in axillary clusters, racemes or panicles, or 
rarely in terminal panicles, 
ll the Burmese species of this order are woody, but none of 
them are of any special interest or importance to the forester, 
neither do any of the species possess medicinal properties worth 
mentioning. 
* Stamens 5; anthers usually not transversely chambered ; 
Fruit an indehiscent berry or drupe ; seeds with albumen. 
fruit inferior or nearly so; corolla bell- 
shaped or nearly so. ‘ fo eke e 5 MOR, 
d drupe superior. 
+ Corolla consisting of 5 or 4 free petals; climbers , Embelia, 
++ Corolla gamopetalous.—Usually erect trees or 
shrubs. 
Ovules few OAPs Sg age he ie persis ets + «  « Myrsine. 
Ovules numerous ae a ice as Sn ace) 
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