498 MYRTACER. [ Barringtoma. 
5. B. pterocarpa, Kz.—Kye-tha.—Anevergreen tree (30—50 
+12—20+4—6), all parts glabrous; leaves elongate ovate-lanceo- 
late, long cuneate-acuminate at the base and decurrent on the 
longer (up to 4 in. long) or shorter petiole, shortly acuminate, 1-14 
t. long, erenulate-serrate towards the apex, thin coriaceous, glab- 
rous; flowers conspicuous, white or rose-coloured (the filaments 
white), sessile, forming a very long, pendulous, thick-spindled, pul- 
verulent spike at the end of the branchlets furnished at the base 
with reduced lanceolate crowded floral leaves; calyx velvety, the 
tube about a line long or longer, wingedly 4-cornered, the limb 4. 
cleft, the lobes triangular-ovate, acute or bluntish, more than 3 lin. 
long; petals 3 m. long, ovate-oblong, acute ; fruits oblong, fibrous- 
ap Ys about. 2 in. long, 4-cornered, the angles narrowly and thick- 
Has.—Not unfrequent in the —_— forests of the eastern — s ~_ 
Pegu Yomah, and more so in those of Martaban.—Fl. March-April; F 
s.—SS.=Si8. Metam. Lat. p. 
6. B. augusta, Kz—An evergreen middling-sized tree, all 
brous ; leaves cuneate-oblong to ovate-cuneate,’ obtase or 
acute at the — on a thiek petiole 3-4 lin. long, acute or shortly 
te, almost enti 
e narrow ase, chartaceous, glabrous ; ; flowers conspicuous, 
sessile, forming a very long, thick-spindled, tawny puberulous spike 
at the end of = branchlets furnished at its base with numerous 
crowded lanceolate reduced leaflets; calyx velvety, the tube about 
a line long or oe wingedly 4-cornered, the limb 4-eleft, the 
lobes rotundate, 2 2 lin. long; fruits (unripe) fibrous- fleshy, oblong, 
tawny pulverulent, crowned ‘by the ealyx-limb, 4-winged, the wings 
fleshy and thick, rather narrow, waved. 
— Tenasserim.—Fl.-Feb. 
—An evergreen s: 
suite the bark grey ; rae elongate- Cicas atekas to obo- 
vate-oblong, long-acuminate at the base, on a rather slender petiole 
an inch oe or Pane, shortly acuminate or apiculate, entire, 1-1¢ | 
ft. long, chartaceous, glabrous; flowers conspicuous, purplish red, 
with white, long filaments, sessile, forming lateral, long, p endulone, 
, cylindrical, somewhat pulverulent spikes ; sek tube about 
3 lin. long, obconical, 4-cornered, the limb valvately 4-lobed, the 
lobes about 2 lin. long, rounies and blunt, ellison es outside ; 
Saag ovate, blunt ; fruit (ace Jack) a berry or apple. 
_ Has.—Forests of Southern Tenasserim. 
B. pendula, Kz.—A small tree; leaves lanceolate-oblong, 
‘d ‘at both ends, long-petioled, one foot long or longer, 
