204 S. Kurz — Contributions towards a [No. 4, 



the Khasi Hills, and I came upon a large number of their prettily con- 

 structed nests, and secured the eggs of S.fuliginosa, Cisticola schomicola, 

 Prima Hodgsoni, &c, the old birds of which I shot at the time. These 

 nests were generally about two feet above the ground, and constructed of 

 fine grasses, the leaves and stems of which were all drawn in together and 

 the leaves often threaded through with the finer fibres. 



XVI. — Contributions towards a Knowledge of the 'Burmese Flora. 



By S. Kttez. 



(Continued from Vol. XLIV, p. 190). 



SABIACEJE. 

 Conspectus of Genera. 



1. Sabia. Stamens 4 — 5, all perfect. Ovary 2 — 3-lobed. Drupes usually com- 

 pressed. 



2. Meliosma. Stamens 5, very unequal. Ovary 2 — 3-celled. Drupes more or 

 less globose. 



Sabia, Coleb. 



Conspectus of Species. 



* Glabrous. Flowers panieled. 



Flowers about a line across, the pedicels short and thick ; leaves coriaceous, 8. limoniacea. 

 Flowers nearly 4 lin. in diameter, the pedicels capillary and long ; leaves membra- 

 nous, 8. viridissima. 



* * Branchlets and leaf-nerves beneath tomentose ; panicles glabrous, 8. tomentosa. 



1. S. limoniacea, Wall. Cat. 1000 ; Hf. Ind. PL II. S.—(8. sp. 

 GrifE. Not. Dicot. 423. t. 568. f. 2). 



Hab. Chittagong. 



2. S. vibidissima, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, 304 ; Hf. 

 Ind. Fl. II. 3. 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the tropical forests of South Andaman, espe- 

 cially along the western coast. — Fl. May. 



Meliosma, Bl. 



1. M. simplicifolia, Bl. in Bumph. III. 197 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 1/2 613 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 5 (Millingtonia simplicifolia, Boxb. Corom. 

 PI. III. t. 254 and Fl. Ind. I. 103 ; Griff. Not. Dicot. 162. t. 442 ; Sabia ? 

 floribunda, Miq. Suppl. Fl. Sum. 521). 



Hab. Tropical forests of Tenasserim, from Moulmein southwards ; Ava 

 hills ; also Chittagong. — PL March, Apr. 



