1876.] Knowledge of 'the Burmese Flora. 207 



Dr. Hooker claims authority for the name, citing the Genera Planta- 

 rum, where nothing of the kind occurs. 



Parishia, Hf. 



1. P. isrsiGNis, Hf. in Linn. Trans. XXIII. 169. t. 26 and Ind. Fl. 

 II. 30. 



Hab. Frequent in the tropical forests of the Andamans ; also in 

 Southern Tenasserim. — Fr. May. 



Swintonia, Griff. 

 Conspectus of Species, 

 x Leaves opaque and glaucous beneath. 



Pedicels \ — 1 lin. long ; petals hardly a line long ; drupes oblong, S. Schwenckii. 



x x Leaves one-coloured and glossy. 

 Leaves greyish green, the nerves and net-venation conspicuous ; pedicels 3 — 5 lin. long ; 



petals 2 lin. long, 8. Griffithii. 



Similar to the above, but leaves dark -brown, the net-venation obsolete ; drupes 

 obovoid, , 8. Selferi. 



1. S. Schwenckii, Teysm. and Binnend. Cat. Hort. Bog. 230 (line 

 13 from below) ; Hf . Ind. Fl. II. 26 (Astropetalum sp. 2 Griff. Not. Dicot. 

 412 teste Hf.). 



Hab. Common in the tropical forests of the eastern slopes of the 

 Pegu Yomah and from Martaban down to Tenasserim ; also Chittagong. — 

 Fl. Feb.— Apr. ; Fr. May. 



2. S. Griitithit, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, 75 ; Hf. 

 Ind. Fl. II. 26. (Astropetalum sp. 1. Griff. Not. Dicot. 411 t. 565. f. 2. 

 b— d, teste's!.). 



Hab. Tenasserim, Mergui (Griff. 1124). 



3. S. Helfebi, Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 26. 

 Hab. Tenasserim (Helf. 1122). 



Melanorrhoea, Wall. 



Conspectus of Species. 



Leaves glabrous ; panicles usually minutely puberulous ; fruit-stalk nearly 1| in. long, 



slender, M. glabra. 



Leaves beneath and panicles pubescent or villous ; fruit-stalk short and thick, 



. . M. usitata. 



1. M. glabra, Wall. PL As. rar. III. 50. t. 283 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 

 25. 



Hab. Tenasserim, in forests from Tavoy southwards. — Fl. Decb. 



2. M. tjsitata, Wall. PI. As. rar. I. 9. t. 11-12 and in Journ. As. 

 Soc. Beng. VIII. 70. c. tab. ; Sering. in Bull. Bot. II. 38. t. 4 ; Hf. Ind. Fl, 

 II. 25. (M. sp. Griff. Not. Dicot. 409 ?). 



27 



