SHORT DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES. 



1. Dillenia indica. Thabyu. 



Medium tree, spreading, evergreen, found ■ near 

 streams. Twigs velvety. L. dark green, 12" 

 long, stalk hairy, channelled but not winged. 

 Fl. white. Fr. green 3" — 5" diameter. 



2. Dillenia pentagyna. Zinbyun, 



Tree with thick twigs marked by large scars of 

 fallen 1. ; young 1. silky, sharply toothed, the 

 veins very conspicuous, straight, numerous and 

 parallel ; base of 1. narrowed into a wing to the 

 stalk. PI. 1", yellow, their stalks clustfered on 

 the bare branches. Fr. enclosed in -fleshy sepals, 

 yellov(r-green, f" diameter. 



3. Miliusa velutina. Thabutgyi. 



Small tree, all velvety, branches horizontal. L, 

 with rounded base, on short- stalks in flat sprays. 

 Ripe fr. stalked in round heads. 



4. Crataeva Roxburghii. Kadet. 



Small tree with white spots on twigs. L. with 

 three leaflets jointed at tip of main stalk, 

 leaflets entire, glaucous beneath with conspicuous 

 arching veins, Fl. numerous, cream coloured, 

 stamens long and ovary on a very long stalk. 



5. Flacourtia cataphracta. Nay we., 



Small tree, stem armed with branching spines. 

 L. with scalloped edges ; lowest pair of veins 

 basal. Fr. round, \". 



