82 Botany of the Tenasserim Provinces. 



The one referred to in my description is numbered 645, 

 the other is 691 . This appears to have no glands alternating 

 with the stamens. 



The tree is very conspicuous when in flower, and has a 

 decided influence on the landscape, from its dense mass 

 of inflorescence. No. 691 does not appear to have punctate 

 leaves. 



Syndesmis, Wall. PI. 2. 



Flores Polygami — Calyx tubulosus, hinc fissus (coloratus.) 

 Petala saepissime 4, a medio infra cum staminibus gynophoro 

 elongato adhaerentia. Stamina A. 0#«TOm lenticulatum l-lo- 

 culare. Stylus lateralis, stigma obtusum. Fructus ignotus. 



CI. Linneana, Tetrandria Monogynia. 



Ordo Naturalis, Anacardiace^e. 



Habitus. — Arbores fruticesve, foliis oblongis coriaceis, im- 

 punctatis-glabris. Flores cymosi. 



Syndesmis elegans, Wall, in Roosb. Fl. Indica, p. 314. 



Hab. — Ad marginem sylvae inter Kulweng et Mergui. 

 November, 1834. 



Frutex vel arbuscula, vix resinosa, folia lanceolato-oblonga, 

 breviter petiolata, ad apices ramorum conferta, coriacea, sub-in- 

 tegra, obtuse acuminata, glabra, penninervia. Paniculae cymosae 

 terminales, saepius 2-3 aggregates : pedunculi presertim se- 

 cundarii compressi. Bracteae ovalae, membranaceae, deciduae. 

 Flores polygami numerosi fortiter odorati. Calyx miniatus, 

 tubo cylindrico ad anthesin hinc longitudinaliter fisso et 

 subtrifido. Petala 4, interdum 5, subaequalia lineari-spa- 

 thulata calyce fero duplo longiora, apicibus revolutis, hypo- 

 gyna et infra gynophora connata, aestivatione imbricata. 

 Stamina semper 4 petalis alternantia usque ad-medium gyno- 

 phoro-connata, libera. Filamenta filiformia subaequalia. An- 

 therce erectae basibus affixae, biloculares longitudinaliter 

 dehiscentes. Pollen ovatum, leve, hinc sulcatum. Stylus later- 



