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XXI. TILIACEJ] 



[Pentace 



2. PENTACE, Hasbk.; M. Brit. Ind. i. 381. 



Trees with leather}- leaves and numerous small flowers in terminal panicles. 

 Calyx campanulate, 5-iid. Stamens numerous, filaments usually in 5 bundles. 

 Staniinodes 5, short. Ovary 5-celled. Fruit dry, indehiscent, 1 -celled, 1-seeded, 

 with S-10 large membranous wings. Embryo large, in a thin albumen. Species 

 15, Burma and the Eastern Peninsula. 



1. P. burmani- 



ca, Kurz, F. El. i. 

 154. Vern. Thltka^ 

 Burm. 



A large evergreen 

 tree, wood red (white 

 when fresh cut), 

 shining, not hard, 

 even grained, medul- 

 lary rays prominent 

 on radial section, 

 young shoots j^iibes- 

 cent. Leaves ovate- 

 or obovate - oblong, 

 acuminate, more or 

 less sinu.ate - lobed, 

 glossy above, pale 

 and pubescent be- 

 neath. Secondary 

 nerves 5-7 pair, the 

 lowest pair basal. 

 Inflorescence tavmy- 

 tomentose Stamens 

 in 5 bundles of 4-7 



alternating with long linear staminodes. Capsule with 5 broad membranous 

 wings, 1-1 J in. long. 



Evergreen and bemi-evergreen forests on the hills of Burma. Fl. February, Marcli 

 Also on the hills of Cambodia. 2. i». GrtffitHii, King, in Journ. As. Soo. Beng., vol, 60, 

 11. KM, of Tavoy, has leaves with 5 basal nerves, the 2 outer close to the maro-in the 3 

 inner very prominent, large flowers (J in. diam.) and a capsule with 10 wings!" ' 



3. BERRYA, Eoxb. ; FL Brit. Ind, I 383. 



-o ?; A^^rnmonilla, Roxb., Cor. PL 264 The only species. Wight 111. t. 34 ; 

 Bedd. M. Syly. t. 58. Vern. Petwtin, Burm. 



A tall tree with smooth pale bark, heartwood dark red, very hard. Leaves 

 cordate; acute, bright green, with 5-7 basal nerves, margin undulating, glabrous 

 above, glabrous or slightly pubescent beneath. Petiole 2-4, blade 5-8 in, long. 

 Stipules 1 m. bng, linear-setaceous. PL white, numerous, | in. diam., in lax 

 terminal panicles. Stamens oo, free^ no staminodes. Ovary 3-4-celled 

 Oapsule supported by the persistent calyx, globose, pubescent, with 6 

 horizontally spreading, blunt, papery wings 1 in. long. Seeds 1-4 in each cell. 



Malabar, Travancore, Ceylon, Andamans, Burma. Fl.O.S. Pierre, PL For. Cochinoh . 

 t,16d, regards tlie tree oi the Eastern Peninsula, leaves softly tomentose beneath as a 

 distinct species—^, mollis, Wall. ^ wixx«nwbe oenea^n, as a 



4. GREWIA, Linn. ; PL Brit. Ind, i, 383. 



Trees or shrubs, mostly deciduous, at times scrambling or climbing. Branch- 

 lets, leaves and sepals mostly clothed with stellate hairs. Simple hairs on petals. 



Fig. 45.— Pentace burmanica, 'Kwvz. *. 



