LEGYA, called by the Shans LAI-HKA, a state in the central. division of the southern Shan States of Burma, lying approximately between 20 0 1 s' and 21° 30' N. and 97° 50' and 98° 30' E., with an area of 1433 sq. m. The population was estimated at 30,000 in 1881. On the downfall of King Thibaw civil war FIG. 8. - Stamens and Pistil of Sweet Pea (Lathyrus). The stamens are diadelphous, nine of them being united by their filaments f, while the uppermost one (e) is free; st, stigma, c, calyx.
encloses the stamens and pistil, protecting them from rain and the attacks of unbidden polleneating insects. In his book on the fertilization of flowers, Hermann Muller distinguishes four types of papilionaceous flowers according to the way in which the pollen is applied to the bee: (I) Those in which the stamens and stigma return within the carina and thus admit of repeated visits, such are the clovers, Melilotus and laburnum. (2) Explosive flowers where stamens I, Calyx.
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From Vines's Students' TextBook of Botany, by permission of Swan, Sonnenschein & Co.
FIG. Io. - Dry dehiscent Fruit. The pod (legume) of the Pea. r,The dorsal suture; b, the ventral;c, calyx; s, seeds.
FIG. I I. - Lomentun or lomentaceous legume of a species of Desmodium. Each seed is contained in a separate cavity by the folding inwards of thewalls of the legume at equal intervals; the legume, when ripe,separates transversely into single-seeded portions. or mericarps.
.broke out, and reduced the population to a few hundreds. In 1901 it had risen again to 25,811. About seven-ninths of the land under cultivation consists of wet rice cultivation. A certain amount of upland rice is also cultivated, and cotton, sugar-cane and garden produce make up the rest; recently large orange groves have been planted in the west of the state. Laihka, the capital, is noted for its iron-work, both the iron and the implements made being produced at Pang Long in the west of the state. This and lacquer-ware are the chief exports, as also a considerable amount of pottery. The imports are chiefly cotton piece-goods and salt. The general character of the state is that of an undulating plateau, with a broad plain near the capital and along the Nam Teng, which is the chief river, with a general altitude of a little under 3000 ft.
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