BMzojfhora.'] lvil rhizophore^. (G. Henslow,) 435 



Anisophj/lled) ; ovules usually 2 in eacli cell, pendulous. F7'uit coriaceous, 

 mostly indehiscent, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Seed pendulous, arillate or not ; albumen 

 fleshy or ; embryo inverted, small if surrounded by albumen, elongated if 

 exalbuminous ; radicle macropodous in the tribe Rhizophoreee y perforating the 

 apex of the pericai'p and germinating while the fruit still adheres to tie tree. — 

 DiSTRiB. Tropical plants ; many sharing with an arboreal vegetation the muddy 

 shores of the estuaries of rivers. Genera 17, species about 50, 



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Tribe I, Rliizoplioreae- Leaves opposite, stipulate. Ovary inferior ; 

 style single. Embryo exalbuminous, macropodous, genninating while the fruit 

 is still on the tree. 



Petals 4, entire. Stamens 8. Ovary 2-celled 1. Khizophora. 



Petals 5-6, emarginate. Stamens 10-12. Ovary 3-celled . 2. Ceriops. 



Petals b-^Q^ lacerate. Stamens oo. Ovary 1-celled . , . 3. Kindelu. 



Petals 8-34, 2-fid. Stamens 16-28. Ovary 2-4-celled . . 4. Brtjgtjiera. 



; Tribe II. Zieg*notideae. Leaves opposite, stipulate. Ovary half-infe- 

 ^or or superior but adnate to the base of the calyx ; style single. Embryo im- 

 niersed in fleshy albumen. ' * 



Calyx-tube minutely bracteolate, half-superior, lobes erect . 5. Caratxia. 



^aljx-tube ebracteolate, half-superior, lobes reflexed . . . G, Peli^acalyx. 

 ^alyx-tube ebracteolate, adnate to the base of the ovary ; cells 



of the ovary 4-0 vuled 7. G-ynotrochks. 



v^alyx-txibe with connate bracteoles, adnate to the base of the 



ovary, lobes patent ; cells of the ovary 2-ovuled .... 8. Wkihea. 



^alyx-tube ebracteolate, adnate to the base of the ovary, lobes 



■■-. erect . . 9. Blepharistemma. 



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V TkibeIII. Anlsophylleee. Leaves alternate, exstipulate. Orary infe- 

 ^or ; styles 4. Embryo exalbuminous. 



: ^racters of the tribe 10. Anisophyixea. 



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, Linn. 



flowern V 



Branches marked bv leaf-scars. Leaves ovate or elliptic, mucronate. 



2-3-chotomously divided and few-flowered 

 4-lobed, suiTounded at the base by connate bracteoles. 



Petah 



inserted 



Anther^ 



^Y ' "aiT-mienor, projecting beyona me caivA. aa a ucouj w^^ , ^^^^ -- 

 ^ied ; stigma bifid. FruU coriaceous, ovoid or obconic, crowned vni\\ the 



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alyx. Radicle elongated, clavate, pertoratr 



\r^cT 4Vat« +lin frpo info tlifi mud. — DlSTKIB 



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frequent on muddy tropical shores. 



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uncles arising 



fL, J" ?•• ttucronata, Lam. Di — . , ^ , - - .. i i . n- 



S Jr^ axils of leaves of the same yeai; longer than the petioks aboujt J5- 



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f^y flowers pedicellate. Bedd 

 ^*«; Bomb. FL 95 ; WigU III 



«*. 1. 447. R. macrnrrliizft. Gr 



Griff, in Tram. Med, 



'^ ^naelaria, W. 8c A. Ftodr. i. 310 ; Wall Vat. 4tt7&. R. Mangle, Linn. : 



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