Eandelia.] lvii. rhizophokej:. (G. Henslow.) 437 





3. KAND&I.ZA, Wiffht ^ Am. 



.' A small tree. Leaves oblong, obtuse. Peduncles axillary, dichotomously 

 Dmnched, few-flowered. Floioers rather large, white. Calyx 5-6-merous, sur- 

 Tounded at the hase by connate bracteoles, adnate to the base of the ovary ; 

 lobes linear, valvate. Petals 2-fid ; lobes multifid, segments capillary. Stamens 

 indefinite, filaments slender exserted. Ovary 1-celled, prolongea above the 

 <^lyx into a fleshy cone ; stigma 3-lobed; ovules 6, fixei in pairs to a central 

 ^lumn. Fruit ovoid, girt by the reflexed limb of the calyx, 1-celled, 1-seeded, 

 Radicle fusiform, very acuminate. Gerniination as in Rhizophora. 



1. K. Rheedil, W. ^ A. Prodr. i. 310; Am. in Ann. Kat. Hist. i. 305-, 



flume Mus, Bot, 135 ; Wight HI i. t. 89 ; Hook. Ic. PI t. 3G2 ; Wall. Cat. 



^76; Bedd, FL Sylv. Anal. Gen. 100, pi. xiii. fig. 6; Kurz For. Fl. Biit. 



ifwm.i. 449.^ Rhizopora Oandel, Linn.x DC Prodr. iii. 32.— Pheede Hort. 

 ^dl vi. t. 35. 



SuNDERBtiNDS and tidal shores of both Peninsulas and Ceylon. — Distrib. Malay 

 Islands. 



A small evergreen tree. Leaves 2-4 by 1-2 in., narrowed at the base, quite entire, 

 ^arfc green above, reddish brown beneath, glabrous. Peduncles about l| in., erect, 

 twice branched dichotomously. Fruit 1 in. long, conic-ovoid. 



4. SaUGUIERA, Lam. 



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?■ Trees. Leaves usually coriaceous, oblong, quite entire. Peduncles axillary, 

 ''^^Xed, 1-x "flowered. Flowers rather large, coriaceous. Calyx 8-14-merous, 

 '<»oconical or campanulate, ebracteate, adnate to the base of the ovary ; lobes 

 subulate-lanceolate, valvate. Petals oblong, 2-Iobed, appendiculate, embracing the 

 stamens which spring elastically ftom them when mature. Stamens 16-28, 



filam 



Ovary 2-4-celle( 



stigma 2-4-lobed 



, included iu the calyx-tube ; cells 2-ovuled ; style filiform, 

 y s - - * '•^K^^^ minute. F)ntit turbinate, coriaceous, crowned with the calyx- 

 ^«ib, l-celled, 1-seeded. Germination as in BhizopIiora.—DiBTKLB. Species 

 *t>out 8 in the tropics of the Old World. 



1. ». g-ymnorhiza 



^he tube 



acuminate erect about f in. in length equalling 

 3etal3 densely hairy at the base nearly glabrous above 2-lobed 

 on each lobe and 1 in the notch, ovary 3-4-celled. W. ^ A. 



Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 586 ; Blume Mus 

 . 450. B. Rheedii, Miq. 1. c. 587 ; £ 



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J J- Bomb. Fl. 95 : Jfook. Ic. Fl. t. 397. Bhizophora gjmnorrliua, Eoxb. Fl. 

 ^"rt- u. 460 ; Griff. Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 645. 



t. T^'^oral and especially estuarian forests of India from tlie mouths of the Indus 



^ acca and Ceylon.— Distbib. Tropical Asia, Australia, Africa and the Pacific. 

 , A large evergreen tree. Leaves slightly acuminate, 3-6 by 1^-2} in.; stipules 

 .r^e. very deciduous. Peduncles cemuous, shorter than the petioles. Flowers 

 Sn^-yJ^- ^^^^- Ca/yx-<MAe almost campanulate, limb 10-U-cleft.^ Petals lO-li. 

 g««wfe fusiform with about 6 prominent angles, apex obtuse.— A ranety {B. Wighiu, 

 ^*P-} growing at the mouth of the Ganges and Indian Archipelago only differs ap- 

 l^tly from the preceding by the entire margins of the petals being more or less 



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