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LVir. RHizoPHORE^. (G. Henslow.) 



[Brugidefra, 



2. B. eriopetala, W. ^- A. in Wight III i. p. 210; Jc. t. 239 a. ; wa- 

 uncles 1-flowered, calyx usually about 10-cleft, lobes linear acuminate about 

 1 in. exceeding the ribbed tube in fruit,- petals with margins densely hirsute 

 with silyery hairs from base to apex lobes somewhat obtuse, one seta on each 

 lobe and one longer in the notch, ovary 3-4-celled. Wall Cat. 2451 ; Bram: 

 For. Fl. 219. B. Eumphii, Blume Mus. Bot. 138. B. parietosa, Griff. NoUL 

 iv. 670 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 641. ^ ^ ^ ' 



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Malabar; at Quilon, Wight. Malayan Peninstjla, Griffith.— Distrjs. Malay 

 Archipelago, China. ' -^ 



A tree. Leaves ovate or oblong, acuminate at both ends. Calyx-lobes from 9-1*, 

 somewhat triquetrous, suberect in fruit. Aiithers linear. 



3. 



Mus. Bot. i. 141; peduncles 



3-flowered, calyx about 8-cleft, lobes linear subacute about \ in. reflexed and 

 half the length of the tube in fruit, petals ciliate from base to apex nearly erect 

 bifid bearing 3-4 bristles and 1 in the notch, ovary 2-celled. Miq^ Fl Ind. 

 Bat. i. 589 ; Kurz For. Fl. Brit. Burnt, i. 450. Rhizophora caryophylloides. 

 Jack Mai. Misc. i. 34; HooJc. Bot. Misc. ii. 80; Wall. Cat. 4879; DC. Prodr^ 

 iii. 32, 8; Am. in Ann. Nat. Hist. i. 368 ; Wight III I. 210. R. cylmtoca, 

 Linn. sp. 635. Kanilia caryophylloides, Blmne Mus. Bot. Ul.—Jiheede Mott. 

 Mai. vi. t. 33. 



TiDAX FORESTS OF India, from Malabar to Malacca and Ceylon.— Distrcb. Malay 

 Archipelago, 



coriaceous 



flowered ; biids subacute, pedicelled. Caly 



about ^ in., urceolate, slightly constricted below the calyx-limb. Eadicle subcL 

 subacute. 





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4. B. malabarica, Am. in Wight HI i. 210 : peduncles about 3-flower 

 calyx about 8-cleft, lobes subobtuse reflexed about i in. and half the lengtn 



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Buds 



Malabar Coast ; Blieede, Wight. ^^ 



A tree. Leaves herbaceous. Peduncles equalling the petioles, 3-flowered. ^ 

 obtuse, sessile. Fruit about | in. long, campanulate, not or scarcely constricted d ^^ 

 the calyx-limb. Radicle as in the last species but apparently much softer than tna 

 any other.— This may prove to be a variety or subspecies of B. caryophylloides. 



5. B. parviflora, W. ^ A. Prodr. i. 311 ; t>eduncles niany-flo^N^er^^^ 

 calyx about 8-cleft, lobes lanceolate about ^ in. long erect much shorter x^ 

 the tube in fruit, petals with 5 bristles, ovary S-celled, fruit subcylindjic a^^ 

 1 m. long, mdicle subcylindric slender truncated. Mia. Fl. Ind. Bat. u o i 

 Wight JIL 1.210; Bedd. FL Sylv. 101; Kurz For. Fl Brit. Burm. i.,^.. 

 Rhizophora parviflora, Boxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 641 ; Wall. Cat. 4877. B. 

 Boxb. Hort. Beng. 36 ; Wall Cat. 4877. Kanilia parviflora, Blume 

 140t. 30; Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 95. 



Littoral forests, from the Sundekbunds to Malacca.— Distbib. Malayan ^^ 

 pelago. e D^ 



A shrub or small tree. Leaves oblong or broadly lanceolate. FeduncUso^^^ ^^^ 

 twice tnchotomous. Calyx^tube ta^mnz at the base, ribbed; lobes very suu 

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