410 LIV. RHIZOPHORACE® (OLIVER). [ Bruguera. 
shortly acuminate, narrowed and subcuneate at base, midrib very pro- 
minent beneath; 3—44 in. long, 14-2} in. broad; petiole ?—1} in. Pe- 
duncles decurved, 1-flowered, shorter than the petioles. Flowers about 
lin. long. Calyx-limb with about 11 narrow coriaceous linear acute 
segments ; tube costate above. Petals 2—3 length of calyx, oblong, rather 
coriaceous, lobed 1—} from apex, with a median seta and 1 obliquely 
from each rather obtuse mucronate lobe, hirsute-pilose below, especially 
towards the margins. Ovary 3-celled. Germinating radicle I have 
not seen.—Probably not specifically distinct from B. gymnorrluza, Lam. 
and B. capensis, Blum. 1. c. 
Mozamb. Distr. Luaboand Kongone mouth of Zambesi, Dr. Kirk! whose speci- 
mens are accompanied by a careful drawing. He describes it as the commonest and 
most handsome of the Zambesi Mangroves, littoral, but extending farther inland than 
the rest. 
Also South of the Tropic, and around the Indian Ocean. Dr. Sonder (FI. Cap. ii. 
514), reduces B. capensis, Wightii, and Rheedii, Bl, to B. gymnorrhiza; perhaps 
rightly. 
4. WEIHEA, Spreng.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 681. 
Calyx 4—5-fid or -partite, with a minute or obsolete bracteolar cupule 
at the base or base of very short pedicel; tube campanulate turbinate . 
or very short, lobes valvate, spreading. Petals as many as calyx-lobes, 
subhypogynous, spathulate, lamina laciniate. Stamens 10-20-30, sub- 
hypogynous, l-seriate or nearly so; filaments free, filiform ; anthers 
oblong or linear, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary free, globose oF 
ovoid, 3—5-suleate or -lobed, 3—(5)-celled ; style distinct ; stigma sub- 
capitate, lobulate. Ovules geminate, early arillate. Fruit globose, 
fleshy or coriaceous, dehiscing septicidally in as many valves as carpels. 
Seeds arillate; “embryo straight with flat cotyledons in a fleshy albu- 
men.”—Trees or shrubs; glabrous or buds and innovations pubescent. 
Leaves opposite, elliptical, entire or serrate, rather coriaceous. Stipules 
interpetiolar, oblong or lanceolate, deciduous. Flowers axillary, soli- 
tary or fascicled, sessile or very shortly pedicellate. 
A small genus, confined to Africa, the Mascarene Islands, and Ceylon. 
Leaves rounded or broadly and obtusely pointed. Flowers 5-merous. : 
Stamens about 20. Ovary glabrate . . ...... =. . 41. W.africana 
Leaves distinctly acuminate. 
Flowers 4-merous. Petals plumose. Stamens 28-30. Ovary 
hirsute Reg cette! pe a) ae AM Sg ee ae rn 
Flowers 5-merous. Stamens 10. Ovaryhirsute . . . . . . 3. W. Afzelit. 
1. W. africana, Benth. Shrub or small tree, glabrous or the 
young internodes and leaf- and flower-buds sparsely pubescent oF 
puberulous. Leaves coriaceous, from broadly to narrowly elliptical or 
oblanceolate, apex rounded entire or emarginate or obtusely pointed, 
more or less rounded or subcuneate at base, De ee acral or -serrulate 
excepting towards the base, though sometimes obsoletely ; midrib and 
reticulation rather prominent; 14-8 in. long, 3-21 in. tided ; petiole 
1-3 lines. Flowers axillary, sessile or subsessile, solitary or in fascicles 
