402 RHIZOPHORACER, 
Tribe RHIZOPHOREA. 
| 1. RHIZOPHORA. 
Rhizophora, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 592; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 678. 
About six species, generally dispersed on tropical shores. 
1. Rhizophora mangle, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 634; Jacq. Amer. t. 89. 
Mexico (Schiede); PaNnaMA, very common on the sea-shore from Panama to North- 
west Mexico (Seemann).—Coast of TropicaL AMErRIca and the West-Inp1An IsLanps. 
The same species is said to be found in West Tropican Arrica. Hb. Kew. 
Tribe LEGNOTIDEA. 
2. CASSIPOUREA. 
Cassipourea, Aubl. Pl. Guian. i. p. 529; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 682. 
Three species, restricted to Tropical America. 
1. Cassipourea elliptica, Poir. Suppl. ii. p. 34. 
Legnotis elliptica, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. t. 17. 
Panama, Aspinwall, in swamps (S. Hayes, 160), Chagres (Fendler, 191), island of 
Coiba (Seemann, 633).—West Inpims and CotompBia. Hb. Kew. 
Order LIU. COMBRETACE. 
Combretacee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 688. 
About 250 species of trees and shrubs, belonging to fifteen genera. Generally 
dispersed in tropical regions; rarer in subtropical. 
Suborder COMBRETEZ. 
1. TERMINALTA. 
Terminalia, Linn. Mant. n. 1283; Benth. et Gen. Plant. i. p- 685. 
About eighty or ninety species, more numerous in the Old World than in America. 
1. Terminalia buceras, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 686. 
Bucida buceras, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 556 ; Bot. Reg. t. 907. 
Panama, Aspinwall (8. Hayes)—West Inpiss and northern parts of Sour AMERICA. 
Hb. Kew. 
2. Terminalia excelsa, Liebm. (MSS. 2). 
SoutH Mexico, Mirador (Liebmann). Hb. Kew. 
This name does not appear to have been published ; and the material in Kew her- 
barium is insufficient for description. 
