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118 The Philippine Journal of Science 1914 
PUNICACEAE 
PUNICA Linnaeus 
PUNICA GRANATUM Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 472; Safford 362. 
G. E. S. 79, locally known as granada. 
A native of south-eastern Asia, now cultivated in all warm countries. 
RHIZOPHORACEAE 
BRUGUIERA Lamarck 
BRUGUIERA CONJUGATA (Linn.) comb. nov. 
Rhizophora conjugata Linn. Sp. Pl. (1758) 443, non aliorum! 
Rhizophora gymnorhiza Linn. 1. ¢. 
Bruguiera gymnorhiza Lam. Illustr. 2 (1797) t. 397; Safford 202, pl. 40. 
G. E. S. 339, locally known as majigling lahe. 
Along tidal streams on tropical shores from eastern Africa to India, 
Japan, and Polynesia. 
If we follow the rules of nomenclature, as to priority, the acceptance of 
the Linnean specific name conjugata for this species is unavoidable, although 
it has only place priority over Rhizophora gymnorhiza in the original 
publication. Trimen”™ states: “There is no specimen in Herman’s Herb., 
but his drawing is unmistakably this species [Bruguiera gymnorhiza Lam.] 
and it is the whole foundation for Linnaeus’s Rhizophora conjugata, which 
name has been since always applied to another plant, R. Candelaria DC., 
to which this bears a strong resemblance in foliage.” 
Rhizophora conjugata (R. gymnorhiza), is not always easily distin- 
guished from R. eriopetala W. & A., and various authors have by no means 
always described the same species under the name Bruguiera gymnorhiza. 
Blume’s™ description of Bruguiera gymnorhiza applies unmistakably to 
typical B. eriopetala W. & A. I have little doubt but that the correct name 
for the species now going under the name of Bruguiera eriopetala W. & A. 
is B. sexangula (Lour.) Poir., which dates from 1790. 
RHIZOPHORA Linnaeus 
RHIZOPHORA CANDELARIA DC. Prodr. 3 (1828) 32; Trimen Fl. Ceyl. 
2 (1894) 151. 
Rhizophora conjugata Auct., non Linn. 
McGregor 368, Mrs. Clemens s. n. 
Along tidal streams from tropical east Africa to Polynesia. 
There is apparently no question as to the validity of the above specific 
name for the present species. It was based on two references, the first to 
Rheede Hort. Malabar. 6: ¢. 84, the second to Rumph. Herb. Amboin. 3: 
t. 71, 72, of which the former must be interpreted as the type. Blume”™ 
however, refers Rumpf’s plates to R. mucronata Lam., and Rheede’s to R. 
conjugata=R. candelaria DC. Rumpf’s figures are unusually crude, and it 
is quite impossible to determine which of the two species they represent. 
His description seems to me to include both. 
“Fl. Ceyl. 2 (1894) 154. 
“Mus. Bot. 1 (1849) 186. 
"Mus. Bot. 1 (1849) 183, 134. 
