CLASS XI. 
-DODECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
RHIZOPHORA. Schreb. gen. n. 806. 
Calyx from four to many-cleft. Corol from four to 
many-petalled. Stamina from eight to many. Germ 
inferior, from three to four-celled ; cells from one to two- 
seeded ; attachment superior. Pericarp none. Seed so- 
litary, subcylindric. Embryo inverse, no perisperm. 
1. R. mangle. Willd. 2. 843. 
Leaves opposite, oblong, cuspidate. Peduncles three- 
flowered. Flowers octandrous. Fruit subulate-clavate. 
Pee-candel. Rheed. Mal. 6. t. 34. 
. Teling. Upoo-poma. 
Mangium calendarium. Rumph. Amb. 3. t. 71. 
Bhora of the inhabitants of the Delta of the Ganges, 
‘where it grows to be a tree of considerable size. 
Leaves opposite, petioled, decussate, oblong, entire, 
cuspidate, smooth on both sides, fleshy, veinless, marked 
with numerous, blackish minute dots underneath ; from 
four to six inches long. Petioles round, about an inch 
long. Stipules large, in pairs within the leaves, cadu- 
cous, Peduncles axillary, solitary, recurved, .generally 
three-flowered, smooth, compressed, bracted at the apex, 
where it divides. Pedicles short,thick and ending in a cup- 
like bracte, in which the flower sits. Calyx four-leaved. 
Leaflets oblong, permanent. Petals four, lanceolate, havy- 
ing the inside and margins very woolly. Filaments always 
eight, very short. Anthers linear, Germ superior, four- 
celled, each containing a single ovula attached to the up-— 
per end of the axis. Style thick, Stigma bidentate. Seed 
clavate, pendulous, from one to two feet Bees ret 
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