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The discovery of this second species, as A. Gray justly observes in ' Bonplandia,’ strengthens Haplo- 
petalon, and somewhat modifies the generic character. The leaves are much larger than in H. Richi, being 
5-7 inches long and 3-4 broad. 
II. Rhizophora, Linn. Gen, n. 592; Endl. Gen. n. 6098. Calyx tubo cum ovarii basi connato, 
limbi 4-partiti laciniis tubum duplo v. triplo superantibus. Petala 4, annulo carnoso summum calycis 
tubum vestienti extus inserta, ejusdem laciniis alterna, acuminata, apice nuda. Stamina 8-12, cum 
petalis inserta, 4 iisdem opposita; filamenta brevissima, subnulla; antherz introrse, 2-loculares, ob- 
longo-lineares, acuminate, basi insertz, conniventes, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium semi- 
inferum, parte adnata 2-loculari, 4-ovulata, parte libera solida ovata carnosa, sensim in stylum 
brevem conicum attenuata, stigmate 2-dentato. Fructus coriaceus, subovatus, supra basin calycis 
limbo reflexo cinctus, abortu 1-locularis, 1-spermus, apice seminis exalbuminosi inversi mox germi- 
nantis, radicula elongata clavata perforatus.—A rbores litorales ; foliis oppositis integerrimis glabris; 
stipulis interpetiolaribus caducis; pedunculis axillaribus 29.fidis v. dichotomis ; calyce bractea cupu- 
leformi suffulto ; floribus majusculis, alabastris ovoideis leevibus. 
1. R. mucronata, Lam. Dict. vol. vi. p. 169; Ill. t. 396. f. 2; foliis ovatis v. oblongo-ellipticis 
abrupte acuminatis; stipulis oblongis obtusis mox deciduis; floribus dichotomo-cymosis, marginibus 
petalorum pilosis, staminibus 8; fructu ovoideo.—Rhizophora Mangle, Forst. Prodr. n. 202, non 
Linn. (?). Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Dogo."—Common at the mouths of rivers and on swampy 
parts of all the islands (Seemann! n. 185). Also collected in New Caledonia (W. Anderson! anno 
1774), Tongan and Samoan islands (U. S. Expl. Exped.), and on the east coast of New Holland, the 
East Indies, and Mauritius. 
This tree produces a hard and durable wood. The sap has a blood-red colour, and is much employed 
by the natives, amongst whom it is as fashionable to dye their hair red as it was amongst the ladies of 
ancient Rome, after their roving husbands had become acquainted with the fair locks of the Teutonic race. 
When first put on, the sap is allowed to run freely over the face and neck, producing an effect very much 
like that a crown of thorns is represented to do in some of our familiar pictures. On the island of Nukubati, 
on the Macuata coast of Vanua Levu, I also saw the sap employed by potters for painting their crockery. 
Just after the pots had been baked, and were still quite hot, a mixture consisting of this fluid and the sap 
of Hibiscus moschatus, Linn., was used for that purpose, the colour of the paint remaining almost unchanged 
after the vessels had become cool and dry. The aerial roots, being very elastic, offer good materials for 
bows, of which the Fijians avail themselves. 
III. Bruguiera, Lam. Dict. vol. iv. p. 696. t. 397 ; Endl. Gen. n. 6101. Calyx tubo turbinato, 
. limbi 8-14-partiti laciniis tubum subzequantibus. Petala 8-14, annulo car- 
noso summum calycis tubum vestienti inserta, oblonga, 2-fida, basi conduplicata v. convoluta, sta- 
mina retinentia. Stamina 16-28, cum petalis inserta et geminatim opposita, tandem elastice ab 
iisdem resilientia ; filamenta filiformia, petalis subdimidio breviora, alternatim inzquilonga; anthers 
introrse, 2-loculares, lineares v. oblongze, acutz, basi insertz, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium 
inferum, 2-3-4-loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis, stylo filiformi staminum longitudine; stigmate 2—4-den- 
tato. Fructus coriaceus, turbinatus, calycis limbo coronatus, apice haud exserto seminis exalbumi- 
nosi inversi, mox germinantis, radicula elongato-cylindrica perforatus.— Arbores v. arbusculz littorales ; 
foliis oppositis integerrimis glabris, stipulis interpetiolaribus deciduis; pedunculis axillaribus 1-3-20- 
floris; calycibus ebracteatis, alabastris fusiformibus v. ovoideis. 
cum ovario connato, 
l. B. Rheedii, Blume, Fl. Jav.; Benth. Fl. Austr. vol. ii. p. 494; foliis ovatis v. oblongo-ellip- 
ticis breviter acuminatis jn petiolum attenuatis ; stipulis oblongis, mox deciduis ; pedunculis axilla- 
ribus solitariis deflexis (1 unc. et ultr. long.) ; petalis apice setosis ; fructibus teretibus 6-angulatis.— 
B. australis, A, Cunn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. vol. i. p. 367. B. Rheedii et B. Rumphii, Blume, Mus. 
Bot. vol. i. p. 138. B. gymnorhiza, Forst. Prodr. n. 201 (non Lam. ?). Nomen vernac. Vitiense, 
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