CLASS XI. 



DODECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



RHIZOPHORA. Schreb. gen. n. 806. 

 Calyx from lour to many-cleft. Corol from four to 

 many-petallcd. Stamina from eip^ht to many. Ge7-m 

 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. 



Pec-candel. Rh2ed. Mai 6. t. 34. 



Teling. Upoo-poma. 



Mangium calendariuin. Rumph. Amb. 3. f. 71. 



Bhora of the inhabitants of the Delta of the Ganges, 

 where it grows to be a tree of considerable size. 



Leaves opposite, petioied, 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. / ecZwwcZes 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, hav- 

 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 iv^et long, pretty 



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