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Bartling, 1830/^ devised a system of classification in which the 

 Rhizophorese were removed from the Order Myrtinese and put 

 under one called Calyciflorae, i. e., on account of its structure it was 

 placed with the Vochysiese between the Onagracese and the Combre- 

 tacege. 



Endlicher, 1836/* used a modified system of Jussieu's, but the 

 changes were largely in the great subdivisions, the genera are still 

 those of Bartling more particularly. 



Brongniart, 1843,'*° transposes and enlarges the family of Rhizo- 

 phorese and places it in an order CEnotherincc with Lythracese and 

 Myrtaceae as a doubtful member. 



Meisner, 1843," groups the Melastomaceae, Lythracese, Ona- 

 gracere, Combretacese and Vochysiese with the Rhizophoraceae as 

 class 16, Calcycanthemoe. 



Lindley, 1845,'*^ reorganized the group and under the head Myr- 

 tales united ten families, one of which was the Rhizophorese, thus 

 recogninzing its affinities with the Myrtales, on account of its "pluri- 

 locular ovary, polypetalous flowers, valvate calyx, indefinite stamens 

 and flat cotyledons much shorter than the radicle, which germinates 

 before the fruits fall." He recognizes five genera. 



Grisebach, 1864,*^ mentions only R. mangle as being found in 

 the western hemisphere and says that Meyers's R. racemosa is 

 synonymous. 



Hemsley, W. B.,"*^ in his reprint on the "Voyage of the Chal- 

 lenger" regards the R. mangle as the only Rhizopliora in the 

 Americas. 



Hooker, 1879,^° in the Flora of British India does not include 

 R. mangle, but it is known to occur in the Pacific Islands and fol- 

 lows there certain lines of dissemination. 



43 Bartling, Fr., " Ordines Nat. Plant.," 1830. 

 4* Endlicher, S., " Gen. Plant. Sec. Ordines Nat. Pis.," 1836. 

 45 Brongniart', Adolphe, " Enumeration des Genres des Plantes cultives," 

 1843. 



40 Meisner, C. P., "Plant Vasculariurfi Gen. Sccund Ordines, 1843. 



4" Lindley, John, " Vegetable Kingdom," p. 726, 1845. 



48 Grisebach, A. H. K., " Flora of British West Indies," p. 274, 1864. 



40 Hemsley, W. B., "Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger, Bot. Bermudas," 



50 Hooker, D. J., "Flora of British India," Vol. II., p. 435, 1878. 



