480 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE ASD PRODUCTIONS. 



Illigeea, Bhune. 



Cahjx-loles valvate, deciduous. Fruit extended into 2 or 4 lateral wings. 

 Climbers witli 3-foliolate leaves. 



I. APPENDicuLATA, Bl. W.C. Tropical forests of Pegu, Tenasserim, and 



Coryzadenia trifoliata, Griff. the Andamans. 



Gykocvkpcs, Jacqueminot. 



Ctilijx-lohes imtirieate, 2 of tliem persistent and enlarging, ■wing-like. Nut 

 2-wingLd at the top. Erect trees, with entire or lobed leaves. 



G. JAUtriNi, Roxb. Coast forests of Tenasserim, the Andamans 



Pyn-leh-thyt-kouk (Kurz). ^nd Nicobars. 



Order EHIZOPHOllE^. 



Cahjx-titbe usually adnate to the ovary, sometimes produced beyond it, rarely 

 quite free, the limb 4-14-lobed, valvate. Petals as many as calyx-lobes and 

 alternating with them, the margins usually induplicate, and embracing the stamens. 

 Stamens as many or twice as many as petals, or more, inserted with them at the base 

 of the free part or lobes of the calyx. Anthers erect or versatile, 2-celled, opening 

 longitudinally. Ovary more or less inferior, or rarely quite superior, 2- or more- 

 celled, with 2 or few pendulous ovules in each cell, or rarely 1 -celled by obliteration 

 of the partition. Style simple, with an entire or lobed stigma. Fruit inferior, or 

 inclosed in the calyx. Seeds solitary or few, with or without albumen. The 

 Ehizophors form an important agency in binding the muddy shores of tropical 

 countries especially along estuaries. The bark of many is astringent, and good for 

 tanning purposes. It is also often used for dyeing black. The timber of Bruguiera 

 and others is hard and durable. 



Sub-order REIZOPIIORE^. 



Ovary inferior. Albumen none. Seeds germinating on the tree, the thick radicle 

 rapidly enlarging and protruding from the summit of the fruit. Salt-loving shrubs 

 or trees. 



* Orary-cells u-ith 2-6 ovules. 



EnizornoRA, Linn/rus. 



Calyx 4-cleft. Petals entire. Anthers 8-12, nearly sessile. Ovary 2-celled, 

 the cells 2-ovulod. 



E. MUCKONATA, Lamk. E.T. Mangrove swamps in Arakan, Tenasserim, 



R. mangle, Eoxb. and the Nicobars. 



R. stylosa and macrorhita. Griff. 



Hpyu (generic). 



Flowers pedicellod, the petals villous along the borders. Stamens 8. 

 M. CONJUGATA, L. F.T. Mangrove swamps in Arakan, Tenasserim, 



R. candelaria. Griff. and the Andamans. 



Flowers sessile, the petals quite glabrous. Stamens 8-12. 



The timber of this genus deserves notice, being heavy and close-grained, and 

 the bark of value for tanning. 



Ceeiops, Arnott. 



Calyx 5-6-cloft. Petals notched, appendaged. Stamens 10-12. Ovary 3-celled, 

 the cells 2-ovuled. 



C. (Ehizophoka) decaxiika, Griff. Littoral forests all over Burma and the 



C. Roxburghiana, Arn. Andamans. 



