RlIIZOl'HOllE.E. 481 



Kap-yaing. 



Cymes compact, on very sliort peduncles. Petals bristly fringed towards their tips. 

 C. CiNUOLLEAX.v, Am. Mangrove swamps in tlie Andamans and Nicobars. 



Cymes rather lax. Petals terminated by 2 or 3 club-shaped appendages. 



Kandelia, Wight el Arnutt. 



Calijx .5-6-cIeft. Petals cut. Stamens many, the filaments capillary. Ocary 

 1 -celled, with G ovnies. 



K. Rheedei, "W.A. Littoral forests of Pegu and Teuasserim. 



* * Oranj-celh icith a solUarij ovule. 



Beuguiera, Lamarch. 



Cahjx 8-14-cleft. retals 2-cleft, appondaged. Sfamem 10-28, tlu! filaments 

 filiform. Ovary 2-4-celled. 



Sub-genus Kaxflia, B1. 



Calyx-tuhe almost club-shaped, the limb 8-cleft. Pefah 8, bearing bristles at 

 the tips. Stamens 16, the filaments filiform and longer than the cordate or ovate 

 anthers. Fruit cylindrical. 



B. (Rhizophoka) paevifloea, Roxb. Littoral forests of Tenasserim and 



Hpyu-soung. the Andamans. 



Calyx-tube narrowed at the base, ribbed, the lobes very short and stiff. 



B. (Rhizophoea) cakyophylloides. Griff'. Mouth of the Salwcen. 



Calyx-tube obtuse at the base, smooth, the lobes nearly as long as the tube. 



Sub-genus MAroirir, Bl. 



Calyx-tule almost bell-shaped, the limb 10-14-cleft. Petal-i 10-14. Stamens 20-28, 

 the anthers linear, longer than tlie filaments. Ovary 3-4-celled. Fruit turbinate. 



B. GYjixoRHizA, Lamk. Littoral forests of Arakan, Tenasserim, 

 B. Viyhtii anil Rhcedii, Bl the Andamans and Nicobars. 



£. parietosa and B. \0-anyulata, Griff. 



B. eriopetala, Wight. 



Sub-order LEGNOTIBE^. 



Ovary inferior, almost superior or free. Emhryo imbedded in a fleshy albumen. 

 Seeds germinating in the ordinary way. 



* Ovary inferior. Calyx hell-shaped beyond the ovary. 

 Caeallia, lioxburyh. 

 Calyx-lubes short, erect. Stamens 10-16. Ovary-eells 2-ovuled. Flowers cymosc. 



C. lucida, Roxb. Pegu and Tenasserim np to 4000 feet. 



C. inteyerrima, DC. The ^Nicobars. 

 C. Zeylanica, Arn. 



Ma-ni-ok-ku. 



Leaves usually entire, petals not embracing the filaments. 



C. lance.efolia, Roxb. Tenasserim. 



C. conjinis, Bl. 



Leaves serrulate. Petals embracing the filaments. 



* * Ovary superior or nearly so, with a broad base adnate to the calyx. 

 Gynoteoches, Blume. 

 Calyx without bractlets. Stamens 8-10, filaments elongate. Ovary-cells 4-ovuled. 

 G. AXiLLAius, 151. Upper Tenasserim. 



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