694 i-iv. RHizopHORACE^. [Ceriofs. 



disc. Stamens lo to 12. Ovary 3-celled; cells 2-ovuled; style 

 short. Stigma simple. Fruit obovoid, i-celled, i-seeded; radicle 

 slender. Species 7, tidal rivers, Old World. 



(i) C. CandoUeana Am, Ann. Nat. Hist. i. 364; Wight, 

 III. 209. 



Large shrub or tree. Leaves obovate-oblong blunt, narrowed 

 long to base, 175 to 2 in. long, i to 1-5 in. wide; petioles '6 to 

 I in. long. Cymes i in. long, branched. Flowers "25 in. long. 

 Calyx-lobes 5, oblong. Petals oblong-obovate, truncate with 3 

 short appendages. Stamens 10, as long. Fruit obclavate, nearly 



1 in. long ; radicle 6 to 12 in. long, slender, thickened near tip, 

 grooved when dry. Hab. Mangroves, common. Singapore, Jurong, 

 etc., to Penang. Distrih. India and Ceylon, Borneo. Native 

 name : Tengah. Use : In dyeing, giving a bright brown colour, 

 and in tanning nets and sails. Cloth dyed in Tengah bark and 

 then in indigo, becomes purple or black. 



C. Roxburghiana Arn, King, I.e. 316. " Probably in all the provinces," 

 has never been collected in the Malay Peninsula. 



3. KANDELIA, Wight and Arn. 



Small tree. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, oblong blunt. 

 Peduncles axillary, dichotomously branched. Flowers few, large, 

 white. Calyx 5- to 6-lobcd ; lobes linear lanceolate. Petals 5 to 6, 

 bifid; lobes multifid. Stamens indefinite; filaments slender, 

 exsert. Ovary i-celled, half inferior, prolonged above calyx into 

 a cone; ovules 6. Stigma 3-lobed. Fruit obclavate, cylindric, 

 girt at base by calyx-tube, i-celled, i-seeded; radicle fusiform, 

 slender. Species i, Indo-Malaya. 



(i) K. Rheedii W. and A. Prodr. i. 311 ; King, I.e. 317. 



Leaves 2 to 4 in. long, i'5 in. wide ; petioles "5 in. long. Peduncles 



2 in. long, 4- to 9-flowered. Flowers '6 to "8 in. long. Fruit i in. 

 long; radicle 6 to 15 in. long. Hab. Tidal rivers, very local. 

 Johor, Batu Pahat. Pahang, Pulau Lang, Rumpin (Foxworthy). 

 Distrib. India, Ceylon, Malay isles. 



2. BRUGUIERA, Lamk. 



Trees or large bushes. Leaves coriaceous. Peduncles axillary, 

 cymose, or i-flowered. Flowers large or small. Calyx-lobes 

 narrow, 8 to 14, tube obconic, ebracteate. Petals oblong, as many, 

 2-lobed or emarginate, embracing pairs of stamens. Stamens 16 

 to 28 ; filaments fihform ; anthers linear, as long. Ovary 2- to 

 4-celled, not projecting; cells 2-ovuled. Stigma 2- to 4-lobed, 

 minute. Fruit obconic ; radicle long. Species 7, Old World 

 Tropics. 



Flowers solitary, axillary, large; calyx red. 



Petals 2-lobed ; lobes with 2 to 4 bristles, 

 glabrous (i) B. gymnorhiza 



