Sonneralia.] lx. lythrace^. 825 



6. SONNERATIA, Linn. fil. 



Big trees or shrubs growing near or in the sea, glabrous. Leaves 

 fleshy-coriaceous opposite petioled. Flowers in cymes of 3, terminal 

 large (occasionally solitary axillary). Calyx coriaceous ; lobes 4 to 8 

 lanceolate. Petals linear-oblong 4 to 8 or none. Stamens numerous 

 inserted in a band in tube. Ovary free or adnate at base of tube ; 

 style long. Stigma capitate. Berry sub-globose, 10- to 15-celled. 

 Seeds many, curved, imbedded in pulp. Species 4 or 5, Indo- 

 Malaya. 



Leaves narrow oblong ; petals present and with stamens 



pink (i) S. acida 



Leaves obovate ; petals o ; stamens white. 



Leaves obovate narrowed to base . . . . (2) S. Griffithii 



Leaves oblong orbicular . . . . . . (3) S. alba 



(i) S. acida Linn. fil. Supp. 252 ; Griff. NoMcb iv. 652 ; Clarke, 

 in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 580. 



Usually a shrub or small tree 10 to 35 ft. tall. Branches 4-angled. 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate to oblong obovate acuminate narrowed 

 to petiole blunt, 2 to 3 in. long, 1-25 in. wide. Buds solitary, 

 ellipsoid. Calyx-tube not angled; lobes 6 to 8 triangular. Petals 

 linear dilated upwards, pink. Stamens pink. Capsule depressed 

 globose, 2 in. through. Hah. Tidal rivers. Singapore, Balestier 

 Plain. Johor, Batu Pahat River. Pahang, Kwala Pahang. 

 Perak, Matang (Wray). Penang, Batu Feringhi (Curtis). Distrib. 

 India, Burma, Malaya. Native names : Bedat ; ]3edata. 



Very distinct in its thin willow-like leaves and pink stamens. The 

 Indian and Bornean plants have blunt tips to the leaves, ours and the 

 Siamese forms are acuminate. 



(2) S. Griffithii Kurz, Pegu Report, App. B. 54; Clarke, in 

 Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 580. S. acida var. Griffithii King, I.e. 11. S. 

 alba Griff, [not Smith) Notulce iv. 652. 



Tree growing in sea, large with very stout stem. Leaves 

 obovate petioled, blunt, narrowed to base, 3-5 in. long, 2 in. wide ; 

 petioles -5 in. long. Calyx-tube obconic, -5 in. long; lobes 5, 

 triangular acute, -5 in. long. Petals o. Stamens 75 in. long, 

 white. Style longer. Hah. In muddy bays in the sea. Singapore, 

 Gelang ; Freshwater Island ; Toas ; Changi. Malacca, Pulau 

 Jawa (Griffith) ; Selangor, Jugra and Pasir Panjang (Foxworthy) 

 Perak, Sungei Limau (Foxworthy). Native names: Bedada; 

 Pedada ; Gadabu ; Perepat. 



(3) S. alba Smith in Rees Cyclop, xxxiii. No. 2 ; Clarke, I.e. 

 ii. 580; King, I.e. 11. 



Tree, large with many aerial roots. Leaves obovate to reniform 

 decurrent on petiole blunt, 2 to 4 in. long and as broad; petioles 

 '.25 in. long. Flower-buds narrow, ellipsoid tapering to both ends. 



