'i~^ T.iY. liirizoriionACT.T:. 



column ; style tiliform, conical at tlie base ; stigma '.i-M. IVuit cori- 

 aceous, conical-ovoid, girt above the base by the reflexed calyx-lobes, 

 1-celled. Seed 1, germinating as in lihizophora ; cotyledons coufer- 

 ruminate ; protruding radicle elongate, clavate, acuminate. — Distrib. 

 Muddy shores of Tropical India and Ceylon ; species 1. 



1. Kandelia Rheedei, Whfit ^- Am. Prodr. (1834) p. 311. A 

 small tree. Leaves 2|-5 by 1-2^ in., elliptic-oblong, obtuse, dark green 

 and polished above, reddish-brown beneath, glabrous, base narrowed ; 

 petioles ^-| in. long ; stipules |-1 h in. long. Flowers in axillary 

 cymes ; peduncles longer than the petioles, 4-9-flowered. Calyx |-| iu. 

 long, externally rugose ; lobes narrow-linear, acute. Petals bifid ; lobes 

 divided into nunierons capillary segments. Stamens indefinite, of un- 

 equal lengths. Fruit ^-1 in. long, obclavate, girt above the middle with 

 the reflexed calyx-lobes ; protruded radicle 6-15 in. long, cyliudric, 

 acuminate, usually not ridged nor grooved. Fl, B. I. v. 2, p. 437 ; 

 Wight, III. t. 89 ;■ Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. c, t. 13, fig. 6 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 159; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (1S98) p. 63G; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 565. Hhizophora 

 Candel, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 443; Grab. Cat. p. 68.— Flowers : 

 Mar. 



Tidal swamps along the coast. Kanaka : Kiunpta, Woodrow. — DisrmB. Tidal 

 shores of India and Ceylon, Malaya. 



4. BRUGUIERA, Lamk. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, entire ; stipules inter- 

 petiolar, caducous. Flowers large ; peduncles axillary, 1-many-flowered. 

 Calyx ebi'acteolate at the base ; tube obconic or campanulate, adnate to 

 tlie ovary at the base ; lobes 8-14, subulate-lanceolate, valvate. Petals 

 8-14, inserted on the limb of the calyx, oblong, 2-fid, setigerous, convo- 

 lute at the base, embracing the stamens. Stamens 16-28, in pairs 

 opposite to the petals, at length springing from them elastically ; fila- 

 ments filiform, unequal in length ; anthers linear, acute or apiculate. 

 Ovary inferior, 2-4-celled ; ovules 2 in each cell; style filiform ; stigma 

 minutely 2-4-fid. Fruit turbinate, thickly coriaceous, crowned at the 

 apex by the lobes of the calyx, 1-celled. Seed 1, pendulous, germinating 

 as in Rhiznphora ; protruding radicle elongate, clavate. — Disthib. 

 ]\Iuddy shores of Tropical Asia, Africa, Australia, and Polynesia ; 

 species about 7. 



Flowers solitary, l-li in. long 1. H. gymnorhiza. 



Flowers in axillary cymes, not exceeding \ in. long. 



Lobes of calyx as long as the tube 2. B. carycrphylloides. 



Lobes of calyx 4 as long as the tube 3. B. parvifiora. 



1. Brugiiiera gymnorhiza, Laml\ Tah. Encyc. v. 2 (1793) p. 517, 

 t. 397. A glabrous evei'green shrub or tree ; young branches smooth, 

 marked towards the apex with the scars of fallen leaves and stipules. Leaves 

 3-6 by l|-2g in., elliptic or elliptic-oblong, acute or slightly acuminate 

 (not mucronate), bright green above, paler and with a prominent midrib 

 beneath, glabrous, cuneate at the base ; petioles g-l^ in. long ; stipules 

 n-2| in. long, caducous. Flowers solitary, axillary ; peduncles ^-^ in. 

 long, defle.xed. Calyx 1-1 g in. long, orange-yellow, campanulate, ribbed, 



