I. IV. Klll/OIMMRACK.E. 47') 



divided about .1 -way down into 10-14 (often 11) narrow acute erect 

 segments keeled on the inner face. Petals shorter than the calyx-lobes 

 and equal to tlietn in number, 2-lobed at the apex, with 2-4 stout bristles 

 at the point of each lobe and 1 in the notch, hairy at the base, prhibrou3 

 above. Stamens 2 opposite to each petal and shorter than it ; filauients 

 of each pair alternately long and short. Fruit less than 1 in. long, 

 obconic, crowned at first by the erect calyx-segments which afterwards 

 drop off, scarlet; protruding radicle fusiform, more or less angled, often 

 reaching 1 ft. in length before falling. FI. B. I. v. 2, p. 437 ; Trim. 

 Fl. Ceyl. V. 2, p. 153; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 160; Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod, v. 1, p. 541. Brwjuiera Rheedii, Blume, Enum. PI. Javoe, 

 fasc. 1, p. 92 ; Dalz. & (iibs. p. 95 ; Wight, Icon. t. 239. Bhizophora 

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

 Dec.-Feb. 



Common along the sea-coast and in salt-marshes. — Disteib. Tropical Asia, Australia, 

 Africa, and the Pacific. 



2. Bruguiera caryophylloides, BJnme, Emtm. PL Javcf, fasc. 1 

 (1827) p. 93. A shrub or small tree, branched from the base; young 

 branches with scars of fallen leaves and stipules towai'ds the apex, 

 slender. Leaves 2|-4 by 1-1| in., elliptic-lanceolate or slightly ob- 

 lanceolate, subacute, pale, rather thin, shining above, dull beneath, 

 glabrous, base cuneate ; petioles f-1^ in. long; stipules 1-2| in. long. 

 Flowers in axillary 2-3- (usually 3-) flowered cymes ; peduncles |-| in. 

 long ; pedicels very short. Calyx |-^ in. long, not ribbed, divided 

 about g-way down ; lobes usually 8, linear, subacute, erect or spreading 

 at first, afterwards reflexed. Petals white, as many as the calyx-lobes 

 and shorter than them, hairy outside and on the margins, 2-fid at the 

 apex, the apical lobes obtuse, each furnished with 3--5 bristles at the end 

 of each lobe and a longer one at the sinus. Stamens twice as maTiy as 

 the petals, 2 opposite to each petal and shorter than it ; filaments of 

 each pair unequal. Fruit § in. long, oblong-obovoid ; protruding radicle 

 slender, cylindric, reaching 6-8 in, long before falling. Fl. B. I. v. 2, 

 p. 438 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 154 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 160.— 

 Flowers : Aug.-Sept. 



Not very common. In tidal mangrove-forests in the sonthern parts of the 

 Presidency. 



This species has been included on the authority of Mr. Talbot. — DisTKin. India 

 (muddy shores and tidal creeks of the W. Peninsula and Birma) ; Ceylon, Malaya. 



3. Bruguiera parviflora, Wvjht Sf -^ni. Prodr. (1834) p. 311 {in 

 adnot.). A shrub; young branches with scars of fallen leaves and 

 stipules, slender. Leaves 3-4 by l-lg in., obloug-lanceolate or elliptic- 

 lanceolate, acute, shining above, dull beneath, glabrous, base cuneate ; 

 petioles 4 -| in. long ; stipules 1-2 in. long. Flowers in laxly 2-5- 

 flowered erect cymes, longer than the petioles ; pedicels slender. Calyx 

 |-.^ in. long; tube cylindric or subfusiform, ribbed; lobes 8, about 

 une-fourth the length of the tube, lanceolate, acute, erect. Petals as 

 many as the calyx-lobes but shorter than them broadly oblong, 2-lobed, 

 the iobes rounded and bearing short white hairs at the apex. Stamens 

 twice as many as the petals, 2 opposite to each petal and embraced by it ; 

 filaments of each pair unequal. Ovary 3-celled. Fruit concealed by 

 the enlarged calyx, |-1 in. long; protruding radicle cvlindric, striate. 



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