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Petals sliorter than the sepals, linear-lanceolate, thick, lanate on the 

 margins and inner face. Stamens 8, filaments short, anthers linear. 

 Fruit inversely obovoid Avith the reflexed jDcrsistent calyx-teeth at its 

 base, 1'5 in. long; the extruded radicle 1-2 feet long, cylindric, -6 in. in 

 diam. when dry. DC. Prodr. Ill, 32; Bedd. Fl. Sylv., Anal. Gen. t. 

 XIII, fig. 4; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 95; Wight 111. I, 209 ; Ic. t. 238; 

 Kurz For. Flor. Barm. I, 44-7; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 435; 

 Trimen Flora Ceylon, I, 151. E. macrorrhiza. Griff, in Trans. Med. 

 Phys. See. Calc. YIIT, 2. B. candelaria, W. & A. Prodr. I, 310; Wall. 

 Cat. 4878. B. Mangle, Roxb. (not of Linn.) Fl. Ind. 11,456. B. latifolia, 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 324.— Rheede Hort. Mai. VI, t. 34. 



In all the provinces, at the mouths of rivers ; very common. Dis- 

 TRIB. The Tropics of the Old World and of Australia. 



The original specimens in the Calcutta Herbarium of R. latifolia, Miq. are 

 only large-leaved specimens of this. 



2. Rhizophora conjugata, Linn. Sp. PI. 634, A small glabrous 

 tree ; young branches clavate, smooth, pale, the upper part with bold 

 cicatrices. Leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate, tapering to each end, the 

 apex mucronate ; when dry the upper surface faintly reticulate, the main 

 nerves visible ; the lower surface not showing the main-nerves but the 

 midrib there prominent, remotely pustulate and minutely dotted ; length 

 5-6 in., breadth 1-65-2-5 in., petiole •8-1*25 in. Cymes axillary, shortei- 

 than the petioles, 2-flowered. Galyx-lohes oblong, concave, acute. Petals 

 slightly shorter than the calyx, thin, glabrous. Stamens 6-8 ; filaments 

 short, anthers linear. Fruit inversely clavate, 1 in. long, the protrud- 

 ing radicle from a few inches to a foot long, cylindric ; •25-*3 in. in 

 diam., when dry. DC. Prodr. Ill, 33; Blume Mus. Bot. I, 134; Wight 

 111. I, 309 ; Kurz. For. Flora Burma, I, 447 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 

 436. B. apiculata, Blume Flor. Jav. I, 91. B. candelaria, DC. Prodr. 

 Ill, 32 ; Trimen Flora Ceylon, I, 151. 



In all the Provinces, at the mouths of rivers and in tidal marshes. 

 DiSTRiB. The Tropics of the Old World. 



2. Bruguiera, Lamk. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves usually coriaceous, oblong, quite entire. 

 Peduncles axillary, cymose, or solitary. Flowers rather large, coriaceous. 

 Calyx 8-14-merous, obconical or campanulate, ebracteate, adnate to the 

 base ot the ovary ; lobes subulate-lanceolate, valvate. Petals oblong, 

 equal in number to the calyx-lobes, 2-lobed or emarginate, appendicu- 

 late, embracing the stamens by pairs. Stamens l(j-2S ; filaments fili- 

 form ; anthers linear, mucronate, about as long as the filaments. Ovary 

 2-4-celled, included in the calyx-tube ; cells 2-ovuled ; style filiform ; 



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