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nerves faint; the lower reddish-brown when dry, the nerves verj faint 

 or obsolefe but the midrib prominent ; lengfth 3"25-4 in., breadth 

 l*25-l-6o in., petiole 'd-'TS in. Flowers 1-1-25 in. loner, solitary, axil- 

 lary ; the peduncle short, decurved. Cahjx as in B. gymnorhiza, but the 

 lobes only 10. Petals shorter than the cal^^x-lobes, deeply bifid, 

 with a stout seta in the sinus between the two narrow lobes, the edo-es 

 densely clotlied wath stout white hair, the apices of the lobes bearino- 

 one short bristle each. Fruit as in B. gymnorhiza, but the germinntin"- 

 radicle shorter. Wall. Cat. 2451; Brandis For. Flora, 219; Hook. fil. 

 Fl. Br. Ind. II, 438. B. Bumphii, Blume Mas. Bot. Lugd. Bat. I, 

 138. B, parietosa, GrifP. Notul. IV, 670 ; Ic. PL Asiat. t. 641. 



In similar situations to the kst, but not so common. Malacca • 

 Griffith 2206 ; Maingay 642. Pe^^'SG ; Curtis 514. Pahang ; Ridley 

 1045 C. Perak; Scortechini; Wray 2711. Distrib. Maln^-an Archi- 

 pelago, Australasia. 



3. Bruguiera caryophtlloides, Blume Enum. PI. Javae I. 9.3. 

 A tree ; young brandies slender, with cicatries towards the apex. 

 Leaves oblanceolate or ovate-oblanceolate, slightly oblique, acute, the 

 hase cuneate; upper surface shining when dry, the lower dull, both 

 pale in colour and the herves faint in both ; length 2*5 to 4 in., breadth 

 1-1 '65 in., petiole '75-1 in. Cymes axillary, rather longer than the 

 peduncles, erect, laxly 2- or 3-flowered, (rarelj- only 1-flowered). F'oiaprs 

 about '4 in. long, oa short pedicels. Cahjx-tuhe clavate, not grooved 

 when fi'esh, surmounted by about 8 linear obtuse fleshy lobes as lono- as 

 itself, at first spreading, but finally reflexed. Petals as many as but 

 shorter than the calyx-lobes, apex bifid, the margins with scantv white 

 hairs outside ; the apical lobes obtuse, each crowned by 3-5 flexuose pale 

 hairs, the sinus with a single bristle. Stamens 16, unequal. Fruiting -calyx 

 about '5 in. long, the fruit in its fundus ^vith the growing radicle pro- 

 truding and growing to 6-8 in. in length. Arn. in Ann. Xat. Hist., I 

 368 ; Wight 111. 210; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat., Vol. I, Pt. I, 589; Kurz For! 

 Flora Burma 1, 450 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 438. Trimen Flora Ceylon, 

 1,153. RhizopJiora caryophylloides, Jack Mai. Misc. I. 34; Hook. Bot. 

 Misc. II, 80 ; Wall. Cat. 4879 ; DC. Prod. Ill, 32. Katiilia caryophylloides, 

 Blume Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. I, 141; Thwaites En. PI. Ceyl. 120. 

 B. jparviflora, Wall, (not of Blume) Cat. 4877 C and D. 



In tidal Forests like the other species of the genus ; in all the 

 provinces. Distrib. Malay Archipelago. 



4. Brugdiera parviflora, W. & A. Prodr. 311 ; Arn. in Ann. I^afc. 

 Hist. I, 369. A shrub or small tree ; young branches slender, the 

 cicatrices distant. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, acute 

 much attenuate at the base ; upper surface shining and showing the 



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