664 RHIZOPHORACE X. 
sumque dehiscent. Pedunculis interdim 2-3 floris, foribus 
inconspicuis viridescent. Pet. albidis apices versus demum 
brunnescent stigmat. subsimplice obtuso, fructibus clavatis 
5-6 uncial. sulcatis calycis laeiniis patentibus nec reflexis. 
The radicle consists chiefly of cellular tissue, the proportion 
of woody fibre being very small and confined to the cir- 
cumference of the central part. 
2. Rhizophora macrohiya, Gr. 
Arborea, foliis ovato-ellipticis, mucrona  sphacelato-ter- 
minatis coriaceo-carnosis, subtus brunneo-punctulatis, venis 
secondariis indistinctis cymis supra axillaribus, subnutanti- 
bus, paucifloris floribus 8 andris petalorum marginib. dense 
villosis, fructibus maximis pendulis verrucosis.* 
3. R. pauciflora. 
Arbuscula fol. lanceolat. obtusiusculis. Pedunculis axil- 
larib. petiolor. longitud. dichotoma 3-floris, calycis tubo 
elongato fusiformi limbo 8 fido. Pet. apicibus aristato laci- 
niatis petalis subcucullatis, Anth. bilocul. longit. dehis- 
cent filament longiusculis. Discus epigynous carno- 
sus. ; 
Fructibus cylindraceo-subulatis dentibus levibus obtusis 
apicibusque foveolatis calycis fructus dentis erecte radicule 
basin amplectent, floris subodorata contuse aromatica. 
4. R. parviflora. Cotyledons ovatze carnose plano-convex® 
plumula conspicua intra cotyledons obcondit. materia lucida 
mucilaginos. nidulans. 
In R. candilaria and R. macrorhiza, They are fleshy, coria- 
ceous and consolidated, the plumula is very conspicuous and 
large received into the prolongation of the cotyledon, which 
_.* Besa paperin the Transactions of the Med. and Phys. Society 
of Calcutta, 1835, —— | : | 
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