RHIZOPHORA. 665 
_ is of the same appearance as the radicle and articulation with 
it at the base of the plumule. 
The cotyledons are more or less conical from the middle 
upwards. 
.... Tn R. decandra they are broadest at the bane or upwards, 
The fungous substance which surrounds the base of the co- 
tyledons of these 3 species appears to originate from the 
coats of the ovulum, which at a subsequent period become 
detached and pushed towards the bottom of the pericarpial 
cavity. In these three species the apex of the ripe ovary, 
ls exserted, in other words, it is-only 4 inferior, coupled with 
this, we have cotyledons of a peculiar form and consolidated, 
. and the bases of which are naked. . 
5. Rhizophora stylosa, Gr. Pl. DOXXXX. 
Arbuscula, gemmis 3 uncial. subulat. fol. longiuscule pe- 
- fiolatis lanceolato-obovatis vel oblongis, coriaceis, subtus in- 
‘Signiter punctat. cuspidato-mucronatis, margine sepe recur- 
vo superne indistineti peuniveniis. Pedunculi axillares. di- 
chotomi, dichotomis sæpius, dichotome 4 flori. Bractea 
. Cupuliformis subbiloba subflorem quemque et quamque ra- 
. Wificatur, P 
Cal. tubus obconicus laciniæ 4 triangular ovata. 
. Pet. reflexa margine leviter recurv. villosiss. per æstiv. 
anth. anteposit. 14 amplecteis. 
. Stam. 8 sessilia, his petala ante positis mucronatis aliis 
Obtusiusculis, stylus longus. Anth. subequans apice bi- 
fid, 
Stigmata simplicia indistincta. Ovar. biloculare loculis 
diovulatis ovulis pendulis tegmine crasso unico. 
.. Ons, The walls of the cellslaxly cellular, almost filamen- 
tous, particularly in the fandus where this lax substance is of 
_ Considerable amount. 
: Fructus | pendulis collatio exserto. Radiens ae subu- 
