Wightiane. N. O. Rhizophoree. 
TAB. CCCXCVII. 
. BruGuiEriA RHEEDEI. 
_ Gey. Cuan. Brucuierta, L’Her.—Calyx 8—14-fidus ; laci- 
hia tubum turbinatum subequantes. Petala oblonga, bifida, 
basi circa stamina duo anteposita arcte conduplicata vel con- 
voluta. Stamina petalorum numero duplo, biserialia, e peta- 
lis tandem elastice dissilientia ; filamenta petalis subdimidio 
breviora, inzequalia, interioribus brevioribus : anther line- 
ares vel oblongee, acute, basi affixe. Ovarium adheerens, 
2—3—4-loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis. Stylus filiformis, stami- 
num longitudine: stigma 2—3—4-dentatum. Fructus tur- 
binatus, tubum calycis haud superans ac ejus laciniis apice 
coronatus.— Pedunculi 1—3-vel pluriflori. Calyx basi nudus. 
__ Alabastra fusiformia vel ovoidea. 
Bruguieria Rheedei; foliis ovali-oblongis utrinque acuminatis, 
pedunculis 1-floris cernuis folio brevioribus, calyce 10—14- 
(seepius 12-)-fido laciniis lineari-acuminatis apicem versus 
triquetris demum erectis vel subincurvis, petalis ima basi 
Villosulis alioquin glaberrimis laciniis acutis apice bisetis cum 
seta quinta in fissura antheris linearibus, ovario triloculari.— 
Arn, , 
Bruguieria Rheedei. Blume? En, Fl. Jav. 1. p. 92. Arnott in 
Ann. of Nat. History. 1. p. 36%. 
B, gymnorrhiza. Lam. Ill. t. 397. f. a, b,c. Wight et Arnott, 
Prod. Fl. Penin. Ind. Or. 1. p. 311 (partim.) — 
Rhizophora gymnorthiza. Linn. Sp. p. 634. (partim 
Ind. 2. p. 460. Rheed. Hort. Mal. 6. t. 31. et 32. 
Has. Malabar and Bengal. eee 
This, as Dr Arnott observes, may not be the species intendet 
by Blume, who cites Rumph. Amb. t. 69, or Rhizophora ghec 
of De Candolle, as that figure represents the peduncles berger 
2-flowered, besides other discrepancies. The — ‘ € 
“Must, however, be applied to Rheede’s plant, whith 3 eT 
now figured. : 
_ Fig. 1. Flower cut through vertically. f- 2. a phate 
stamens :—magnified. f. 3. Fruit with the germinating tigellus: 
nat. size. 
ve Roab. Fil. 
