410 liv. bhizophorace^: (oliver). [Bruguiera. 



shortly acuminate, narrowed and subcuneate at base, midrib very pro- 

 minent beneath; 3-4J in. long, 1^-2^ in. broad; petiole f-lj in. Pe- 

 duncles decurved, 1 -flowered, shorter than the petioles. Flowers about' 

 1 in. long*. Calyxrlimb with about 11 narrow coriaceous linear acute 

 segments ; tube costate above. Petals §— f length of calyx, oblong, rather 

 coriaceous, lobed J— J from apex, with a median seta and 1 obliquely 

 from each rather obtuse mucronate lobe, hirsute-pilose below, especially 

 towards the margins. Ovary 3-celled. Germinating radicle I have 

 not seen. — Probably not specifically distinct from B. gymnorrhiza, Lam. 

 and B. capensis, Blum. 1. c. 



IVIozamb. Distr. Luaboand Kongone mouth of Zambesi, Dr. Kirk! whose speci- 

 mens are accompanied by a careful drawing. He describes it as the commonest and 

 most handsome of the Zambesi Mangroves, littoral, but extending farther inland than 

 the rest. 



Also South of the Tropic, and around the Indian Ocean. Dr. Sonder (Fl. Cap. ii. 

 514), reduces B. capensis, Wighlii, and Rheedii, Bl., to B. gymnorrhiza; perhaps 

 rightly. 



4. WEIHEA, Spreng.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 681. 



Calyx 4— 5-fid or -partite, with a minute or obsolete bracteolar cupule 

 at the base or base of very short pedicel ; tube campanulate turbinate 

 or very short, lobes valvate, spreading. Petals as many as calyx-lobes, 

 subhypogynous, spathulate, lamina laciniate. Stamens 10-20-30, sub- 

 hypogynous, 1 -seriate or nearly so; filaments free, filiform; anthers 

 oblong or linear, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary free, globose or 

 ovoid, 3— 5-sulcate or -lobed,. 3— (5)-celled ; style distinct; stigma sub- 

 capitate, lobulate. Ovules geminate, early arillate. Fruit globose, 

 fleshy or coriaceous, dehiscing septicidally in as many valves as carpels. 

 Seeds arillate ; " embryo straight with flat cotyledons in a fleshy albu- 

 men." — Trees or shrubs ; glabrous or buds and innovations pubescent. 

 Leaves opposite, elliptical, entire or serrate, rather coriaceous. Stipules 

 interpetiolar, oblong or lanceolate, deciduous. Flowers axillary, soli- 

 tary or fascicled, sessile or very shortly pedicellate. 

 A small genus, confined to Africa, the Mascarene Islands, and Ceylon. 



Leaves rounded or broadly and obtusely pointed. Flowers 5-merous. 



Stamens about 20. Ovary glabrate I. W. africana. 



Leaves distinctly acuminate. 



Flowers 4-merous. Petals plumose. Stamens 28-30. Ovary 



hirsute 2. W. plumosa. 



Flowers 5-merous. Stamens 10. Ovary hirsute 3. W. Afzelii. 



1. W. africana, Benth. Shrub or small tree, glabrous or the 

 young internodes and leaf- and flower-buds sparsely pubescent or 

 puberulous. Leaves coriaceous, from broadly to narrowly elliptical or 

 oblanceolate, apex rounded entire or emarginate or obtusely pointed, 

 more or less rounded or subcuneate at base, dentate-serrate or -serrulate 

 excepting towards the base, though sometimes obsoletely ; midrib and 

 reticulation rather prominent; 1J-3J in. long, %-2\ in. broad; petiole 

 1-3 lines. Flowers axillary, sessile or subsessile, solitary or in fascicles 



