lOS XlilX. l]AL.V.>OiMlUKE^. 



receptacle, becomiug concrete, uuilocular ; stigma sessile, pel- 

 tate. Syncarpium (compouud fruit) globose, berry-like. 



S. sangidnea, Sparm., the only species, grows ou the roots of Ekehergia 

 Capensis and Acacia Caffra, m Uitenhage and Albany. Stems 9-10 

 inches high, an inch or more in diameter, dull flesh-coloured or reddish, 

 branching, imbricated witli scales below, ending in a panicled inflorescence. 

 Smell offensive, like that of rotten fish. Male flowers purplish. Fruit like 

 a mulberry. 



Order L. RHIZOPHOREiE. 



Flowers bisexual, regular. Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary 

 or nearly free ; limb of 4-12 valvate lobes. Petals as many as 

 the calyx-lobes, alternate with them, inserted below them, 

 often cut or jagged. Stamens as many, twice as many or 

 more ; filaments separate ; anthers erect. Ovary more or less 

 inferior, rarely quite superior, 2- or more celled ; ovules in 

 pairs, or few in each cell, pendulous ; style simple. Fruit 1- 

 or few-seeded. Seeds with or without albumen. — Trees or 

 shrubs, with opposite leaves and axillary flowers, either mari- 

 time or submaritime. 



Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary. Petals entire emargi- 

 nate or 2-fid. Seed germinating within the fleshy, 

 indehiscent fruit, exalbuminous. 



Calyx 4-fid. Petals 4 1. EnizoPHOEA. 



Calyx 5-12-fid. Petals 5-12, 2-fid 2. Bruguieea. 



Calyx-tube free. Petals 5, multifid. Capsule 3-celled . 3. Weihea. 



1. RHIZOPHORA, Linn. 



Calyx-tube obovate, adhering to the ovary ; limb of 4 oblong, 

 persistent segments. Petals 4, oblong, coriaceous, entire or 

 emargiuate, conduplicate, with a double row of long, woolly, 

 marginal hairs. Stamens 8 ; anthers nearly sessile, linear-ob- 

 long. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules 2 in each cell ; style conical, 

 short, 2-furrowed ; stigma 2-toothed. Fruit ovate or oblong, 

 girt near the base with the persistent calyx-lobes, at length 

 perforated at the apex by the germinating embryo. Seed ex- 

 albuminous. — Fl. Cap. \\. p. 513. 



Trees, growing on muddy seashores in hot countries, with quite entire, 

 leathery leaves. — R. mucronata, Lam. (Mangrove), occurs near Natal. 



2. BRUGUIERA, Lam. 



Calyx-tube turbinate, adhering to the ovary ; limb of 5-12 

 (or 13) persistent segments. Petals as many, oblong, 2-fid, 

 coriaceous, conduplicate, each embracing 2 stamens, woolly ou 

 the margin. Stamens twice as many as the petals, inserted in 

 pairs opposite to them ; fihxments unequal, half as long as the 



