436 LVII. EHIZOPHOREJI. (G. Henslow.) [Ehizophora. 



Tidal shores from the mouths of the Indus to Malacca and Ceylon. DISTRIB. 

 Tropical shores of Asia, Africa and Australia. 



A large shrub or tree, evergreen. Leaves 3-7 by l-4 in., narrowed at the base. 

 Flowers more or less drooping. Calyx-lobes triangular, narrowing upwards. Petal* 

 villous, shorter than the calyx-limb, subconnivent, coriaceous ; margins involute. A 

 variety in Malacca, K. stylosa, Griff, (sp.) Notul. iv. 666; and Ic. PL Asiat. t. 

 640, differs according to Griffith from R. c.onjugata in its smaller stature, length of 

 style, smaller radicle, more_ villous^petals and more elongated base of the flowers, but 

 the description shows acloget r agreement with It. mucronata than with B. con- 

 jvgata. 



2. R. conjug-ata, Linn.-, DC. Prodr. iii. 33; peduncles arising from 

 the axils of (fallen) leaves of the previous year snorter than the petioles 

 mostly 2-flowered, flowers sessile. R. candelaria, DC. 1. c. 32. R. apiculata, 

 Blume Flor. Jav. i. 91, and Mus. Bot. 134; Wight III i. 209, t. 3 ; Eurz For. 

 Fl. Brit. Burm. i. 447. 



Tidal marshes from the mouths of the Indus to Malacca and Ceylon. DISTRIB.. 

 Tropical shores of Asia and Africa. 



Shrubby or arborescent. Leaves 4-8 by l-3 in., usually more lanceolate than in 

 the preceding species and subacuminate. Calyx-lobes ovate. Petals glabrous, linear,, 

 flat, submembranous. Stamens 11-12. 



2. CERIOPS, Am. 



Trees. Leaves ovate or obovate. Peduncles axillary with subcapitate flowers. 

 Calyx 5-6-merous, surrounded at the base with connate bracts. Petals 5-6, in- 

 serted at the base of a 10-12-lobed fleshy disk, emarginate, appendiculate ; 

 lobes of the petals with clavate or capitate bristles. Stamens 10-12, filaments 

 inserted between the lobes of the^ disk slender ; anthers 2-celled. Ovary 3- 

 celled (at least above), cells 2-ovuled; style short, stigma simple. Fruit 

 coriaceous, ovoid, surrounded by .the reflexed limb of the calyx, 1 -celled, 

 1-seeded. Germination as in Rhizophora. DISTBIB. Species 2 or 3, natives of 

 the tropical shores of the Old World. 



1. C. Candolleana, Am. in Ann. Nat. Hist. i. 363 ; calyx 5-cleft, 

 lobes linear acute, petals 5 glabrous emarginate tip with 3-4 capitate bristles. 

 Blume Mus. Bot. 142; Wight III i. 209; Ic. t. 240; Bedd. Flor.. Sylv. Anal. 

 Gen. t. xiii. fig. 5 ; Miq. Fl. 2nd. Bat. i. 590 ; Brandis For. Fl. 218 ; Kurz, 

 For. FL Brit. Burm. i. 448. R. tiruorensis, DC. Prodr. iii/32. 



Tidal forests, &c., from the mouths of the Indus to Malacca and Ceylon. DISTRIB. 

 of the genus. 



A small shrub or small tree. Leaves 2-3 by 1-2 in., obovate, very obtuse, 

 cuneate or attenuate at the base. Flowers in rather loose cymes, or subcapitate. 

 Stamens 10, alternately shorter. Ovary half-inferior, 3-celled. Fruit small, club-' 

 shaped or subovate, surrounded near the base by the reflexed segments of the calyx. 



2. C. Roxburg hiana, Am. in Ann. Nat. Hist. i. 363 ; calyx 5-6-cleft, 

 lobes subovate subobtuse, petals concave glabrous below setoso-ciliate above 

 towards the apex. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 591 ; Kurz For. Fl. Brit. Burm. 

 i. 448. Rhizophora decandra, Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 36 ; Wall. Cat. 4875. 



Tidal forests from the Sunderbunds to Malacca. DISTRIB. of the genus. 



A dwarf tree or shrub. Leaves 1-4 by f to 2 in., narrowed at the base, very ob- 

 tuse, reddish brown beneath, glabrous. Inflorescence of small axillary cymes or 

 glomerules. Peduncle very short. Stamens 10-12. 



