Kandelia.'] LVII. HHIZOPHORE^. (G. Henslow.) t 437 



3. K.ANDELIA, Wight $ Arn. 



A small tree. Leaves oblong, obtuse. Peduncles axillary, dichotomously 

 branched, few-flowered. Flowers rather large, white. Calyx 5-6-merous, sur- 

 rounded at the base by connate bracteoles, adnate to the base of the ovary ; 

 lobes linear, valvate. Petals 2-fid ; lobes multifid, segments capillary. Stamens 

 indefinite, filaments slender exserted. Ovary 1-celled, prolonged above the 

 calyx into a fleshy cone ; stigma 3-lobed ; ovules 6, fixed in pairs to a central 

 column. Fruit ovoid, girt by the reflexed limb of the calyx, 1-celled, 1-seeded. 

 Radicle fusiform, very acuminate. Germination as in Rhizophora. 



1. K,. Rheedii, W. $ A. Prodr. i. 310; Am. in Ann. Nat. Hist. i. 365 ; 

 Blume Mus. Sot. 135 ; Wight HI. i. t. 89 ; Hook. Ic. PI t. 362 ; Wall. Cat. 

 4876 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. 100, pi. xiii. fig. 6 ; Kurz For. Fl. Brit. 

 Bjirm. i. 449. Rhizopora Oandel, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. iii. 32. Rheede Hort. 

 Mai. vi. t. 35. 



SUNDERBTJNDS and tidal shores of both Peninsulas and Ceylon. DISTRIB. Malay 

 Islands. 



A small evergreen tree. Leaves 2-4 by 1-2 in., narrowed at the base, quite entire, 

 dark green above, reddish brown beneath, glabrous. Peduncles about 1^ in., erect, 

 twice branched dichotomously. Fruit 1 in. long, conic-ovoid. 



4. BRUGUIERA, Lam. 



Trees. Leaves usually coriaceous, oblong, quite entire. Peduncles axillary, 

 recurved, 1-co -flowered. Flowers rather large, coriaceous. Calyx 8-14-merous, 

 obconical or campanulate, ebracteate, adnate to the base of the ovary ; lobes 

 subulate-lanceolate, valvate. Petals oblong, 2-lobed, appendiculate, embracing the 

 stamens which spring elastically from them when mature. Stamens 16-28, 

 filaments filiform ; anthers linear, mucronate, about as long as the filaments. 

 Ovary 2-4-celled, included in the calyx-tube ; cells 2-ovuled ; style filiform, 

 stigma 2-4-lobed minute. Fruit turbinate, coriaceous, crowned with the calyx- 

 limb, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Germination as in Rhizophora. DISTRIB. Species 

 about 8 in the tropics of the Old World. 



1. B. g-ymnorhiza, Lamk. III. t. 397; peduncles 1-flowered, calyx 

 about 12-cleft, lobes linear acuminate erect about f in. in length equalling 

 the tube in fruit, petals densely hairy at the base nearly glabrous above 2-lobed 

 with 2-4 bristles on each lobe and 1 in the notch, ovary 3-4-celled. W. 8f A. 

 Prodr. 311 ; Brand. For. Fl. 219 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 586 ; Blume Mus. Bot. 

 136 ; Kurz For. Fl. Brit. Burm. i. 450. B. Rheedii, Miq. 1. c. 587 ; Blume, 

 1. c. 136 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. PL xix. fig. 1 ; Wight Ic. t. 239 ; Dalz. $ 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 95 : Hook. Ic. PI. t. 397. Rhizophora gymnorrhiza, Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 460 ; Griff. Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 645. 



Littoral and especially estuarian forests of India from the mouths of the Indus 

 to Malacca and Ceylon. DISTRIB. Tropical Asia, Australia, Africa and the Pacific. 



A large evergreen tree. Leaves slightly acuminate, 3-6 by 1^-2^ in. ; stipules 

 oblong, very deciduous. Peduncles cernuous, shorter than the petioles. Flowers 

 about 1 in. diam. Calyx-tube almost campanulate, limb 10-14-cleft. Petals 10-14. 

 Radicle fusiform with about 6 prominent angles, apex obtuse. A variety (B. Wighlii, 

 Bl. sp.) growing at the mouth of the Ganges and Indian Archipelago only differs ap- 

 parently from the preceding by the entire margins of the petals being more or less 

 Jiairy. 



