438 LVII. RHIZOPHOEEJE. (G. Henslow.) \JBrugwer<*. 



2. B. eriopetala, W. $ A. in Wight III. i. p. 210; Ic. t. 239 B. ; ped- 

 uncles 1-flowered, calyx usually about 10-cleft, lobes linear acuminate about 

 1 in. exceeding the ribbed tube in fruit, petals with margins densely hirsute 

 with silvery hairs from base to apex lobes somewhat obtuse, one seta on each 

 lobe and one longer in the notch, ovary 3-4-celled. Wall. Cat. 2451 ; Srand^ 

 For. Fl. 219. B. Rumphii, JBlume Mus. Sot. 138. B. parietosa, Griff. NotuL 

 iv. 670 ; Ic. PL Asiat. t. 641. 



MALABAR; at Quilon, Wight. MALAYAN PENINSULA, Griffith. DISTEIB. Malay 

 Archipelago, China. 



A tree. Leaves ovate or oblong, acuminate at both ends. Calyx-lobes from 9-14, 

 somewhat triquetrous, suberect in fruit. Anthers linear. 



3. B. caryophylloides, Slums Mus. Sot. i. 141 ; peduncles about 

 3-flowered, calyx about 8-cleft, lobes linear subacute about in. reflexed and 

 half the length of the tube in fruit, petals ciliate from base to apex nearly erect 

 bifid bearing 3-4 bristles and 1 in the notch, ovary 2-celled. Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. i. 589 ; Kurz For. Fl. Srit. Surm. i. 450. Rhizophora caryophylloides. 

 Jack Mai. Misc. i. 34; Hook. Sot. Misc. ii. 80; Wall. Cat. 4879; DC. Prodr. 

 iii. 32, 8; Am. in Ann. Nat. Hist. i. 368 ; Wight HI. t. 210. R. cylindrica, 

 Linn. sp. 635. Kanilia caryophylloides, Slume Mus. Sot. 141. Rheede Hort. 

 Mai. vi. t. 33. 



TIDAL FORESTS or INDIA, from Malabar to Malacca and Ceylon. DISTREB. Malay 

 Archipelago. 



A small tree. Leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, scarcely 

 coriaceous. Peduncles shorter or nearly equalling the petioles, 1-5- usually 3- 

 flowered ; buds subacute, pedicelled. Calyx-tube obtuse at the base, not ribbed. Fruit 

 about i in., urceolate, slightly constricted below the calyx-limb. Eadicle subclavate, 

 subacute. 



4. B. malabarica, Arn. in Wight HI. i. 210 ; peduncles about 3-flowered, 

 calyx about 8-cleft, lobes subobtuse reflexed about i n . and half the length of 

 the tube in fruit, ovary 2-celled. Rhizophora cylindrica. Linn. sp. 635 in part* 

 Rheede Hort. Mai. vi. t. 33. 



MALABAR COAST; Eheede, Wight. 



A tree. Leaves herbaceous. Peduncles equalling the petioles, 3-flowered. Buds 

 obtuse, sessile. Fruit about ^ in. long, campanulate, not or scarcely constricted below 

 the calyx -limb. Eadicle as in the last species but apparently much softer than that of 

 any other. This may prove to be a variety or subspecies of B. caryophylloides. 



5. B. parviflora, W. fy A. Prodr. i. 311 ; peduncles many-flowered, 

 calyx about 8-cleft, lobes lanceolate about ~ i n - long" erect much shorter than 

 the tube in fruit, petals with 5 bristles, ovary 3-celled, fruit subcylindric about 

 1 in. long, radicle subcylindric slender truncated, Miq. Fl. Ind. Sat. i. 588 ; 

 Wight HI. i. 210; Sedd. Fl. Sylv. 101; Kurz For. FL Srit. Surm. i. 449. 

 Rhizophora parviflora, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 641 ; Wall. Cat. 4877. R. cylindrica, 

 Roxb. Hort. Seng. 36 ; Wall. Cat. 4877. Kanilia parviflora. Slume Mus. Sot.. 

 140 1. 30; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 95. 



Littoral forests, from the SUNDERBUNDS to MALACCA. DISTRIB. Malayan Archi- 

 pelago. 



A shrub or small tree. Leaves oblong or broadly lanceolate. Peduncles once or- 

 twice trichotomous. Calyx-tube tapering at the base, ribbed ; lobes very short and. 

 rigid. 



