218 XXXV. RHIZOPHORKffi. [Rhizophora. 



A moderate-sized tree, with elliptical leaves, terminating in a distinct 

 mncro or narrow apiculus, broadly cuneate, or slightly rounded at base ; 

 blade 3-5 in. long, 2-3 in. broad ; midrib very prominent beneath, attenu- 

 ate upwards. Peduncle axillary, compressed, often recurved, longer than 

 petiole, bearing lax few-flowered dichotomous cymes. Flowers 8-androus, 

 sweet-scented ; calyx-segments triangular ; petals white, edges woolly. 

 Fruit ovoid, furrowed, supported at the base by the calyx. The radicle 

 of the seed germinating on the tree often 2 J ft. long. 



Sindh, tidal creeks of the estuary of the Indus. Coasts and back-waters of 

 the peninsula, Bengal and Burma. A widely-spread species on the coasts of 

 Africa, and over the Indian Archipelago to Australia. 25 ft. high, with a small 

 crown. Wood red, hard, and durable ; the bark is used for tanning, the fruit 

 is said to be eatable. 



R. conjugata, Linn., a small tree, nearly related to this, and frequently 

 associated with it, has narrow leaves, short 2-3-flowered cymes nearly sessile 

 below the leaves, 12 stamens, and the radicle attaining 12-18 inches. 



2. CERIOPS, Arnott. 



Trees or large shrubs, wholly glabrous. Flowers coriaceous. Calyx- 

 tube short, supported by confluent bracts ; limb 5-6-partite ; segments 

 oblong-lanceolate. Petals 5-6, truncate, or emarginate. Stamens 10-12, 

 inserted between the divisions of a lobed, annular disc ; filaments slender, 

 filiform ; anthers small, ovate-oblong, 2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally. 

 Ovary half-inferior, 3-celled ; ovules 2 in each cell ; style undivided. 

 Fruit and germination as in Rhizophora. 



1. C. Candolliana, Arnott ; Wight Ic. t. 240. Vern. Kirrari, chauri, 

 Sindh. 



A tall shrub or small tree, with obovate leaves 2-3 in. long, 1-2 in. 

 broad, base cuneate, apex broad, rounded; midrib prominent beneath. 

 Peduncles short, bracteolate, and shortly 2-3-forked at the top. Flowers 

 subsessile, subcapitate. Petals 5, oblong, truncate, with 3 clavate setae, 

 base abruptly narrowed, margins slightly cohering below the middle. 

 Stamens 10, alternately shorter. 



Sindh, mud forests at mouth of Indus and salt-water creeks. Coast of penin- 

 sula, Indian Archipelago, extends to Australia, and is found on the east coast 

 of Africa. Wood hard, durable, used for the knees of boats, and for other pur- 

 poses in Sindh. Bark employed as litter for cattle. 



Kandelia Rheedii, W. & A. Prodr. 311, Wight 111. t. 89, is a small tree, com- 

 mon on the western coast, also in Bengal and Burma, which may possibly be 

 found in Sindh. Leaves oblong, obtuse ; peduncles axillary, much longer than 

 petioles, 2-3-chotomous, with 4-9 pentamerous flowers, petals narrow, deciduous, 

 thin, membranous, bifid, edge laciniate, hairy; stamens numerous, and an ob- 

 long-conical fruit much longer than the calyx-tube. 



3. BRTTGUIERA, Lam. 



Trees with the habit of Rhizophora. Flowers coriaceous, solitary or 

 few together, on short, axillary, recurved peduncles, without bracts. Calyx 

 ebracteolate, turbinate, adnate at the base to the ovary, the upper portion 



