Mirai mi-. | RHIZOPHOH . 



ivea ..I the si the tropic*, wh< i 



thicket down to the vergi ol til 

 intercc pi tin i the buii, aud, 



■""' ,l " '" s < unhealthy placet) in a 

 down roots from thi 

 considerable sp 

 and gradually rai» the main ti 



dyeing black. The wi ireral is 



fruit of Rhizophora Mangli - 

 forma ■ light wine.— Wight. 



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m. 

 I lull. /'u 



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h. u, .kin, II ( . 



DHL 





Nun 



Position.- Melasl H '■. . 



In the economy of nature the M 

 ing annually fresh portions of the land 

 them to the domain of man: • 1 in a to 



rive advance of the roots, and by the aerial germin I 

 quit their lofty cradle till they ha vi 

 the water with their roots ready prepared t 

 of their pan i • ■• Tin- progn 



which issue from the trunk I 

 and arching downwards, penetrate 

 of fresh invasions of the i 

 their from their parent • 



ily forward till they 1 

 tion considerably in adi •'• irent trunks. 



-. but the he 1 1 ! 

 branches on all aides. These branches, in th< ir I in . 

 like those of t which, rapidlj 



all varieties of height, and reaching '1 ■• •■•■■■■ 

 independ labvrintl 



part of the Mangrove- tl e bark, roots, and the fruit 



stringent principle, which i- fully app] 



external application in arresting haemorrl 



healthy action, n I d of the bark 1 i 



Dr. Barham, who informs us in his work tl 

 full of tlie continent small-pox, the 



raw. and 

 upon the ground, upon which he Bent f • 

 Bach as they tan their lei I 



th which be bathed 1 



as hanl and firm ac 

 For tanning, the Mangrove 

 in six weeks an operation which with I 

 the sole leather bo tanned is said to bi 

 HamUtun in Pharmaceutical J ourn 



aDDITIONAl 



axiaophyUeia, R. Pr. may belong her 



See 



A , ording to Blume [M . I 

 p. 604. 



3 ! 2 



