148 250 



as to locality being excluded the geographic range of the species is 



to be seen from the following data: 



Indian Ocean: Qui Ion (Herb. Wight propr. 1042). Travenocore 

 (Herb. Wight). Mangalore near Madras (Herb. Wight n. 992). 

 Soondreeboon (Herb, of the late East India Company n. 2204. 

 G. R. Clarke n. 2176 b (Koolna); Calcutta, cultivated in the Bota- 

 nical Garden). Tenasserim and Andanians (Herb. Heifer); 

 Mergui (Herb, of the late East India Company n. 2219). Singa- 

 pore (according to Ridley). 



Pacific Ocean: Borneo, Sarawak (Beccari) . (Haviland n. 2097). 

 Tonkin, Haïphong (Balansa n. 1135). Hongkong (Champion), 

 Lantao Island (Herb. Hongkong Bol. Gard. n. 144). Formosa, 

 Tamsuy (Oldham). 



Rhizophora L. 



1. R. inucronata Lam. Eiicycl. VI, p. 89, 111. t. 396; Hooker f. Fl. 

 Brit. India 11, p. 435 ; Theobald in Mason Burma its people and produc- 

 tions, vol.11 (1883), p. 480; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, 1, p. 583; G.Karsten in 

 Bibliotheca Botanica Heft 22 ( 1891), t. 1,1V, IX; Schimper Indo-Malayische 

 Strandtlora (1891) p. 92, t. V (tig. bona) et in Engler und Prantl Nat. 

 Pflanzentam. Ill, 7, p. 52; Wight 111. I, p. 209 et Icon. t. 238 ; Kurz For. 

 Fl. Burma 1. p. 447; Brandis For. Fl. p. 217; Koorders en Valeton Boom- 

 soorten van Java, Bijdrage n. 4 (1896), p. 278. — R. la'Afolia Miq. Suppl. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. p. 324; R. macrorJiiza Griff, in Transact. Med. Phys. Soc. 

 Calcutta Vll, 2; R. candelaria W. et Arn. Prod. I, 310; R. nmngh Boxb. 

 Fl. Ind. II, p. 459; — Rheede Hort. Mal. VI, t. 34. 



Var. a typica Schimper Indo-Malay. Strandflora p. 92 (1S91). 



In estuaries and swamps, far less common than tlie next species, but in 

 some places (Klong Wen, Lem Ngob) forming large dense mangrove forests. In 

 Roll (Ihang this species is rather rare. A moderate sized tree, which sends 

 down stout aerial roots. 



Area: Eastern tropical coasts (also in Africa). 



2. R. conjiigata L.; D. G. Prodrom. 111. p. 33; Hooker f. Fl. BriL 

 India II, p. 436; Theobald in Mason, Burma its people and productions. 

 vol.11, p. 480 (1883); Schimper Indo-Malay. Strandflora p. 92, t. 5 et in 

 Engl, und Prantl Nat. Pflanzenfam. 111,7, p. 52 ; G.Karsten in Bibliotheca 

 Botanica Heft 22 (1891), L II, iig. 1 (fig. bona); Koorders en Valeton 

 Boomsorten van Java, Bijdrage n. 4 (1896), p. 282; R. candelaria D. G. 



