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RHIZOPHOREAE, Ji. Brojvn, 



RHIZOPHORA, LtNN. 



Calix 4-p^i'^'^"S, persisteDS. Petala 4> calici in- 

 serta, plana. Stamina 8 rarlus plura (in R. aj)!- 

 culata saepius ii), ibidem inseria, petalis co)t- 

 jugatim opposita. Ovarium semiadbaereus, disco 

 tumido tectum , a-loculare; locub*s a-ovula- 

 tis. Styujs brevis aut nuUus. Stigmata 2, ob- 

 tusiuscula. FnucTUS coiiaceus, monQspermiis , ad 

 apicem, germlnalione inchoanle, radiculai clongaLa 

 perforatus. 



Arbores marilimae, ramis opposltis, miillollcs ra- 

 dlcantlbus. Folla opposlia, petlolata, iutegerrima, 

 coriacea, glabra. Stipulaelnlerpetiolares, Ficuummore 

 convolutae et caducae. Pedunculi axillares, saepe 

 bifidi aut dlchotomi, blfloii, artlculatlj articulis apice 

 bracteatls. 



1. Rhizophora Mangley Linn. 



R. folils oblongis utiinque attenuatls longiter apiculatis , 

 peduncuHs subbifidis, floribus pediceflatis, fructibus cla- 

 vato-subulatls apice tuberculatis. TVilld, Sfk, pl. 2. ji» 

 845. 4. Spr. Syst, veg. 2. p. 235. i. Mangium Calen^ 

 darium, Rumph, amb, 3. p» 108. t, 21 ct 72. 



Kaju Bangho (Malaic). 

 • ". 'tii Crescit in maritimis Moluccarumt Jamei eic. ^ 



2. Rhizophora apiculata, f 



R. folils oblongls utrinque attenuatis apiculatis, pcdun- 

 culis a-florisy floribus s^ssilibus, Ixucubus clavato-sobu- 



