RHIZOPHORACE^. 41 



to the very edge of the ocean. There are 6 genera, 26 species ; 2 of 

 these are common to several parts of the world (Rhizophora mu- 

 cronata, Lam. and Ceriops CandoUianus, Am.) 6 are found in America; 

 1 in Madagascar ; I in New Holland ; 1 in China ; and 15 in the E. Indies. 

 Of the latter, 1 belongs to Rhizophora ; 1 to Ceriops ; 1 to Kandelia ,• 8 to 

 Bruguiera ; and 4 to Carallia. — Properties unimportant. 

 Rhizophora, Lam. {Arn. I. c. ; — Wight. I. c. p. 209.) 



1. mucronata. Lam. {Am. I. c; — DC. pr. 3, p. 32; — Wight, icon 1, 

 t. 238; — R. Mangle, L. 9 ex pie. — Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 459 ;—R. 

 Candelaria, W. and A. pr. \,p. 310, not DC. ; — and excl. syn. Rheed. 

 and Rumph. ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 68. — R. macrorrhiza. Griff. 

 0. c. p. 8. — ) C^tnl Bhora, L. b Mauritius, Madagascar, Ceylon, 

 Java, Arabia Felix, Malabar, Soonderboons, &c. Fl. largish, white, 

 sweet-scented. In H. C. G. fl. April and May ; fr. C. S. — Wood 

 dark reddish, hard and durable. {Roxb.) 



2. conjugata, L. {Am. I. c. ; — DC. pr. 3, p 33 ; — Roxb. H. B. p. 36. 

 — R. Candelaria, DC. o. c. p. 32 ; — Griff, o. c. p. 7. — Rheed 6. I. 

 34; — Rumph. 3, t. 71-72.) 5 Ceylon, Java, Malabar, Tenasserim, 

 &c. — Fl. middle-sized, white, faintly scented. Introduced into H. C. 

 G. in 1796, but had not fl. up to 1814. 



Ceriops, Amott. ( Wight, ill. p. 209.) 



1. Ro-iburghianus, Arn. {I. c. Rhizophora decandra. Roxb. H. B. p. 

 36. — Bruguiera decandra. Griff, o. c. p. 10.) ^?tl Goran. S. Pe- 

 nang, Martaban, Tavoy, Soonderbuns. — Fl. small, greenish-white, H. 

 S. ; fr. C. S. 



Kandelia, W. and A. {pr. \, p. 310.) 



1. Rheedii, W. and A. (/. c. Griff, o. c. p. 9 ;— Wight, ill. t. 89.— Rhi- 

 zophora Candel, L. ;—DC. pr. 3, p. 32 .—Roxb. U. B. p. 36 ,—J. 

 Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 68 ;— Rheed. 6, t. 35.) 5, Malabar, Tenasserim, 

 Soonderboons, &c. Fl. largish, white and gi"een. Introduced into 

 H. C. G. before 1814.— Fl. ? 



Bruguiera, L'Herit. {Am. I. c. ; — Wight, l. c.) 



1. Rheedii, Bl. ? {Arn. I. c. ; — Wight, o. c. p. 210; — Wight, icon. 1, 

 t. 239. A. — B. gymnorrhiza. Lam. ; (as to the flowers) ill. t. 397. ^ig. 

 a. b. c. and perhaps d. f. ; — W. and A. pr. 1, p. 311, partly — Griff. 

 0. c. p. 10. — Rhizophora gymnorrhiza, L. partly; — Roxb. fl. ind. 2, 

 p. 460;—/. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 6S;— Rheed. 6, t. 31, 32;— Rumph. 

 3, t. 69, according to Bl. and consequently also Rhizophora ? Palun, 

 DC. pr. 3, p. 33.) ^t^1 Kankra. b Cochin-China, Moluccas, Ja- 

 va, Tenasserim, Penang, &c. Soonderbuns. Malabar. Fl. largjsh. 

 red. In H. C. G. fl. H. S. fr. C. S.—Wood hard, durable, yellowiah. 

 {Roxb.) 



2. parviflora, W. and A. {pr. 1. p. 311, annot. ; — Griff, o. c. p. 10;- 

 Arn. in Wight, ill. \,p. 210. — Rhizophora parviflora, Rox.ff. ind. 2. p. 

 461 ;—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p 68 ; excl. syn. DC. and Rumph.—/?. 



