42 RHIZOPHORACE.E MEMECYLACE.E. 



cylindrica, Roxb. H. B. p. 36.) 5 Mergui, Soonderbuns, Salsette. 

 Fl. small, greenish-yellow, somewhat scented, C. S. ; fr. 0. 

 Carallia, Roxb. {DC.fr. 3, p. 33 ,— W. and A.\,f.Z\\.) 



1. lucida, Roxb. (Coram. 3, t. 211; /. ind. 2, j). 481 ;— DC. /. c. ;—W. 

 and A. o. c. p. 312. — C. integerrima, DC. I. c. — C. integrifolia. Grah. 

 Cat. B. pi. p. 68.) Malabar, Circars, Mergui, Chittagong, Silhet, 

 Kemaon. — Fl. very small, greenish-white, nearly inodorous, Feb. and 

 March ; fr. 0. It is only the younger trees that have the leaves 

 sharply serrulate ; in old ones they are perfectly entire, and varying 

 from oval to obovate, as well as in size. 



2. lancecpfolia, Roxb. (/. ind. 2, p. 481 \—DC.pr. 3. p. 33.) b Su- 

 matra. Fl. small, greenish, Feb. and March ; fr. 0. 



3. garcinifolia. Wall, 5 Khassya Hills. 



* Cassipourea guianensis, Aubl. b Guiana. — Richieea niadagascariensis. 

 Pet. Th. B Madagascar. — Rhizophora Mangle, L. b W. Indies. — 

 Ceriops Candollianus, Arn. B. Quilon. — Bruguiera gymnorrhiza, Bl. 

 Java, Moluccas. — B. cylindrica, Bl. Java. — B. eriopetala, W. and A. ; 

 Wight, icon. t. 239. B. — Quilon, Tenasserim. — B. caryophyllo'ides, Bl. 

 Singapore, Penang. — B. malabarica. Arn. Malabar. — Carallia zeyla- 

 nica, Arn. Ceylon. 



ORDER XXIII.--MEMECYLACEyE.— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 40. 



Fine shrubs, of 3 (5) genera, containing 36 species ; 26 from the 

 E. Indies ; 3 from Mauritius and Bourbon ; 1 from Madagascar : 2 from 

 Brazil ; 1 from Guiana ; 1 from Mexico ; 1 from the W. Indies ; and 1, as 

 to its native country, unkno\yn. Of the E. Indian forms, 2 belong to 

 Scutula, a genus nearly unknown ; and 24 to Memecylon. Two of these 

 have been found on the Khassya Mountains ; the rest in the two Peninsulas 

 of India, Ceylon, Java and Cochin-China. Memecylon grande, Retz. has 

 been traced as far northwards as Monghir. We are unacquainted with 

 Guildingia, Hook, and Fenzlia, Endl. Properties unimportant. 

 Mkmecylon, L. {DC. pr. Z, p. 5 ; — W. and A. pr. 1, p. 319.) 



1, rami/iorum, ham. {DC. o. c. p. 6 ; — W. and A. I. c. — M. tinctorium. 

 Kon. — W. and A. I. c; — Wight, ill. t. 93; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. 

 p. 71. excl. syn. Roxb.) B Malay Peninsula, Coromandel, Maha- 

 bleshwur, Kundalla and along the Ghauts, Silhet. Fl. small, blue, 

 H. S. Leaves used in dyeng yellow. 



2. capitellatum, L. {DC. pr. 3, p. 6. — M. edule, Roxb. Corotn. 1, t. 

 82;/. ind. 2, p. 2G0;—DC. I. c.) B Ceylon, Coromandel, &c. 

 Fl. small, blue, H. S. — Ripe berries astringent, eaten by the natives. 



