RMzophora.] Rhizophoracea. 151 



-divided, segm. 4, persistent, enlarged in fruit; pet. 4; stam. 8 



or 11 (or 12), anth. nearly sessile, with numerous cells; ov. 



half-inferior, 2-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell ; fruit conical, 



leathery, indehiscent, 1 -celled, 1 -seeded, perforated at apex by 



the large cylindrical radicle of the germinating seed. — Sp. 5 \ 



2 in Fl. B. Ind. 



Fl. on short ped., peduncle 1^ in 1. R. MUCRONATA. 



JF1. sessile, peduncle J in 2. R. Candelaria. 



1. R. mucronata, Lam. Encyc. vi. 169 (1804). XLadol, S. 

 X&andal, T. 



R. Ca?idel, Moon Cat. 36 (non L.). Arn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. i. 362. 

 Wight, 111. i. 209. Thw. Enum. 120. C. P. 1969. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 435. Wight, Ic. t. 238. 



A moderate-sized tree with a spreading head, branchlets 

 thick, marked with close scars of fallen 1. and stip., young 

 parts glabrous, purple; 1. 4J-5 in., oval, acute at both ends 

 and with a strong brown point nearly \ in. long at apex, 

 perfectly glabrous, thick, bright green, pale beneath and dotted 

 with minute red spots, petiole ^-f in., stout, stip. 2 in., glabrous, 

 soon falling ; fl. moderate-sized, on short, very thick ped., 2 

 pairs together at end of stout somewhat drooping peduncles 

 about i£ in. long from axils of 1. of same year; cal.-segm. 

 about I in., oblong-lanceolate, thick, glabrous, keeled within ; 

 pet. about as long as sep., narrow, obtuse, curved, thick, 

 induplicate, hairy within ; stam. 8, anth. linear, very acute ; 

 fruit i|-2 in., ovate-conical, pendulous, slightly rough, dark 

 brown ; embryo attaining 18 in., or even more, before falling 

 from fruit. 



Salt-water estuaries and backwaters round the whole coast. Fl. 

 Aug., Sept.; white, sep. pale yellow. 



Seashores throughout the Eastern Tropics. 



A good picture of the habit of this mangrove is given in t. i. of 

 Karsten's 'Mangrove-Vegetation' (Biblioth. Botan. pt. xxii. 1891). Moon 

 •calls this ' Ela-Kadol,' S. In drying it turns a dark purplish-brown. 

 Heart-wood reddish, very hard. The fishermen soak their nets in the sap 

 to make them durable. 



2. R. Candelaria, DC. Prod. iii. 32 (1828). Xtadol, S. 

 Randal, T. 



R. Mangle, Moon Cat. 36 (L. in part). A', conjugala, Arn. 1. c. 363 ; 

 Thw. Enum. 120 (non L.). C. P. 1968. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 436 (R. conjugala). Rheede, Hort. Malab. vi. t. 34. 

 Karst. 1. c. t. 2, f. i. 



A rather smaller tree than R. mucronata, but otherwise 

 very similar, 1. 5-6 in., lanceolate-oval, acute at base, tapering 

 to acute apex and very shortly mucronatc, paler and slightly 



