474 BENGAL PLANTS. [Myriophyllum, 
754, Myriopaytitum TUBERCULATUM Roxb.; F. I. i. 451 ;F. BI 
li. 482. 
C. and E. Bengal, in jheels. 
A submerged water plant. 
755. Myrtopaynium inpicum Willd. ; F. B. I. ii. 483. M. tetran- 
drum F, I. i. 451. 
In all the provinces, in jheels and ponds. 
A submerged water plant. 
Order LII. RHIZOPHOREZ. j 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves coriaceous, entire rarely serrulate, 4 
opposite, with stipules interpetiolar, caducous; rarely alternate, 5 
with stipules 0. Flowers regular, usually hermaphrodite, axillary, : 
adnate to the ovary ; lobes 4-14, valvate, persistent. Petals a8 — 
many as the calyx-lobes, entire, emarginate, 2-fid or lacerate, con : 
volute or inflexed, always shorter than calyx-lobes. Stamens ; 
usually twice ag many as petals, in antipetalous pairs em a 
by the lamina, rarely numerous; filaments short or long, sent 
anthers 2-celled with dehiscence longitudinal, lateral, rarely we : 
locellate. Ovary inferior, half-inferior or rarely superior, 
in each loculus usually 2, pendulous. Frwit leathery, ard 
indehiscent, 1- elled, 1-seeded. Seed pendulous, arillate bg eee 
umen fleshy or 0; embryo in albuminous seeds sage 
exalbuminous elongated, often germinating while the fruit 18 
on the tree, 
*Sea-shore trees (mangroves) ; seeds without albumen ; embryo es ; 
large radicle germinating while the fruit is still on the tree :1D- i 
Calyx-segments and petals not more than six; calyx surrounded © 
connate bracteoles :—[p. 475 
Calyx-segments and petals each 5-6 ; petals not entire :— oe 
Petals emarginate ; stamens 10-12; ovary 3-celled.....--- .Ceriops i 
Petals lacerate ; stamens indefinite ; ovary 1-celled......Kandelit 
