XLIX. RHIZOPHOKACE.E 303 



A. Ovary inferior or half-inferior, 1. coriaceous. 



Literal species, albumen 0, the seed germinates on the tree, sending down a long 

 radicle. 



Petals i. entire, ovary 2-celled, half-inferior . . 1. Ehizophoba. 



Petals 5 or 6, emarginate, ovary 3-celled, half- 

 inferior .......... 2. Cekiops. 



Petals 5 or 6, bifid, lobes laciniate, ovary 1-celled, 



half-inferior 3. Kan-deli a. 



Petals 8-14, hifid or emarginate. ovary 2-4-celled, 



inferior 4. Biuoi-ik.ua. 



Inland s].ei-ies. seeds albuminous, do not germinate 



on the tree 5. Carallia. 



B. Ovary free, inland species. 



L. coriaceous, strongly net-veined, seeds albuminous. Gynotroches (p. 306). 

 L. almost membranous, perfectly glabrous, fl. J in long Weihea (p. 306). 

 L. membranous, young shoots and inflorescence pub- 

 escent, H. J in. long Blki'Hahistkmma 



(p. 306). 



1. RHIZOPHORA, .<%x /f 



Linn. : Fl. Brit. 



Ind. ii. 435. 



i u ''' YYSfcT^^ V ^> 



Evergreen glabrous \v^^«_ 



shrubs or middle-sized \t— 



trees sending down & 



numerous aerial roots j S.JWI) 



into the mud of the \ • ., 



Mangrove swamp. The 

 lower part of the trunk 

 dies early and the tree 



is then supported by a \ \ *JF 



number of branching \ ^StijsMl 



aerial roots, standing as \. \l| 



it wore ..n stilts. ^\V» 



Leaves thick, stipules "-pi 



large, deciduous, enclos- 

 ing the bllds. Fl. on 



few-fld. cymes, calyx 

 .li\ ided into I segments, 

 persistenl and enlarged 

 in fr., anthers 8- -I "J, 

 nearly sessile, with 

 numerous cells. < (vary 

 half- inferior, 2-celled, 

 2 ovules in each cell. 

 Fr. leather; . conical, in- 

 dehiscent, 1-eellod, 1- 

 seeded, the seed germin- 

 ating on the tree, the i 

 large 03 Lindrical radicle 



perioral ing 1 he apex of \ 



the fr. Species 3, one w\\V 



/;. Mm, ,/i, Linn. 

 American. 



1. R. mucronata, 



I irck : Wighl [c. 



t. 238; Bedd.Manual t. 1 



13. Vera. Kamo, Sind : 



Randal, Mar. : I T pjnk 



I'liim,. Tel. : Bhara, 



Sundr. ; /'//"• Burm. Fio. 180. Rhizophora mucronata, Lan 



