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XLIX. RHIZOPHORACEjE 



[Rhizophora 



Leaves elliptic, rnucronate by the excurrent midrib, blade 4-7, petiole 1-lf in. 

 Cymes 3-5-fld., from the axils of this year's leaves, peduncles 1—1 V in. long, 

 pedicels short thick, calyx'Segments i in. long, oblong-lanceolate, keeled within, 

 petals hairy within, anthers 8. Fr. l?r-2 in. long, dark brown, embryo often 

 attaining 30 in. before falling from the tree. 



Tidal marshes in Sind, the Western Peninsula, the Sundriban and Burma. Fl. H. S., 

 K. S. Bark used in tanning. Sea coast in the tropics of the Old World and Australia. 

 2. E. conjugata, Linn. (S. Candelaria, DC. Trimen Handb. Ceylon ii. 151.) Generally 

 associated with 1. Leaves lanceolate, cymes nearly sessile, usually 2-fld., above the 

 scars of fallen 1, fl. sessile. 



2. CERIOPS, Arnott. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 436. 



Simple stemmed shrubs or small trees, sending down aerial roots from the 

 brauches. Fl. in compact many-fid. cymes, calyx deeply divided into 5 seg- 

 ments, petals 5, emarginate, stam. 10, inserted between the lobes of an annular 

 disk, ovary half-inferior, 3-celled, 2 ovules in each cell. Fr. as iu Rhizophora, 

 but the radicle of the germinating embryo ribbed. Species 2. 



1. C. Candolleana, Arn. ; Wight Ic. t. 240 : Bedd. Manual t.*13. (Qhauri, Sind ; Goran, 

 Guttia, Sundr.) Tidal Forests of Sind, the Western Peninsula, Bengal and the Anda- 

 mans. Sea coast of tropical Asia, Africa and Australia. L. obovate, obtuse, cymes 

 peduncled, branching, pedicels short, petals with 3 short clavate appendages at the apex, 

 filaments much longer than anthers. Bark and fruit used in tanning. 2. C. Rox- 

 burghiana, Arn. {Goran, Sundr. ; Kabaing, Burm.) Sundriban. Coast of Burma. Malay 

 Peninsula and Archipelago. Cymes densely capitate on short peduncles, petals concave, 

 apex ciliate, filaments much shorter than anthers. 



3. KANDELIA, Wight & Arn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 437. 



K. Rheedei, W. & A. (the only 

 species) ; Wight 111. t. 89 ; Bedd. 

 Manual t. 13. Vera. Gorki, Sundr. 



A simple stemmed shrub, 1. elliptic- 

 oblong, blade3-5, narrowed into petiole 

 :\-l in. long. Fl. white, in dichotom- 

 ousty branched cymes, peduncle 1-2 

 in. Calyx surrounded at the base by 

 bracteoles connate into a cup, lobes 

 5 or 6, linear, |-j in. long. Petals 

 bifid, the lobes divided into numerous 

 capillary segments. Stamens oo, an- 

 thers small, filaments slender. Ovary 

 half-inferior, prolonged beyond the 

 calyx into a fleshy cone, one-celled, 

 ovules 6, style slender, stigma 3-lobed. 

 Fr. ovoid, girt at the base by the re- 

 flexed calyx-lobes. 



Tidal swamps of the Western Peninsula, 

 Bengal, Andamans and Burma. PI. May- 

 Sept. Bark used . in dyeing. China, 

 Borneo, Formosa. 



Kandelia Rheedii. W. & A. 



4. BRUGUIERA, Lam. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 437. 



Trees, base of trunk supported by short aerial roots, knees from the lower 

 roots abundant. Calyx-tube produced considerably beyond the inferior ovary, 

 lobes 8-14, petals 2-fid or emarginate, stamens 16-28. Ovary 2-4-celled, 2 

 ovules in each cell. Fr. fleshy, seed one, germination as in Rhizophora. 

 Species 4 or 5, from East Africa to Australia. 



A. Fl. large, solitary. 



