JOURNAL 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. 



Part II.— PHYSICAL, SCIENCE. 

 No. II.— 1877, 



VI. — Contributions towards a Knowledge of tlie Burmese Flora,. 

 By S. KuEZ. 



(Continued from Vol. XLV, p. 310.) 

 BSIZOPHOBI^JE. 



Conspectus of Genera. 

 Subord. I. EHIZOFHOEUJE. Ovary inferior. Albumen none. Seeds germinat- 

 ing on the tree, the thick radicle rapidly enlarging and protruding from the summit of 

 the fruit. Salt-loving shrubs or trees. 



* Ovary-cells with 2 — 6 ovules. 



Rhizophora. Calyx 4-cleft. Petals entire. Anthers 8 — 12, nearly sessile. 

 Ovary 2-celled, the cells 2-ovuled. 



Ceriops. Calyx 5 — 6-cleft. Petals notched, appendaged. Stamens 10 — 12. 

 Ovary 3-cellcd, the cells 2-ovuled. 



Kandelia. Calyx 5 — 6-cleft. Petals cut. Stamens many, the filaments capillary. 

 Ovary 1-celled, with 6 ovules. 



* * Ovary-cells with a solitary ovule. 



Bruguiera. Calyx 8 — 14'Cleft. Petals 2-cleft, appendaged. Stamens 16 — 28, 

 the filaments filiform. Ovary 2 — 4-celled. 



Subord. II. LEGNOTIDEJE. Ovary inferior, almost superior or free. Embryo 

 imbedded in a fleshy albumen. Seeds germinating in the ordinary way. 



* Ovary inferior. Calyx bell-shaped beyond the ovary. 



Carallia. Calyx-lobes short, erect. Stamens 10 — 16. Ovary-cells 2-ovuled. 

 Flowers cymose. 



Pellacalyx. Calyx-lobes short, recurved. Stamens 10 — 12. Ovary-cells many- 

 ovuled. Flowers fascicled. 



* * Ovary superior or nearly so, with a broad base adnate to the calyx, 

 Gynotroches. Calyx without bractlets. Stamens 8 — 10, the filaments elongate. 



Ovary-ccUs 4-ovuled. 



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