1897.] G. King — Materials fur a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 313 



Petals shorter than the sepals, linear-lanceolate, thick, lanate on the 

 margins and inner face. Stamens 8, filaments short, anthers linear. 

 Fruit inversely obovoid with the reflexed persistent calyx-teeth at its 

 base, 1*5 in. long; the extrnded radicle 1-2 feet long, cylindric, '6 in. in 

 diam. when dry. DO. Prodr. Ill, 32; Bedd. Fl. Sylv., Anal. Gen. t. 

 XIII, fig. 4; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 95; Wight 111. I, 209 ; Ic. t. 238; 

 Kurz For. Flor. Barm. I, 447; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 435; 

 Trimen Flora Ceylon, I, 151. B. macrorrhiza, Griff; in Trans. Med. 

 Phys. Soc. Calc. VIII, 2. B. candelaria, W. & A. Prodr. I, 310; Wall. 

 Cat. 4878. B. Mangle, Roxb. (not of Linn.) Fl. Ind. II, 456. B. latifolia, 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 324.— Rheede Hort. Mai. VI, t. 34. 



In all e provinces, at the mouths of rivers ; very common. Dis- 

 trib. The Tropics of the Old World and of Australia. 



The original specimens in the Calcutta Herbarium of i?. latifolia, Miq. are 

 only large-leaved specimens of this. 



2. Rhizophora conjugata, Linn. Sp. PI. 634. A small glabrous 

 tree ; young branches clavate, smooth, pale, the upper part with bold 

 cicatrices. Leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate, tapering to each end, the 

 apex mucronate ; when dry the upper surface faintly reticulate, the maiu 

 nerves visible ; the lower surface not showing the main-nerves but the 

 midrib there prominent, remotely pustulate and minutely dotted ; length 

 5-6 in., breadth T65-2-5 in., petiole *8-r25 in. Cymes axillary, shorter 

 than the petioles, 2-flovvered. Calyx-lobes oblong, concave, acute. Petals 

 slightly shorter than the calyx, thin, glabrous. Stamens 6-8 ; filaments 

 short, anthers linear. Fruit inversely clavate, 1 in. long, the protrud- 

 ing radicle from a few inches to a foot long, cylindric ; '2>5-'3 in. in 

 diam., when dry. DC. Prodr. Ill, 33; Blume Mus. Bot. I, 134 ; Wight 

 111. I, 309 ; Kurz. For. Flora Burma, I, 447 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 

 436. B. apiculata, Blume Flor. Jav. I, 91. B. candelaria, DC. Prodr. 

 Ill, 32 ; Trimen Flora Ceylon, I, 151. 



In all the Provinces, at the mouths of rivers and in tidal marshes. 

 Distrib. The Tropics of the Old World. 



2. Bruguiera, Lamk. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves usually coriaceous, oblong, quite entire. 

 Peduncles axillary, cymose, or solitary. Flowers rather large, coriaceous. 

 Calyx 8-14-merous, obconical or campanulate, ebracteate, adnate to the 

 base of: the ovary ; lobes subulate-lanceolate, valvate. Petals oblono*, 

 equal in number to the calyx-lobes, 2-lobed or emarginate, appendicu- 

 late, embracing the stamens by pairs. Stamens 16-28 ; filaments fili- 

 form ; anthers linear, mucronate, about as long as the filaments. Ovary 

 2-4-celled, included in the calyx-tube ; cells 2-ovuled ; style filiform ; 

 J. ii. 40 



