450 RHIZOPHORER. [ Carallia. 
ribbed, the lobes much shorter, rigid; petals shorter than the 
calyx-lobes, obovate, cucullate-2-lobed, with a bristle between, and 
3 or 4 others at the apex of, the lobes, yellowish, puberulous out- 
side; stamens alternately shorter; fruits cylindrically club-shaped, 
ribbed, crowned with the stiff short calyx-lobes. 
Has.—In the littoral, especially the mangrove, forests of Tenasserim and 
the Andamans.—l.—_SS.—Sal. 
2. B. caryophylloides, Bl.; Bedd. Sylv. Madr. 101 .—An ever- 
green small tree, all parts quite glabrous ; leaves oblong to oblong- 
lanceolate, narrowed at the base, acute, on a long and slender 
petiole, coriaceous ; flowers small, more or less nodding, on very 
‘short and thick pedicels, solitary or by 2-5, forming a short cyme 
usually of the length of the petiole or shorter; calyx-tube not 
ribbed, turbinate-club-shaped, rounded at the base, the lobes some- 
what shorter than the tube and spreading; petals erect, shorter 
than the calyx-lobes, oblong, whitish, somewhat puberulous outside, 
2-cleft, with a rather long bristle between, and 3 to 5 twisted 
bristles at the apex of, the lobes; fruits pendulous, somewhat 
narrowed under the reflexed persistent calyx-lobes, not ribbed. 
Haz.—In the mangrove swamps of Upper Tenasserim,—Fl. Feb.; Fr. 
Apr.—l.—SS.=Sal. 
stiff-linear with 3-angular sharp points, the tube obsoletely 8-14- 
angular; petals 2-cleft with a bristle between the lobes, either 
quite glabrous or villous-silky along the margins, the lobes termi- 
nated by 1-3 bristles or naked; fruits drooping, oblong, crowned 
Haz.—Common in the littoral, especially the mangrove, forests, especially at 
estuaries, all along the coasts from Chittagong down to Tenasserim and the 
Andamans.—F1. Jan.-May.—l.—SS.—Sal. 
Remarxs.—Wood reddish brown, the sap-wood lighter coloured, close- 
_ grained, coarse-fibrous, very heavy, hard, strong and durable. Bark good for 
tanning purposes. 
CARALLIA, Roxb. 
Calyx minutely bracted at the base, shortly 5-8-lobed, valvate. 
Petals 5-8, inserted round the thin 10-16-lobed disk. Stamens 
