EMzophora.'] lvii. RHizopHOEBiE. (G. Henslowi) 435 



Anisophi/llea)-, OTules usually 2 in each cell, pendulbus. Ihiit coriaceous, 

 mostly indehiscent, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Seeii pendulous, arillate or not ; albumen 

 fleshy or ; enibryo inverted, small if surrounded by albumen, elongated if 

 ■exalDuminouB ; radicle macropodous in the tribe Shizophorecs, perforating the 

 apex of the pericarp and germinating while the fruit still adheres to the tree. — 

 DiSTElB. Tropical plants ; many sharing with an arboreal vegetation the muddy 

 shores of the estuaries of rivers. Genera 17, species aboutSO. 



Teibe I. Rliizophoreae. Leaves oppdsite, stipulate. Ovary inferior ; 

 style single. Embryo eialbuminous, macropodous, germinating while the fruit 

 is still on the tree. 



Petals 4, entire. Stamens 8. Ovary 2-celled 1. Ehizophoea. 



Petals S-6, emarginate. Stamens 10-12. Ovary 3-celled . 2. Ceeiops. 



Petals 5-6, lacerate. Stamens « . Gvaiy 1-eelled ... 3. Kandelia. 



Petals 8-14, 2-fid. Stamens 16-28. Ovary 2-4-ceUed . . 4. BEuaOTERA. 



Tbibe II. Xieirnotideae. Leaves opposite, stipulate. Ovary half-infe- 

 rior or superior but adnate to the base of the calyx ; style single. Embryo im- 

 mersed in fleshy albumen. 



■Calyx-tabe minutely bracteolate, half-superior, lobes erect . 5. Caeau.u. 

 Caljx-tube ebraeteolate, half-superior, lobes reflexed ... 6. Pellaoaltx. 

 Calyx-tube ebraeteolate, adnate to the base of the ovary ; cells 



of the ovary 4-ovuled 7. Gtnotrochbs. 



■Calyx-tnbe with connate bracteoles, adnate to the base of the 

 ■ ovary, lobes patent ; cells of the ovary 2-ovuled .... 8. Weihea. 

 •Calyx-tube ebraeteolate, adnate to the base of the ovary, lobes 



erect 9. Blepharistemma. 



Tbibe III. AnisopIiyUeae. Leaves alternate, ezsiipulate. Ovary infe- 

 rior ; styles 4. Ertibryo exalbuminous. 



Characters of the tribe 10. Anisophyilea. 



1. RKXZOFKORA, Xim. 



Trees. Branches marked by leaf-scars. Leaves ovate or elliptic, mucronate. 

 Flowers rather large, on axillary 2-3-chotomously divided and few-flowered 

 cymes. Calyx 4r-lobed, smTounded at the base by connate bracteoles. Petals 

 4, entire, inserted on a fleshy disk. Antheirs subsessile, multi-loceUate. Ovary 

 3-celled, half-inferior, projecting beyond the calyx as a fleshy cone ; cells 2- 

 ovuled; stigma bifid. Fhiit coi-iaceous, ovoid or obconic, crowned vrith the 

 reflexed limb of the calyx. Radicle elongated, clavate, perforating the apex of 

 the fruit ^d descending from the tree into the mud.— J)isteib. About 5 spe- 

 cies ; frequent on muddy tropical shores. 



1. It. mucronata, Lam. Diet. iv. 169 ; III. t. 396, f. 2 ; peduncles arising 

 from the axils of leaves of the same year longer than the petioles about 3- 

 flowered, flowers pedicellate. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. t. xiii. fig. 4 ; Dah. 

 ■i^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 95-; Wight III. i. 209; Ic. t. 238; Kurz For. Fl. Brit. 

 Burm. i. 447. R. macrorrhiza, Griff, in Trans. Med. Phys. Soe. Calc. viii. 2. 

 R. candelaria, W. ^ A. Frodr. i. 310 ; Wall. Cat. 4878. R. Mangle, lAnn. ; 

 Itoxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 4S9.—Bheede Sort. Mai. vi. t. 34. 



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