436 LVii. EHizoPHOEBis. (G. Henslow.) lEMzophora. 



Tidal shores from the mouths of the Indus to Malacca and Ceylon. — ^Distbib. 

 Tropical shores of Asia, Africa and Australia. 



A large shrub or tree, evergreen. Leaves 3-7 by 1^—4 in., narrowed at the base. 

 Flowers more or less dlMoping. Cah/x-lobes triangular, narrowing upwards. Petals 

 villous, shorter than the calyx-limb, subconnivent, coriaceous ; margins involute. — A 

 variety in Malacca, E. stylosa. Griff, (sp.) ISotul. iv. 666 ; and Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 

 640, differs according to Griffith frvm B. mnjngaia in its smaller stature, length of 

 style, smaller radicle, more villous petals and more elongated base of the flowers, but 

 the description shows a closer agreement with B. Taticronaia than with if. con- 

 jugata. > 



2. B. conjug'ata, Imn. ; DC. Prodr. iii. 33 ; peduncles arising &om 

 the axils of (fallen) leaves of the previous year shorter than the peiioles 

 mostly 2-flowered, flovyers sessile. R. candelaria, DC. 1. c. 32. R. apiculata^ 

 Blume Flor. Jm. i. 91, and Mus. Sot. 134; Wight lU. i. 209, t. 3 ; Kurz For. 

 Fl. Brk. Burnt, i. 447. 



Tidal marshes from the mouths Of the Indus to Malacca and Ceylon. — Disteib. 

 Tropical shores of Asia and Africa. 



Shrubby or arborescent. Leaves 4-8 by 1-3J in., usually more lanceolate than in 

 the preceding species and subacuminate. Calyx-lobes ovate. Petals glabrous, linear,, 

 flat, submembranous. Stamens 11-12. 



2. CEXtXOPS, Am. 



Trees. Leaves ovate or ohovate. Pedwncles axillary vrith subcapitate flowers. 

 Calyx 5-6-nierous, surrounded at the base with connate bracts. P^ah 5-6, in- 

 serted at the base of a 10-12-lobed fleshy disk, emarginate, appendiculate ; 

 lobes of the petals with clavate or capitate bristles. Stamens 10-12, filaments 

 inserted between the lobes of the disk slender ; anthers 2-celled. Ovmy 3- 

 ceUed (at least above), cells 2-OTuled; style short, stigma simple. Frmt 

 coriaceous, ovoid, surrounded by the reflexed limb of the calyx, 1-celled, 

 1-seeded. Oermination as in RMzophora. — ^Distrtb. Species 2 or 3, natives of 

 the tropical shores of the Old World. 



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1. C. CandoUeana, Am. in Ann. Nat. Hist. i. 368 ; calyx 5-cleft, 

 lobes linear acute, petals 5 glabrous emarginate tip with 3-4 capitate bristles. 

 Blume Mus. Bat. 142; Wight HI. i. 209; Ic. t. 240; Bedd. Flor. Sylv. Anal. 

 Gen. t. xiii. fig. 5 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 590 ; Brandis Far. Fl. 218 ; Kurz, 

 For. Fl. Brit. Bunn. i. 448. R. timorensis, DC. Prodr. iii. 32. 



Tidal forests, &o., from the mouths of the Indus to Malacca and Ceylon. — Distbib. 

 of the genus. 



A small shrub or small tree. Leaves 2-3 by 1-2 in., obovate, very obtuse, 

 cuneate or attenuate at the base. Flowers in rather loose cymes or subcapitate. 

 Stamens 10, alternately shorter. Ovary half-inferior, 3-ceUed. Fruit small, club- 

 shaped or snbovate, surrounded near the base by the reflexed segments of the calyx. 



2. C. Bozburg'biana, Am. in Ann. Nat. Hist. i. 363; calyx 5-6-cleft, 

 lobes subovate subobtuse, petals concave glabrous below setoso-ciliate above 

 towards the apex. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 591 ; Kurz For. Fl. Brit. Burm. 

 i. 448. Rhizophora decandra, Roxb. Hart. Beng. 36 ; Wcdl. Cat. 4875. 



Tidal forests from the Sunderbunds to Malacca. — Disteib. of the genus. 



A dwarf tree or shrub. Leaves 1-4 by f to 2 in., narrowed at the base, very ob- 

 tuse, reddish brown beneath, glabrous. Inflorescence of small axillary cymes or 

 glomerules. Peduncle very short. Stamens 10-12. 



