Kcmdelia.'] lvii. rhizophoeej;. (G. Henslow.) 43? 



3. KANDEXiXA, Wight ^ Am. 



A small tree. Leaves oblong, obtuse. Peduncles axillary, dichotomOusly 

 branched, few-flowered. Flmoers rather large, white. Calyx 5-6-merous, sur- 

 rounded at the base by connate bracteoles, adnate to the base of the ovary ; 

 lobes linear, valvate. Petals 2-fid ; lobes multifld, segments capillary. Stamens 

 indefinite, filaments slender exserted. Ovari/ 1-celled, prolonged above the 

 •calyx into a fleshy cone ; stigma 3-lobed ; ovules 6, flxei in pairs to a central 

 ■column. Fruit ovoid, girt by the reflexed limb of the calyx, 1-celled, 1-seeded. 

 Itadicle fusiform, very acuminate. Germination as in Hhizophora. 



1. K. Sheedll, W. Sr A. Prodr. i. 310; Arn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. i. 365 ; 

 Blume Mus. Bot. 135 ; WigU HI. i. t. 89 ; Hook. Ic. PI. t. 362 ; Wall. Cat. 

 4876 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. 100, pi. xiii. fig. 6 ; Kurz For. Fl. Brit. 

 Bunn. i. 449. Ehizopora Oandel, JUnn. ; DC. Prodr. iii. 32. — Rheede Hort. 

 Ma. vi. t. 35. 



Sdndebbtinds and tidal shores of both Peninsulas and Ceylon. — Disteib. Malay 

 Islands. 



A small evergreen tree. Leaves 2-4 by 1-2 in., narrowed at the base, quite entire, 

 dark green above, reddish brown beneath, glabrous. Peduncles about l| in., erect, 

 twice branched diehotomously. FrvM 1 in. long, conio-ovoid. 



4.'bRU6VXERA, Lam. 



Trees. Leaves usually coriaceous, oblong, quite entire. Peduncles axillary, 

 recurved, l-oo -flowered. Flowers rather large, coriaceous. Calyx 8-14rmerous, 

 •obeonical or campanulate, ebracteate, adnate to the base of the ovary; lobes 

 ■subulate-lanceolate, valvate. Petals oblong, 2-lobed, appendiculate, embracing the 

 stamens which spring elasticaUy &om them when mature. Stamens 16-28, 

 filaments filiform ; anthers linear, mucronate, about as long as the filaments. 

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

 stigma 2-4-lobed minute. Fruit turbinate, coriaceous, crowned with the calyx- 

 limb, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Germination as in Rhizophon-a. — DiaililB. Species 

 about 8 in the tropics of the Old World. 



1. B. g'ymnorliiza, Lamh. III. t. 397; peduncles 1-flowered, calyx 

 .-about 12-cleft, lobes linear acuminate erect about f in. in length equalling 

 the tube in fruit, petals densely hairy at the base nearly glabrous' above 2-lobed 

 with 2-4 bristles on each lobe and 1 in the notch, ovary 3-4-celled. W. Sr A. 

 Prodr. 311 ; Brand. For. Fl. 219 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 586 ; Blume Mus. Bot. 

 136 ; Kurz For. Fl. Brit. Burm. i. 450. B. Eheedii, Miq. 1. c. 587 ; Blume, 

 1. c. 136 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. PI. xix. fig. 1 ; Wight Ic. t. 239 ; Bala. ^ 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 95 : Hook. Ic. PI. t. 397. Ehizophora gymnorrhiza, Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 460 ; Griff. Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 646. 



Littoral and especially estuarian forests of India from the mouths of the Indus 

 to Malacca and Ceylon. — ^Disteib. Tropical Asia, Australia, Africa and the Pacific. 



A large evergreen tree. Leaves slightly acuminate, 3-6 by 1^-2^ in. ; stipules 

 oblong, very deciduous. Peduncles cernuous, shorter than the petioles. Flowers 

 about 1 in. diam. Calyx-tube almost campanulate, limb 10-14-cleft. Petals 10-14. 

 Badicle fusiform with about 6 prominent angles, apex obtuse. — A variety (B. Wightii, 

 Bl. «p.) growing at the mouth of the Ganges and Indian Archipelago only differs ap- 

 Tiarentiy from the preceding by the entire margins of the petals being more or less 

 iairy. 



