438 LVii. EHIZ0PH0EE31. (G. Henslow,) 



2. B. eriopetala, W. ^ A. in Wight lU. i. p. 210; Ic. t. 239 B. ; ped- 

 uncles 1-flowered, calyx usually alx>ut 10-cleft, lobes linear acuminate about 

 1 in. exceeding the ribbed tube in fruit, petals -with inargins densely hiisut© 

 ■with silvery hairs from base to apex lobes somewhat obtuse, one seta on each 

 lobe and one longer in the notch, ovary 3-4-celled, WcM. Cat. 2451 ; Brand. 

 For. Fl. 219. R Rumphii, Blume Mat. Bot. 138. B. parietosa, Griff. Notul. 

 iv. 670 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 641. 



Maiabae; at Qiulon, Wight, Malayan Pkninstila, Griffith. — ^Distbib. Malay 

 Archipelago, China. 



A tree. Leaves ovate or oMong, acuminate at both ends. Calyx-lobes from 9-14, 

 somewhat triqaetrous, Buberect in fimt. Anthers linear. 



3. B. caryopliylloldes, Blume Mm. Bot. i. 141 ; pedundes about 

 3-flowered, calyx about 8-cleft, lobes linear subacute about \ in. reflexed and 

 half the length of the tube in fruit, petals ciliate feom base to apex nearly erect 

 bifid bearing 3-4 bristles and 1 in the notch, ovary 2-ceIled. Miq. Fl. Ind^ 

 Bat. i. 589 ; Kurz For. Fl. Brit. Burnt, i. 450. Bhizophoia caryophylloides. 

 Ja<:k Mai. Misc. i. 34; Hook. Bot. Misc. ii. 80; Wall. Cat. 4879; DC. Prodr. 

 iii. 33, 8; Am. in Ann. Nat. Hist. i. 368 ; WigU El. t. 210. E. cylindrica,. 

 Linn. sp. 635. Kanilia caryophylloides, Blume Mus. Bot. 141. — "Rheede Hart.. 

 Mai. vi. t. 33. 



Ttdai. forests of India, from Malabar to Malacca and Ceylon. — ^Distecb. Malay 

 Archipelago. 



A small tree. Leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, scarcely 

 coriaceous. Peduncles shorter or nearly equalling the petioles, 1-5- usually 3- 

 flowered ; buds subacute, pediceUed. Calyx-t'uhe obtuse at the base, not ribbed. Fruit 

 about ^ in., urceolate, slightly constricted below the calyx-limb. Badicle subdavate, 

 subacute. 



4. B. malabarica, Am. in Wight HI. i. 210 ; peduncles about 3-flowered, 

 calyx about 8-cleft, lobes subobtuse reflexed about ^ in. and half the length of 

 the tube in fruit, ovary 2-celled. Bhizophora cylindrica, Mnn. sp. 635 inpart^ 

 —Bheede Hart. Mai. vi. t. 38. 



Maiabae Coast ; Bheede, 



A tree. Leaves herbaceous. Peduncles equalling the petioles, 3-flowered. Buds: 

 obtuse, sessile. Fruit about ^ in. long, campanulate, not or scarcely constricted below 

 the calyx-limb. Badicle as in the last species but apparently much softer than that of 

 any other. — ^This may prove to be a variety or subspecies of B. caryophylloides. 



5. B. parviflora, W. Sf A. Prodr. i. 311; peduncles many-flowered> 

 calyx about 8-cleft, lobes lanceolate about i in. long erect much shorter than 

 the tube in fruit, petals with 5 bristles, ovary 3-celled, fruit subcylindric about 

 1 in., long, radicle subcylindric slender truncated. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 588 ; 

 Wight HI. i. 210; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 101; Kurz Fm: Fl. Brit. Burm. i. 449. 

 Bhizophora parviflora, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 641 ; Wall. Cat. 4877. R. cylindrica, 

 Roxh. HoH. Beng. 36 ; WaU. Cat. 4877. Kanilia parviflora, Blume Mm. Bot.. 

 140 1. 30; Balz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 95. 



Littoral forests, from the SuNDKEBtnros to Malacca. — Distbib. Malayan Archi- 

 pelago. 



A shrub or small tree. Leaves oblong or broadly lanceolate. Peduncles once or 

 twice trichotomous. Calyx-tttbe tapering at the base, ribbed ; lobes very short and 

 rigid. 



