580 LXi. LTTHRACBa;. (C. B. Clarke.) [Sonneratia. 



i. 526. Rhizophora caseolaris, Zmn. Sp. PI. 635. Aubletia caseolaris, Qaei-tn. 

 Pruct. i. t. 78.— Hheede Sort. Mai iii. t. 40 ; Humph. Amb. iii. t. 74. 



Bekqai ; Griffith. Soonderbun ; 0. B. Clarke. Raugoon, McClelland. Pbhu ; 

 Kurz. Decoan Peninsiji.a ; Bottler. Ceylon ; Thwaites. — Distrib. JaTa, Siam. 



A small tree, not exceeding 15 ft. (Km-z), growing in mangroye swamps flooded 

 by the tide. Leaves 3-4 by 1-1| in., attenuate almost to the base so that the petiole 

 is subobsolete. Buds ellipsoid, calyx-tube not in the least angular. Cali/x in flower 

 1 in. or more ; style long-exserted sometimes 3 in. Capsule thick-waUed, sometimes 

 more than 2 in. broad, concave at the summit. — The Kew specimens are all narrow- 

 leaved, the flowers 6-fid not 7-8-fid ; but the examples are few and it is probable 

 that to the synonyms above cited should be added <S. Pagatpat, obovata, evenia, Ian- 

 ceolata for which see Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 496, 497. 



3. S. Griffitllii, Kurz Pegu For. MepoH Append. B. 54 ; Jbr. Fl. i. 527 ; 

 leaves broad obovate obtuse, calyx-tube not at all angular, lobes 6-8, petals 0. 

 S. alba, &>-iff. Notul. iv. 652 not Smith. ? S. neglecta, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 

 338. 



BuEMA ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2433). Pegu and Tenasseeim; Kurz. 



Leaves 3 by 2 J in., narrowed at the base ; petiole more than ^ in. Buds flowers 

 and calyx exactly of S. aeida ; calyx-tube ovoid, perfectly free from ribs, petals want- 

 ing. Fruit unknown. — This seems an apetalous form of S. aeida, but the leaves 

 slightly differ from all the examples of that plant. 



4. S. alba, Smith in jRees Cyclop, xxxiii. No. 2 ; leaves elliptic obtuse 

 or obovate narrowed to a short petiole, calyx-tube 6-8-angular (obscurely so 

 in the bud distinctly in fruit), lobes 6-8, petals 0, fruit broadly obeonic. DC. 

 Prodr. iii. 231 ; Blume Mm. Bot. i. 338 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 497 ; 

 Kurz For. Fl. i. 526. S. mossambicensis, Klotzsch in Peters Reis. Mossamh. 

 Bot. t. 12. S. acida, Benth. in Fl. Austral, iii. 301 ; Hiem in Oliv. Fl. Trap. 

 Afr. ii. 4&i.—Bumph. Amb. iii. t. 73. 



Meegui; ffri/^iA (Kew Distrib. No. 2432). Pegtj; Kurz. Maiaya ; Maingay'So, 

 654-2. — DisTEiB. Tropical shores of Africa with its islands, Malaya and Australia. 



A small tree not exceeding 15 ft. (Kurz), growing in the saline littoral forests. 

 Leaves 3 in., oblong or nearly round, narrowed at the base ; petiole ^—\ in. Flowers 

 the size of S. acida, with a very long style. Fruit 1 in. broad, calyx obconical at the 

 base (not flat as in S. acida) ribbed as shown in Klotzsch' picture above cited. — This 

 species was united with 8. acida by Mr. Bentham, and the other writers at Kew have 

 followed. Mr. Kurz has pointed out the distinction in the calyx; and there is a 

 wide difference between the fruits so far as at present known ; but the material is not 

 ample. 



10. PUNlCA.iirm. 



A large shrub ; branchlets round, often armed. Leaves opposite suboppo- 

 site or clustered, oblong or obovate, obtuse, entire. Flowers shortly pedicelled, 

 axillary, soEtary or somewhat clustered, large, orange-red. Ccdyx-tube funnel- 

 shaped, coriaceous, adnate to the ovary below, enlarged above the ovary ; lobes 

 5-7, persistent on the fruit. Petals 5-7, lanceolate, wrinkled, inserted between 

 the calyx-lobes. Stamens very many, inserted round the mouth of the calyxj 

 Ooary inferior with many cells in two whorls ; style long, bent, stigma capitate ; 

 ovules very many, placentas in some cells axile in others parietal. Berry infe- 

 rior, globose, many-celled.' Seeds very many, angular, testa coriaceous with a 

 watery outer coat ; cotyledons convolute. 



