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GENUS I. RHIZOPHORA, 
Teosandria Manogynia. Ser: Syst: 
Deriv. From Rhiza, a root, and Phorea, to. bear, in allusion to. 
the strange mode. of growth. " 
Gen. Cuar. Trees with entire leaves and axillary inflorescence: 
ealyx-tube obovate: segments 4, oblang: petals as many as the. 
segments of the calyx, oblong, emarginate, coriaceous, condupli+ 
cate; the margins each with a double row of long woolly hairs: 
stamens twice as many as. the petals: anthers large, linear-oblong :. 
ovary 2-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell: style conical, short, 2 
furrowed: stigma 2-toothed : fruié ovate or oblong, crowned near 
the base with the persistent segments of the calyx, longer than the 
tube and at length perforated. at the apex by the radicle of the ger~ 
minating embryo. 
(1), R. mucronata. (£am.) 
Ident. Arn. in Ann. of. Nat. Hist. I. p. 359. 
Syn. R. mangle, Linn. Roxb. fi. Ind IL. -p.459.—R.. Cande-~ 
laria, W. § A. prod. I. p, 310. L 
Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 238. P 
Spec. Car. Small tree : leaves. oval, long-cuspidate.> segments. 
of the calyx triangular-ovate: peduncles 3—6-flowered : germinating. 
embryo. subulate-clavate, acute « flowers largish, white, fragrant. 
Common in salt marshes along the coast of Malabar. Soonder- 
bunds. Flowering in the hot season. 
(2) R. consucata, (Linn.) 
Ident, Linn. Sp. p. 634.—Dec. prod, III. p. 3%. 
Syn. R.-Candelaria, Dec. 
Engrav, Rheede Mal. VI. t..34,—Rumph. Amb, ITT. t. 71, 72. 
Srec. Cuar. Small tree: leaves ovate oblong, somewhat ob~ 
tuse, germinating embryo cylindrical-subulate: flowers middle. 
sized, white, faintly scented. 
Malabar. Quilon. 
GENUS: H. CERIOPS. 
Deeandria Menogynia. Sex: Syst: 
Gew. Cuar. Calyx 5-cleft: petals 5, emarginate, embracing 
two stamens before expansion: anthers cordate-ovate: ovary half- 
adherent, 3-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell: stigma simple: fruit 
somewhat ovate, crowned near the base with the reflexed segmenta 
of the calyx. 
