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as the calycine-segments, oblong, 2-cleft, coriaceous, conduplicate, 
each embracing 2 stamens, woolly on the margins ; stamens twice 
as many as the petals and inserted by pairs opposite to them: fila- 
ments unequal, half the length of the petals: anthers linear or sagit- 
tate: ovary 2—4-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell: style nearly as 
long as the stamens: stigma 2—4-toothed: fruit contained within. 
the tube of the calyx, crowned at the apex by its segments and at 
length perforated by the germinating embryo. 
(1) B. Ruespvu. ( Blume.) 
Ident. Wight’s Ill. I. p. 210. 
Syn. B. gymnorrhiza, Lam. W. §& A. prod. I. p. 311.—Rhizo- 
phora gymnorrizha,- Linn. Dec. prod. III. p. 33.—Roxb. fl. Ind. 
Il. p. 460. 
Engrav. Lam Hl. t. 897.—Wight’s Icon. t. 239.—Rheede 
Mal. VI. t. 31, 32.—Rumph. Amb. IIT. t. 69. 
Spec. Cuar. Tree: leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated at both 
ends: calyx about 12-cleft; segments linear, acuminated, trique- 
trous towards the point: petals 2-lobed, with about 5 short bristles : 
ovary 3—4-celled : germinating embryo somewhat cylindric, taper- 
ing towards each end: flowers largish, red: peduncles 1-ffowered, 
solitary, drooping. 
Common on the Sea-coast, Malabar. Soonderbunds, Flower- 
ing in the hot-season. 
(2) B. parvirtora. (W.& A.) 
Ident. Wight’s Ill. I. p. 210. 
Syn. Rhizophora parviflora, Roxb. fl. Ind.Tl. p. 464.—Kanilia 
parviflora, Blume. 
Spec. Cuar. Small shrub: leaves oblong or Tanceolate, some- 
what obtuse, narrowed at the base: peduncles 3 or many-flowered, 
in cymes: calyx tube ribbed: segments short-lanceolate, acute, 
erect in fruit: ovary 3-celled: germinating embryo cylindric, rathéy 
obtuse: flowers small, greenish-yellow, somewhat scented. ~ 
Mouths of the Ganges. Salsette, and other salt marshes, not 
common. Flowering in the cold season. 
(3) B. ertopetana. (W. & A.) 
Ident. Wight’s Il. 1. p. 210. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 239. 
Spec. Cuar. Leaves oval-oblong, acuminated at both ends: 
calyx somewhat 10-cleft: petals from the base to the apex towards 
the margins densely covered with silvery hairs: segments somewhat 
obtuse, with one bristle towards the apex, and a tonger one in the 
fork. 
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