411 
(4) B. Matasarica. (Arn) 
Adent. Wight’s Il. I. t. 210. 
Syn. Rhizophora cylindrica, Linn, 
Engrav. Rheede Mal. VI. t. 33. 
Spec. Cuar. Leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated at both ends: 
peduncles equalling the petiole, 3-flowered at the apex: calyx-seg- 
ments somewhat obtuse: ovary 2«celled: germinating embryo cy- 
lindric, at length slightly attenuated above the middle, obtuse, 
Shores of Malabar. 
GENUS V. CARALLIA. 
Dodeeandria Monegynia. Sex: Sysi: 
Deriv. The Telingi name latinized. 
_Gen. Cuan. Trees: leaves serrated or toothed: peduncles ax- 
illary, thick, short, rigid, bifid or trifid, several-flowered: calyx- 
tube somewhat globose, 5—7-lobed: lobes triangular: petals as 
many as the lobes of the calyx, clawed: stamens twice as many as 
the petals: ovary globose, crowned with a glandular ring between 
the calyx and the style, 1 1-celled with 1-3 ovules or 5-celled with 2 
ovules in each cell :-style about the length of the stamens: stigma 
large, peltate: fruit baccate, 1-celled, kidney-shaped. 
. 
(1) C. invecerrima. (Dec.) 
Ident. Dec. prod. HI. p. 33. 
Syn. C. lucida, Roxb. W. & A. prod. I. me 312.—Roxb. fl. Ind, 
II. p. 481.—C, Zeylanica, Arn. 
Engrav. Roxb. Cor. IU. t. 211.—Wight’s Teon. t, 605. 
Sprrc. Cuar. Tree: Jeaves oval, acuminated, finely serrated : 
petals’ 6-7, roundish, entire, waved on the margin, much larger 
than the segments of the calyx: stigma concave, 3-lobed: pedun- 
cles short, axillary, bifid: flowers small, greenish-white.* * 
Malabar. Cirears. Chittagong. Silhet. Flowering in the hot 
season. It is only the younger trees that have the leaves serrated ; 
in old ones they are perfectly entire and vary in shape and size. 
ORDER LXI. COMBRETACEZ. 
Trees or shrubs with alternate or opposite. exstipulate leaves: 
calyx 4~5-lobed.: lobes deciduous: petals alternate with the 
lobes or wanting : stamens twice as many as the lobes, rarely 
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