148 250 
as to locality being excluded the geographic range of the species is 
to be seen from the following data: 
Indian Ocean: Quilon (Herb. Wight propr. 1042). Travenocore 
(Herb. Wight), Mangalore near Madras (Herb. Wight n. 992). 
Soondreeboon (Herb. of the late East India Company n. 2204, 
C. B. Clarke n. 2176 b (Koolna); Calcutta, cultivated in the Bota- 
nical Garden). Tenasserim and Andamans (Herb. Helfer); 
Mergui (Herb. of the late East India Company n. 2219). Singa- 
pore (according to Ridley). 
Pacific Ocean: Borneo, Sarawak (Beccari), (Haviland n. 2097). 
Tonkin, Haiphong (Balansa n. 1135). Hongkong (Champion), 
Lantao Island (Herb. Hongkong Bot. Gard. n. 144). Formosa, 
Tamsuy (Oldham). 
Rhizophora L. 
1. R. mucronata Lam. Encycl. VI, p. 89, Ill. t.396; Hooker f. Fl. 
Brit. India II, p. 435; Theobald in Mason Burma its people and produc- 
tions, vol. I (1883), p. 480; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, 1, p. 583; G. Karsten in 
Bibliotheca Botanica Heft 22 (1891), t.1, IV, IX; Schimper Indo-Malayische 
Strandflora (1891) p. 92, t. V (fig. bona) et in Engler und Prantl Nat. 
Pflanzenfam. III, 7, p. 52; Wight Ill. I, p. 209 et Icon. t. 238; Kurz For. 
Fl. Burma I, p. 447; Brandis For. F]. p. 217; Koorders en Valeton Boom- 
soorten van Java, Bijdrage n. 4 (1896), p. 278. — RR. latifolia Miq. Suppl. 
F]. Ind. Bat. p. 324; &. macrorhiza Griff. in Transact. Med. Phys. Soc. 
Calcutta VII, 2; 2. candelaria W.et Arn. Prod. I, 310; R. mangle Roxb. 
Fl. Ind. U, p. 459; — Rheede Hort. Mal. VI, t. 34. 
Var. « typiea Schimper Indo-Malay. Strandflora p. 92 (1891). 
In estuaries and swamps, far less common than the next species, but in 
some places (Klong Wen, Lem Ngob) forming large dense mangrove forests. In 
Koh Chang this species is rather rare. A moderate sized tree, which sends 
dowa stout aérial roots. : 
Area: Eastern tropical coasts (also in Africa). 
2. RK. conjugata L.; D.C. Prodrom. Ill, p.33; Hooker f. Fl. Brit. 
India II, p. 436; Theobald in Mason, Burma its people and productions, 
vol. II, p. 480 (1883); Schimper Indo-Malay. Strandflora p. 92, t. 5 et in 
Engl. und Prantl Nat. Pflanzenfam. IL, 7, p.52; G. Karsten in Bibliotheca 
Botanica Heft 22 (1891), t. Ul, fig. 1 (fig. bona); Koorders en Valeton 
Boomsorten van Java, Bijdrage n. 4 (1896), p.282; R. cundelaria D.C. 
