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leathery, oblong and slightly acuminate, with entire margins and stipules which soon 

 drop off; flowers axillary, about 1 inch in diameter, peduncles 1-flowered, calyx 

 10 to 14-cleft, bell-shaped, without bracts, growing attached to the base of the ovary, 

 lobes linear, acuminate, erect, about 18 mm. in length, equaling the tube in fruit; 

 petals 10 to 14, oblong, 2-lobed, with 2 to 4 bristles on each lobe and 1 in the notch; 

 stamens many, embraced by the petals and springing elastically from them when 

 mature; ovary 3 or 4 celled; style filiform; stigma 2 to 4 lobed, minute, fruit top- 

 shaped, leathery, crowned with the calyx limb;, radicle spindle-shaped, with 

 about 6 prominent angles, obtuse at the apex, perforating the apex of the fruit and 

 germinating while the fruit still adheres to the tree, then descending from the tree 

 into the mud. 



This species is common in Guam, growing in the swamps at the mouths of nearly 

 all streams; especially abundant near Atantano and along the southern shores of the 

 island. Its heartwood is very heavy, hard, and of a dark-red color. In India it is 

 used for posts, piles, planks, and furniture. The sapwood is lighter and softer and 

 reddish w r hite. The astringent bark is used in India for tanning and in dyeing black. 

 In Japan a reddish brown dye is obtained from it. 



This is the handsomest of all the mangroves and is widely spread on tropical shores 

 of the Pacific and Indian oceans. In Japan it grows on the coasts of Satsuma. 

 References: 

 Bruguiera gymnorhiza Lam. Encyc. Tableau 2: 517. 1.397. 1793. 

 Bruja (Mexico). See Bryophyllum calycinum. 



Bryophyllum pinnatum. Witchleaf. Lifeplant. 



Family Crassulaceae. 



Local names. — Siempre-viva (Spanish, Guam) ; Prodigiosa, Hoja de bruja (Cuba) ; 

 Bruja (Mexico) ; Lifeplant (British W. Indies). 



A singular plant with simple or pinnate fleshy leaves which have the peculiarity 

 of producing buds on their margins which send forth roots and sprouts and thus pro- 

 duce new plants. Leaflets 3 to 5, ovate, with crenate margins. When the leaf is cut 

 off or drops to the ground the buds form in the indentations between the crenations, 

 and in a short time new plants appear all around the margin. The flowers are pen- 

 dulous, growing in terminal compound panicles; calyx bladder-like when growing, 

 at length oblong bell-shaped, 4-cleft; corolla tube somewhat 4-cornered, the lobes of 

 its limb ovate or somewhat triangular; at the base of the carpels a number of gland- 

 like, compressed scales; carpels on very short stalks. Flowers reddish or purplish 

 green, spotted with white. 



The plant is supposed to be a native of the Moluccas, Madagascar, and Mauritius. 

 It is now widely spread in the Tropics. In Guam it is common by the roadsides, 

 especially along the road leading up the hill from San Antonio east of Agana. 



The leaves, slightly scorched, are used as poultices for wounds and ulcers. They are 

 considered to be disinfectant. 

 References: 

 Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) S. Kurtz, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 40 2 : 52. 1871 



(ex Ind. Kew.). 

 Cotyledon pinnata Lam. Encyc. 2: 141. 1786. 

 Bryophyllum calycinum Salisb. Parad. Lond. t.3. 1805. 

 Bryopsis plumosa. See under Algse. 

 Bua (Pelew Islands). See Areca cathecu. 

 Bubui (Tagalog). See Ceiba pentandra. 

 Bubui g-ubat (Tagalog). See Thespesia popidnea. 

 Buena vista (Guam, Philippines). 



A name sometimes applied to the ornamental, bright-colcred Phyllaurea variegata, 

 Buenas tardes (Panama). See Mirabilis jalapa. 



