RHIZONIOUE.F.. 21 



Sivartz,Obs. 143 Jacq. Amcr. 101. 



H A B. Thickets, at the West end of the Island. 



F. L. December. 



A scandent shrub, with a strong stem about two inches 

 in diameter, reaching to the height of 30-50 feet, support- 

 ing itself on neighbouring trees : the bark of a reddish 

 brown colour, and hence the common designation. 

 Leaves large, 5-10 inches in length, entire, strong- 

 ly nerved, glabrous. Flowers numerous, pedicel led, 

 small, albo-lutescent in colour. Petals 4, shortly clawed. 

 Capsule oblong, tetragonal, quadri-alate, 1-celled ; seeds 

 quadrisulcate, rugose. 



Dr. Anthony Robinson, in his manuscript work, mentions 

 that this plant is common in the woods and morasses near 

 Paul-Island, Westmoreland. 



ORDER LXX. RHIZOPBORE^. 



Calycine tube adhering to the ovary ; limb 

 4-13-lobed. with the lobes valvate— Petals insert- 

 ed on the calyx, alternate with its lobes. Sta- 

 mens inserted will the petals, of the same num- 

 ber, or its multiple : filaments free, subulate : 

 anthers ovate, inserted at the base. Ovary bilo- 

 cular: cells bi-or multi-ovuled, with the ovules 

 pendulous. Fruit indehiscent, crowned with the 

 calyx, 1-celled, 1-seeded : seed pendulous, exal- 

 buminose : radicle long : cotyledons 2, flat. 



Intertropical trees or shrubs, growing along the sea 

 coast, rooting in the mud, forming a dense thicket wher- 

 ever there is marsh or lagoon. 



1. RlIIZOPHOBA. 



Calycine tube obovate 5 lobes 4-13, oblongo- 

 linear, persistent. Petals of the same number as 

 the lobes, oblong, biaristate at the apex, convo- 

 luted. Stamens of the same number as the 



