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Jti.^. bX Jl/iAiGUijiixGllj-dij 



[Ilerltiera 



I'ounded or slisjlitly cordate base, blade 5-10, petiole ^-| in. Panicles shorter 

 than leaves, fl. pale greenish-pink, calyx \ in. long. Ripe carpels 1-3, 1 W3 

 in., glabrous, shining, with a strong sharp keel. 



Fig 41. — Heritiera httorali!^, Dryander. J. 



Coast of Burma and the Andamans, coasts of the Peninbiila and Ceylon. PL B. S. 

 Seashore withm the tiopics of the old world and Anbtralia. 2. H. Fomes, Bnch. 

 {H, minor ^ Eoxh.j Kiirz, P. Fl. i. 141). Simdriban, sea coast of Burma and the 

 Malay Peninsula. Leaves narrowed towards the base, blade 4-6, petiole | in., rxpe 

 carpels obliquely compressed, slightly keeled. 



B. Inland species. 



3. H. macrophylla, Wall. ; Ivurz, P. PL i. 141 ; Bot. Mag. t. 7192. 



A large tree. Leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminate, bright silvery beneath, blade 

 7-14, petiole 2-4 in. Panicles large, half the length of leaves. FL pink. Pr. 

 globose, I'ongh, with an abrupt^ flat beak. 



Khasi hills, Caohar, Manipur, Upper Tenasserim (Pierre, FL For. Oochinch. t. 204 

 reports it from the Delta of the Mekong river). 4. H. acuminata, Wall. Khasi hills 

 Leaves lanceolate, long acuminate, blade S~5, petiole J-f m. FL white, ripe carpels 

 globose I in., wing coriaceous, IJ in. long. 



