XLIX. EHIZOPHOEACEJE 



303 



A. Ovary inferior or lialf-inferior, 1. coriaceous. 



Litoral species, albumen 0, tlie seed germinates on the tree.bpndins down a lono- 

 radicle. ^ 



Petals 4, entire, ovary 2-celled, lialf -inferior . . 1. Ehizoi'hora. 

 Petals o or 6, emarginate, ovary 3-celled, half- 



mferiOT 2. Ceiuops. 



Petals or 6, bifid, lobes laciniate, ovary 1-celled, 



naif-inferior 3^ Kindelia. 



Petals 8-14, bifid or emarginate, ovary *2-4-celledj 



mfeiior .... 4, BiiLcriEKA. 



Inland species, seeds albuminous, do not germinate 



on tbe tree . 

 B. Ovary free, inland sjDecies. 



L. coriaceous, strongly net-veined, seeds albuminous. 

 L, almost membranous, perfectly glabrous, fl. J in long 

 li. membranous, young shoots and inflorescence pub- 

 escent, fl. i in. lonff . 



1. RHIZOPHORA, 



Linn. ; Fl. Brit. 



Ind. ii. 435. 



Evergreen glabrous 

 shrubs or middle-sized 

 trees sending down 

 numerous aerial roots 

 into the mud of the 

 Mangrove swamp. The 

 lower part of the trunk 

 dies early and the tree 

 is then supported by a 

 number of branching 

 aerial roots, standing as 

 it were on stilts. 

 Leaves thick, stipules 

 large, deciduous, enclos- 

 ing the buds. PL on 

 few-fid . cymes, calyx 



divided into 4 segments, 

 persistent and enlarged 

 in fr.j anthers 8-12, 

 nearly sessile, with, 

 numerous cells. Ovary 

 half -inferior, 2-celled, 

 2 ovules in each cell. 

 Pr. leathery, conical, in- 

 dehiscent, 1 -celled, 1- 

 seeded, the seed germin- 

 ating on the tree, the 

 large cylindrical radicle 

 perforating the apex of 

 the fr. Species 3, one 

 {M» Mangle Linn.) 

 American. 



1. R. mucronata, 



Lamarck ; "Wight Ic. 

 t. 238 ; Bedd. Manual t. 

 13. Vern. Kamo^ Sind ; 

 Kandalj Mar. ; UpjpK^ 

 Poma, Tel. ; Bliara^ 

 Sundr. ; Pyii-f Burm. 



5. CAllALLIi. 



Ctinouioc Hi]s (p. 306). 

 Wp:ihka (p. 30(3 j. 



BLEPHAlirSTEMMA 



(p. 306). 



Eia. ISO-Ehizophora mucronata, Lam. i- 



