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XLIX. EHIZOPHORACE.E 



[Rhizophora 



Leaves elliptic, mucronate by the esourrent midrib, blade 4-7, petiole 1-1 J in. 

 Cymes S-5-fld., from, the axils of this year's leaves, peduncles 1-1^ in. long, 

 pedicels short thick, calyx-segments \ in. long, oblong-lanceolate, keeled within, 

 petals hairy within, anthers 8. Fr."'l^-~2 in. long, dark brown, embryo often 



attaining 30 in. before falling from the tree. 



Tidal marshes in Sind, tlie We^teru Peninsula, the Suudriban and Barma Fl. H. IS . 

 R. S. Bark used in tanning. Sea coast in the tropics of the Old World and Australia 

 2. R. coEjugata, Linn. [It. Oandelc&rla, DG Trimen Handb Ceylon ii. 151 ) Grenerally 

 associated with 1. Leaves lanceolate, cymes nearly sessile, usually 2-M., above the 

 scars of fallen 1., fl. sessile 



2. CERIOPS, Arnott. ; M. Brit. Ind. ii. 43G. 



Simple stemmed shrubs or small trees, sending down aerial roots from the 

 branches. Fl. in compact many-fld. cymes, calyx deeply divided into 5 seg- 

 ments, petals 5, emarginate, stam. 10, inserted between the lobes of an annular 

 disk, ovary half-inferior, 3-celled, 2 ovules in each cell. Fr. as in Rhizophora^ 

 bat the radicle of the germinating embryo ribbed. Species 2. 



L C. CaEdoUeana, Arn. ; Wight Ic t.240 5 Bedd. Manual t. 13. (Chaicrl, Sind; G-orcm, 

 fruttia, Sundr.) Tidal Forests of Smd, the Western Peninsula, Bengal and the Anda- 

 mans. Sea coast of tropical Asia, Africa and Australia. L ohovate, obtuse, cymes 

 peduncled, branching, pedicels short, petals with 3 short clavate appendages at the apex, 

 filaments mucli longer than antliers. Bark and fruit used in tanning 2. C. Eox- 

 burgMana, Arn. {Qoran^ Sundr. ; Kahaing, Burm ) Sundiuban. Coast of Burma. Malay 

 Peninsula and Archipelago. Cymes densely capitate on short peduncles, petals concave, 

 apex ciliate, filaments much shorter than anthers. 



3. KANDELIA, Wight & Arn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 437. 



K. Rheedei, W. & A. (the only 

 species) : Wight 111. t. 89 ; Bedd. 

 Manual t. 13. Vern. Goria, Sundr. 



A simple stemmed shrub, 1. elli])tic- 

 oblong, blade 3-5, narrowed into petiole 

 \-l in. long. Fl. white, in dichotom- 

 ously branched cymes, peduncle 1-2 

 in. Calj^x surrounded at the base by 

 bracteoles connate into a cup, lobes 

 5 or 6, linear, |~^ in. long. Petals 

 bifid, the lobes divided into numerous 

 capillary segments. Stamens oo, an- 

 thers small, filaments slender. Ovary 

 half -inferior, prolonged beyond the 

 calyx into a fleshy cone, one-celled, 

 ovules 6, style slender, stigma 34obed. 

 Fr. ovoid, girt at the base by the re- 

 flexed calyx-lobes. 



Tidal swamps of the Western Peninsula, 

 Bengal, Andamans and Burma. Fl. May- 

 Sept. Bark used in dyeing. China, 

 Fig. 131. — Kandelia Eheedii, W. & A. h Borneo, Formosa. 



4. BRUGUIERA, Lam. ; FL Brit. Ind. ii. 437. 



TreeSj base of trunk supported by short aerial roots, knees from the lower 

 roots abundant, Oalyx-tube produced considerably beyond the inferior ovary, 

 lobes 8-14, petals 2-fid or emarginate, stamens 16-28. Ovary 2~4~celled, 2 

 ovules in each cell. Fr. fleshy, seed one, germination as in Rhizophora. 

 Species 4 or 5, from East Africa to Australia. 



A. FL large, solitary. 



