158 



38. ROSACEiE. 



[Rub us. 



the highest ghats ; 4—5000 ft. Fl. Fr. E. S. Neither this nor the next 

 species are found in North Kanara. 



3. K. lasiocarpus, Smith Fl. Br. I. 2. 339 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 



89. Oariphul, M. Highest ghats to the southwards, Dalz. Common on 

 the Bababuden hills of Mysore above 5000 ft. Fl. Fr. R. S. 



Order 39. RHIZOPHORACE^. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves entire, opposite, coriaceous ; stipules very 

 caducous. Flowers axillary, regular, bisexual. Calyx adherent to 

 ovary^ persistent, 4-l4-toothed, Petals as many as calyx-lobes, entire, 

 emarginate, or lacerate. Stamens twice the number of petals, in 

 pairs, opposite and embraced by them or indefinite. Ovary 2-5-celIed ; 

 ovules geminate, pendulous. Fruit coriaceous, 1-celled, 1-seeded. 

 Seed pendulous, arillate or not ; albumen fleshy or ; embryo small 

 i£ albuminous, elongated if exalbuminous ; radicle in Rhizopkorec^, 

 perforating the apex of the pericarp and germinating on the tree. 



Ovary inferior. Seed germinating on tree with 

 a long, exserted radicle. 



Petals 4. Stamens 8. Ovary 2-celled 1, RhizophorA. 



Petals 5-6. Stamens 10-12. Ovary 3-celled ... 2. Cbeiops. 

 Petals 5.6. Stamens indefinite. Ovary 1-celled ... 3. Kandelia. 

 Petals 8-M, bifid. Stamens 16-28. Ovary 2-4- 



celled ..1 . . ... ... 4. Butjguiera. 



Ovary i inferior. Seed not germinating on tree ... 6. Caeallia. 



1. RHIZOPHORA, Linn. 



Trees. Leaves leathery, ovate, mucronate. Flowers rather large 

 in dichotomous cymes. Calyx 4-lobed, subtended by tbe united bract- 

 lets. Corolla o£ 4 entire petals, inserted at the base o£ a fleshy disk. 

 Stamens 8-12, filaments short, anthers multilocellate. Ovary 2- 

 oelled, produced in a fleshy cone ; cells 2-ovuled beyond the calyx. 

 Fruit 1-celled, 1-seeded. Radicle elongated, clavate ; albumen 0. 



Peduncles longer than the petioles. Flowers 



pedicellate ... ... ... 1. JB. mucronata. 



Peduncles shorter than the petioles. Flowers 



sessile ... ... ... ... 2. B. conjugaia. 



1. R. mucronata. Lam. Diet. IV. 169; Fl. Br. L 2. 436; Bedd. FL 

 Sylv. Anal. Gen. t. XIII. fig. 4; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 95 ; Brandis 

 For. Fl. 217. Mangrove. Kamo, kunro, Sind. Kandal, M. 



Tidal shores from the Indus to Malacca and Ceylon. On the muddy, 

 tidal flats of the West Coast, also the coast of Sind. Fl. R. S. Fr. 

 Aug.-Sept. 



Sap wood light red ; heartwood dark red, very hard and durable. Pores 

 small, numerous, each in a ring of white tissue. Med. rays fine, close, 

 wavy. Weighs about 70 lbs. to the cub. ft. Splits and warps in season- 

 ing. Bark used for tanning. 



