160 



S9. RHIZOPHORACE^. 



[Brugidera. 



petals, springing elastically from them when mature. Ovary 2-4- 

 celled, included in the calyx-tube; style filiform with 2-4 minute, 

 stigmatic lobes ; cells 2-ovuled. Fruit turbinate, 1-celled, 1-seeded. 

 Germination as in Rhizaphora. 



Peduncles 1 -flowered. Radicle angled ... 1. B. gymnorhiza. 



Peduncles 3-flowered. Radicle subacute, sub- 



clavate ... ... ... ... 2. B. caryophylLoides* 



Peduncles many-flowered. Radicle subcylindric, 



truncated ... ... ... ... 3, J?, parvijlora. 



1. B. gymnorhiza, Lanik. 111. t. 397 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 437 ; Brandis For. 

 Fl. 219. B. Bheedii, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 95 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 110. 



Sind, Coasts of the peninsula, Indian Archipelago and Australia, in 

 littoral swamps and along creeks and tidal rivers. Fl. Fr. R. S. 



A large tree. Wood yellowish-brown, very hard and durable. Pores 

 small, oval, subdivided. Medullary rays moderately broad, very numerous. 

 Weighs 54 lbs. to the cub. ft. Fruit turbinate, the calyxs accrescent. 

 Radicle brown, slightly channelled, nearly cylindrical, 8 in. long by J in. 

 thick. 



2. B. earyophylloides, Blume. Mas. Bot. 1. 141 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 438; 

 Bedd. F. Sylv. 301; Brandis For. Fl. 219. 



Tidal swamps along the coast from Malabar to Malacca and Ceylon. 

 Fl. and Fr. R. S. A small tree. Calyx tube not ribbed urceolate, 

 yellow in fruit. Radicle same shape at that of B. gymnorhiza, but much 

 more slender and curved, brown when ripe, from 6-8 in. long and | in. 

 thick. 



3. B. parviflora, W. & A. Prod. ]. 311 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 438 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. 101. Kanilia parviflora, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 95. Sunderbuns 

 to Malacca. Tidal swamps along the coast. Fl. Fr. R. S. 



A small tree or large shrub. Calyx tube-ribbed, lobes short and rigid. 



5. CARALLIA, Roxb. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, ovate. Flowers small, in short 

 branching cymes, often crowded. Calyx with minute bracts at the 

 base, shortly 5-8-lobed. Petals 5-8, inserted round the thin disk. 

 Disk 10-16-lobed. Stamens usually twice as many as petals. 

 Ovary inferior ; style subulate or filiform. Fruit globose, 1-celled, 

 1-2-seeded. Seeds albuminous, testa fibrous ; embryo curved. 



C. integerrima, DC. Pro3. III. 33; Fl. Br. I. 2. 439 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 t. 193; Brandis For. Fl. 219; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 95. Shengali, 

 panasif punschi, M. ; Andi, anda-murgal, makad hMrand^ K. 



Forests of the outer Sikkim Himalayas, Bengal, Assam, Burma, 

 E. & W, Peninsulas and Ceylon. Throughout the evergreen forests of 

 the Konkan and North Kanara. Flowers in bud appear during August, 

 but do not open until Dec. to Feb. Fr. H. S. The inflorescence is cover- 

 ed with resinous scales. A moderate sized evergreen tree. Bark thin. 

 Sapwood grey or reddish grey ; heartwood red, very hard, durable. Pores 



