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entire capitate group. --The name A. resinifera was given by FORSTER on 

 account of the supposed formation of resin in these trees According to 

 CHEESEMAN, this affirmation is erroneous, and this resin must have been 

 the edible kaurigum of the Maoris, which comes from the Agathis australis 

 Salisb (Cowriespruce). The Avicennia-trunk secretes in fact some resin, 

 possibly only by a wound, as I observed myself at Tandjong-Priok with 

 the var. intermedia [Griff] . Bakh.— Heyne in Nutt. Plant. Ned Ind. IV 

 [1917] p. 124," speaks on BoORSMA's authority, of tough, odoriferous and 

 bitter resin which is used to prevent pregnancy, a remedy which is supposed 

 to be harmless also when used continuously. Arabian writers too, speaking 

 of kvicennias along the coast of Arabia, mention very often indeed the 

 resin formed by these trees. 



Distrib. : Australia: Victoria; N.-S. Wales; Queensland [BENTH., 

 CHEES.]; New-Zealand [FORST.; RICH; HOOK.]; N-Caledonia and Galapagos 

 [HEMSL.]; N.- Guinea [VALETON, PULLE];— Moluccas: Ambon [ROBIN- 

 SON]; Timor [DECAISNE];- B i 1 i t o n (TEYSM.);--P h i 1 i p p i n e s : Min- 

 danao and Panay. 



Vern. : Bootharoo [Australia - Bailly]; Brappat [Ambon-ROBINSON]; 

 Daon kajuh buluh ajam [Timor- HALL, f.j; Egate; E-pumeran [Australia- 

 BAILEY]; Kaloh [Gelieb, N. Guinea- -BRANDERHORST); Kjim moo-roo [Aus- 

 tralia-BAlLEY]; Maraban [Philipp.- ELMER]; Malacca Bean [engl..-- EWART- 

 DAVIES]; Manaoua or Manawa [Australia- BAILEY]; Mangi-mangi [Ambon- 

 ROBiNSON]; Mangrove [Australia-CHEES.]; Parpoon; Rhai-ite; Tagon-tagon; 

 Tchunt-chee [Australia— Bailey]; White Mangrove [Australia-EWART & 

 DAVIES]. 



Coll. Herb. Bog.: 



Australia: Rockhampton [D].; 



N.-Guinea: Gelieb [BRANDERH. No. 227- 13 Nov. 1907]; Merauke 

 [JAHERI— 1 5 April 1 90 1 ; KOCH- 8 Oct. 1 904; V'ERSTEEO No. 1 893-6 Nov. 1 907]; 



Moluccas: Ambon [ROBINSON No. 1862—29 Nov. 1913/4. alba var. 

 acuminatissima MERR.]; Ins. Taliaboe [ATJÉ exp. HULSTIJN No. 114 — 1917]; 



Philippines: Mindanao [ELMER No. 11990- Oct. 1909]; Panay 

 (CURRAN No. 17337- Aug. 1909). 



Use: According to BAILEY the wood is strong, hard and durable, for 

 which reason it is used in Australia for different purposes; besides the fruit 

 is eaten toasted. The planting of it is recommended against coasterosion. 



I var. intermedia [GRIFF.] BAKH - (Tab. 17 et 18). 



Syn.: Avicennia alba [non BL.] WIGHT. (1850); Avicennia intermedia 

 Griff. [1856]. 



Folia rotundo-ovata vel oblongo, 1^—4- plo longiore, basi obtusa 

 vel rotundata, apice obtusa, raro brevi acuminata, subtus albido-virescentia, 

 3—8 c,M. longa, medio vel vix infra 2— 4 c.M. lata; p e t i o 1 o 0.5-1.2 c.M. 

 longo. Pa ni eu la parva,foliata, brae te is foliaceis. Ovarium brevi- 

 tomentosum. F r u c t u s subparvus, amydalinus vel lato-ovatus, a latere coirr 

 pressus, apice obtusus vel rotundatus, 1.5-3 c.M Iongus. 1,5-2 c.M. 

 latus; cotyledon ibus subparvis reniformibus, atroviridibus. Plan tula 



