— 250 — 



as to locality being excluded the geographic range of the species is 

 to be seen from the following data: 



Indian Ocean: Ou il on (Herb. Wight propr. 1042). Travenocore 

 (Herb. Wight). Mangalore near Madras (Herb. Wight n. 992). 

 Soondreeboon (Herb, of the late East India Company n. 2204, 

 C.B. Clarke n. 2176 b (Koolna); Calcutta, cultivated in the Bota- 

 nical Garden). Ten as se rim and Andamans (Herb. Heifer); 

 Mergui (Herb, of the late East India Company n. 2219). Singa- 

 pore (according to Ridley). 



Pacific Ocean: Borneo, Sarawak (Beccari) , (Haviland n. 2097). 

 Tonkin, Haiphong (Balansa n. 1135). Hongkong (Champion), 

 Lantao Island (Herb. Hongkong Bot. Gard. n. 144). Formosa, 

 Tamsuy (Oldham). 



Rhizophora L. 



1. R. mucronata Lam. Encycl. VI, p. 89, 111. t. 396; Hooker f. Fl. 

 Brit. India II, p. 435 ; Theobald in Mason Burma its people and produc- 

 tions, vol.11 (1883), p. 480; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. I, 1, p. 583; G.Karsten in 

 Bibliotheca Botanica Heft 22 (1891), t. I, IV, IX; Schimper Indo-Malayische 

 Strandflora (1891) p. 92, t. V (fig. bona) et in Engler und Prantl Nat. 

 Pflanzenfam. Ill, 7, p. 52; Wight 111. I, p. 209 et Icon. t. 238; Kurz For. 

 Fl. Burma I, p. 447; Brandis For. Fl. p. 217; Koorders en Valeton Boom- 

 soorten van Java, Bijdrage n. 4 (1896), p. 278. — R. laiifolia Miq. Suppl. 

 FL Ind. Bat. p. 324; R. macrorhiza Griff, in Transact. Med. Phys. Soc. 

 Calcutta VII, 2; R. candelaria W. et Arn. Prod. I, 310; R. mangle Boxb. 

 Fl. Ind. II, p. 459; — Rheede Hort. Mal. VI, t. 34. 



Var. a typica Schimper Indo-Malay. Strandflora p. 92 (1891). 



In estuaries and swamps, far less common than the next species, but in 

 some places (Klong Wen, Lem Ngob) forming large dense mangrove forests. In 

 Koh Chang this species is rather rare. A moderate sized tree, which sends 

 down stout aerial roots. 



Area: Eastern tropical coasts (also in Africa). 



2. R. conjiigata L.; D. C. Prodrom. Ill, p. 33; Hooker f. FL Brit. 

 India II, p. 436; Theobald in Mason, Burma its people and productions, 

 vol.11, p. 480 (1883); Schimper Indo-Malay. Strandflora p. 92, t. 5 et in 

 Engl, und Prantl Nat. Pflanzenfam. Ill, 7, p. 52; G.Karsten in Bibliotheca 

 Botanica Heft 22 (1891), t. II, fig, 1 (fig. bona); Koorders en Valeton 

 Boomsorten van Java, Bijdrage n. 4 (1896), p. 282; R. candelaria D.O. 



