1897.] G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Petiinstih. 313 
Pdals alioi-ter than the sepals, Hnear-lancoolafce, thicks lanate on thu 
margins and inKer face^ Sfantens 8, fitaments eliort, antliers liiiunr. 
Frait inYereelj obovoid with the roflexed persistent calyx-teetb at ifc^ 
base, 1*5 in. longj the extruded radicle 1-2 feet long, cylindric, 'G In. hi 
diam. when dry- DC. Prodr. ITT, 32 ; Bedd. Fl. Sjlv., Anal. 0en. t. 
XIII, fig. 4; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FL 95; Wight HI. I, 209 ; Ic. t. 238; . 
Karz For. Flor. Barm, J, 417; Hook, fil. Fl, Bi\ Ind. II, 435; 
Trimen Flora Ceylon, I, 151. M. macrorrhiza, Griff, in Trans. Med. 
Phys. Soc. Calc. VlII, 2. B. cawielaria, W. & A. Prodr. I, 'AIQ; Wall. 
Cat. 4878. E. Mangle, Roxb. (not of Linn.) Fl. Ind. TI, 456. E. latifoUti, 
Miq. PL Ind. Bat, Suppl. 324.— Rheede Hoi-t. Mai. VT, t. 34. 
In all the provinces, at the mouths of rivers ; very common. DiS' 
TRiB. The Tropics of the Old World and of Australia. 
The original specinaens in the Calcutta Herbarmm of R. latifolUi, Miq, aro 
only large-leaved Bpecimene of this, 
2. Rhixophora conjugata, Linn. Sp. PI. 634. A small glabrous 
tree ; young branches clavate, smooth, pale, the npper part with bold 
cicatrices. Leaves oblong to oblong-Ian ceotafe, tapering to each end, the 
npex mncronato ; when dry the npper surface faintly reticulafe, the main 
nerves visible ; the lower surface not showing the marn-uerves but tlio 
midrib there prominent, remotely pnatalate and minutely dotted ; length 
5-6 in., breadth 1 '05-2-3 in., petiole •8-I'25 in. Gymes axillary, shorter 
than the petioles, 2- flowered. Calyx-lohes oblong, concave, acute. PetaU 
slightly shorter than the calyx, tbin» glabrons. Stamens 6-8; filaments 
short, anthers linear. Fruit inversely clavate, 1 in, long, the protrud- 
ing radicle from a few inches to afoot long* cylindric , '25-*3 in. in 
diam., when dry. DC. Pi-odr. Ill, 33; Blnme Mus. Bi>t. I, 134; Wight 
HI. I, 309 ; Kurz, For. Flora Burma, I, 447 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 
436. It. apiculatai Blnmc Flor. Jav. I, 91. U. cmuMaria, DC. Prodr. 
m, 32 ; Trimen Flora. Ceylon, I, 151. 
In all the Provinces, at the months of rivers and in tidal marshes. 
DiSTRiP. The Topics of the Old World. 
2. Bruguiera, Lamk. 
Trees or ehrnbs. Leaves usually coriaceous, oblong, quite entire. 
Peduvcles axillary, cymoee, or solitary. Flowei'g mther large, coriaceons. 
Calyx 8-14*meroua, obeonical or campanuhtte, ebracteate, adnate to tlio 
base of the ovary; lobes subulate- lanceolate, valvate. Petals oblong,, 
equal in number to the calys-lobes, 2-lobed or emarginate, append icu- 
late, embmcing the stamens by pairs. 8tamens IG-IS ; filaments fili- 
form ; anthers linear, mucronate, about as long as the filaments. Ovary 
2-i'Celled, included in the calyx-ttibe ; cells 2-ovuled ; style filiform ; 
J. II. 40 
