3U G. King — Maiei'iah for a Flota of the MaJaijan Pminstda. [No, 1, 
Biigma 2-4-lobed, mimite. Frnit coiiaceoaa, incladed in or adnate to 
the calyx-tube, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Germination as in Ehisophora, 
DisTRiB. SpecioB about 7, in the tropica of the Old World. 
Floweta 1 in. loTig'or upwards, solitAry : — 
Pefcnls 2-lobefl, each lobe with 2-4 apical briatlea, other- 
wise glabrons ... „. gymnorhUa, 
FetiUa S'lobedj, the aiiius botv<rciuij the fobes with one 
bristle ; tiie ©dgefl danmly clothed with abort \vUii& haira 2, eriopetala. 
FlowerB not moro than 5 m. long, tu axillary cymes — 
Lobea of the calyx oa long as the tube, sptBadiiig or 
reflexed ; petals bifid, each lobe crowned by 3—5 pale 
bairs, their edges with acauty white hairs ontside ... 3. B, earyophyiltyidef. 
Lobes of calyx only one*fonj-th the length of the tulScj 
erect j petals with broad omtirgiimte apex, bearing 
5 wbite fleinoBC httirs, the edges glabroai „. 4. B. parvif ora, 
1. Bumuimk GYMKORHizA, Lamk, Encycl. IV^ 696 ; IIL t. 397. A 
largu glttbi'ous evergreen tree: young branches stout., marked with 
cicati'icea towards the apex. Leaves elliptic or elliptic-oblong, acute, 
the bfiae cnneat© J upper eurface Bhiumg when dry, the nervea faint; 
the lower dull, the veins invifiiblobut the midrib very promineot ; length 
^5-0 iu., breiidth l'75-2'5 in,, petiole l"3-r6 in. Flowers solitary, 
axillaiy, 1'25-1"5 in, long ; the peduocles about '35 in., deflexed. Ca%aj 
coriaceous, campanulate, ribbed, cut for half its length into 12 narrow 
acute suberect teeth. Petals shorter than the calyx-lobes and equal to 
them iu number, sub-convolute, two-lohed at the apex and with 2— 4 
bristles at the point of each lobe» pubescent at the base, otherwise glab- 
rous. Siamena two oppo&ite esich petal and sborter than it, each alter- 
nate filament short j anthers linear. Frtdt small, in the f andua of the 
cal) x-tabe, containing a single &eed get-minatinc^ in situ and forming a 
cyliudric radicle 1-2 feet long prior to its fall. W. & A. Prodr. 3L1 ; 
Biand. For. Fl. 219; Miq. Fl. Itid. Bat. pt*. 1, 586; Blume Mus. Bot. 
136 ; Ktn-z For. Fior. Burm. I, 450 j Hook. fil. Fl. Bi\ Ind. II, 43? ; 
Dak. & Gibs. Fl. Bomb. 95 ; Trime Floi^ Ceylon, I, 153, Bheeda, 
Miq. L c. 587 ; Blume, 1. a 136 ; T?Pighfc Ic. t. 239 ; Dak. & Gibs. Bomb. 
FL 95; Hook.Jc. PI. t. 397, Rhizophora gymuorrhizUi Linn, Sp. 634; 
Roxb. Fl. Ind, II, 460 ; Griff. Ic. Pi Asiab. t. 645 j Wall. Cat. 4874 ; 
Thwaites Eu. PL CeyL 130. 
Tidal Forests in all the provinces. DiSTRia. Malaya,. Australia, 
Africa. 
2. Broguieha eriopetala, W, & A, in Wight 111. I, p, 210 ; Wight 
Icoo. 239 B. A tree ; young blanches slender, with cicatrices towards 
the apex. Leaves oblong-lauccolate or oval- oblong, sometimes rather 
oblanceohtte, acute, the base veiy cuueate ; upper surface shining, the 
