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XLIX. RHIZOPIIORE^E. 
[ Rhizophora . 
part. Petals shorter than the calyx, the induplicate margins fringed with long 
hairs. Anthers 8, nearly sessile, 4 embraced by the petals, 4 between them. 
Style rather thick, nearly as long as the petals. Fruit ovoid, 1 to ljin. long. — 
Arn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. i. 362 ; Wight. Ic. t. 238. 
Hab.: Shores and islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, F. v. Mueller ; Eussell River ; along 
the coast and islands within the tropics, R. Brown, F. v. Mueller, and others. 
The species extends over the tropical shores of Africa and Asia. — Bentli. 
Wood of a light colour, with reddish centre or heartwood, the grain close, tough. — Bailey’s 
Cat. Ql. Woods No. 156. 
The bark is used in India, and said to yield from 18 to 20% of tannin. 
The aborigines about Port Curtis consider the honey of the native bee to be poisonous when 
collected near Mangrove swamps. 
2. CERIOPS, Arn. 
(Horn-like.) 
Calyx-tube adnate ; segments 5, rarely 6. Petals as many, emarginate and 
usually with 1 or more clavate setas at the top. Stamens twice as many as 
petals ; filaments filiform, longer than the oblong or linear anthers. Ovary half- 
inferior, 3-celled, with 2 pendulous ovules in each cell ; style filiform ; stigma 
undivided. Fruit ovoid or conical, the persistent calyx-segments surrounding it 
below the middle. Seed solitary, without albumen, the rapidly enlarged funicle 
penetrating through the summit of the fruit. — Trees or shrubs, with the habit 
and inflorescence of Rhizophora, but usually with smaller leaves and smaller more 
numerous flowers. 
A small genus, limited to the tropical seacoasts of the Old World, the Australian species being 
the commonest one in Asia. Although the genus appears to be universally adopted, it can 
scarcely be considered as more than a section of Rliizopliora. — Benth. 
1. C. Candolleana (after De Candolle), Arn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. i. 364 ; 
Benth. FI. Anstr. ii. 494. “ Larchanama,” Batavia River, Roth. A tall ever- 
green glabrous shrub or small tree. Leaves obovate or broadly oblong, to 2in. 
or in luxuriant specimens 3in. long, coriaceous, entire. Flowers in small dense 
almost capitate cymes, on short recurved axillary peduncles, with a pair of small 
short thick concave bracts under each ramification, and rather larger ones under 
each flower. Calyx sessile within the bracts, about 3 lines long, divided down to 
the adnate part. Petals shorter that the calyx, emarginate, with 2 to 5 clavate 
setae irregularly placed in the notch or on the lobes. Stamens alternately inserted 
opposite the petals and between them, but the anthers embraced in pairs by the 
induplicate margins of the petals. Fruit conical, about ^in. long. — Wight, Ic. t. 
240 ; Rhizophora Timoriensis, DC. Prod. iii. 32. 
Hab.: Islands of the N.E. coast, F. v. Mueller ; Russell River, and mainland. 
The species extends over the seacoasts of E. India and the Archipelago. — Benth. 
Wood a dark-brown colour, close-grained, hard and tough. — Bailey’s Cat. Ql. Woods No. 157. 
Bark used for tanning in India. 
Broad expanded roots made into canoe blades. — Roth lx. 
3. BRUGUIERA, Lam. 
(After J. G. Bruguieres.) 
Calyx-tube turbinate or campanulate, adnate at the base to the ovary, the 
upper portion free, lined by the disk ; lobes 10 to 15 or rarely 8 or 9, narrow and 
thick. Petals as many, 2-lobed, with or without setae at the top. Stamens twice 
as many as petals ; anthers linear, but usually shorter than the filaments. Ovary 
inferior, 2 to 4-celled, with 2 pendulous ovules in each cell ; style filiform, with 2 
to 4 minute stigmatic lobes. Fruit turbinate, crowned by the persistent calyx- 
