RIIIZOl’lIORF./E. 
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Swartz, Obs. 143 Jacq. Aincr. 104. 
II AB. Thickets, at the West end of the Island. 
F. L. December. 
A scandent shrub, with a strong: stem about two inches 
in diameter, reaching to the height of 30-50 feet, support- 
ing itself on neighbouring trees : the bark of a reddish 
brown colour, and hence the common designation. 
Leaves large, 5-10 inches in length, entire, strong- 
ly nerved, glabrous. Flowers numerous, pedicel led, 
small, albo-lutescent in colour. Petals 4, shortly clawed. 
Capsule oblong, tetragonal, quadri-alate, 1— celled ; seeds 
quadrisulcate, rugose. 
Dr. Anthony Robinson, in his manuscript work , mentions 
that this plant is common in the woods and morasses near 
Paul-Island, W estmoreland. 
ORDER LXX. RIlIZOPHOREiE. 
Calycine tube adhering to the ovary ; limb 
4-13-lobed. with the lobes valvate — Petals insert- 
ed on the calyx, alternate with its lobes. Sta- 
mens inserted with the petals, of the same num- 
ber, or its multiple : filaments free, subulate : 
anthers ovate, inserted at the base. Ovary bdo- 
cular : cells bi-or multi-ovuled, with the ovules 
pendulous. Fruit indehiscent, crowned with the 
calyx, 1-celled, 1 -seeded : seed pendulous, exal- 
buminose: radicle long: cotyledons 2, flat. 
Intertropical trees or shrubs, growing along the sea 
coast, rooting in the mud, forming a dense thicket wher- 
ever there is marsh or lagoon. 
1. Rhizopiiora. 
Calycine tube obovate ; lobes 4-13, oblongo- 
linear, persistent. Petals of the same number as 
the lobes, oblong, biaristate at the apex, convo- 
luted. Stamens of the same number as the 
