FLORA OF THE SUNDRIBUNS. 
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Vernac. Gorta. 
A tree 20 feet high ; wood soft, used in charcoal-making ; bark yields a dye» 
Distrib.— Shores of S.-E. Asia. 
65 . Bru^uiera Lamk. 
Peduncles i -flowered; calyx-teeth about 12, as long as the tube in the 
fruiting stage gymnorhiza. 
Peduncles many-flowered ; calyx-teeth about 8, much shorter than the 
tube in the fruiting stage . , . . . parvijlora. 
85. Bruguiera gymnorhiza Lamk ; F. B. I. ii. 437. Rhizophora 
^ymnorhiza F, I. ii. 460. E. D. B 898. 
General, in forests near coast and on banks of the larger rivers. 
Vernac. Kankra, 
A tree 40 feet high ; wood red-brown, hard, employed for beams, posts^ 
planks, jhools and dabbas of boats, also as fuel 1 bark used for tanning. 
Distrib. — Tropical shores of Eastern Hemisphere and Polynesia. 
As will be seen in connection with the species that follows our economic know- 
ledge of the Bruguieras is as imperfect as our knowledge of Rhizophora or 
Ceriops. 
86. Bruguiera parviflora W. & A.; F. B. 1. ii. 438. Rhizophora 
parvijlora F. I. ii. 461. 
“ Delta of the Ganges, Goodlad (1796) fide Roxburgh. 
A much smaller species than the true Kankra ; qualities unrecorded, but 
probably similar to those of the other Mangroves.” Roxburgh’s record of the 
occurrence of this tree in the Sundribuns is very precise, and though it has appa- 
rently never been met with in our area since it was obtained by Goodlad in 17^6 
it deserves to be looked for. 
Distrib. — Shores of Indo-China and Malaya. 
XXIII.-COMBRETACE Jl. 
66 . Lumnitzera Willd. 
87. Lumnitzcra racemosa Willd. ; F. B. I. ii. 452. Petaloma alter'- 
nifolia F. I. ii. 372. E. D. L 576. 
General, at the sea-face and on river-banks. 
Vernac. Kir pa ; Kripa. 
A tree, reaching 40 feet in height but usually much smaller ; wood hard and 
durable, withstanding moisture, used for rafters and posts, and as fuel ; makes a 
very good charcoal. 
Distrib.— Shores of Indo-China ; Malaya; N. Australia; Polynesia. 
XXIV.—MlRTACEdE. 
67 . Eugenia Linn. 
88. Eugenia fruticosa Koxh . ; F. 1 . ii. 487 ; F, B. I. ii. 499. 
