MANGROVE. 
DODECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Calyx divided into four oblong, sharp-pointed leaves. 
Corolla of four petals. 
Seed-vessel fleshy, and containing a single seed. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Rhizophora gymnorhiza. R. foliis ovato-lanceolatis integerri- 
mis, radice terrae superimposita. 
Linn. Spec. Plant. Willd. 2. 
p. 843. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate and entire j 
root upon the surface of the earth. 
R. calycum laciniis persistentibus 
patentibus versus fructum incur- 
vatis. JVachendult. Sg. 
Mangium celsum. Rumph. Ami. 
3 . p. 102. pi, 68. 
Mangrove. ..... Rheed. Mai. 6. pi. 31, 32. 
This singular tree is a native of the East Indies, 
where it grows to the height of ten or twelve feet, 
and is always found in moist and marshy places, 
generally within the influence of the sea, and where 
the tide can readily wash its stem. The mangrove 
is divided into a vast number of branches which ex- 
