110 BHizopHORACEiE. [ Ceriops . 
glabrous in all its parts, with straight terete branchlets. Leaves dis- 
tinctly petioled, 3-4 in. long, obovate-oblong, obtuse, rigidly coriaceous, 
cuneate at the base. Flowers in dense cymes on short cernuous 
peduncles from the axils of the leaves ; pedicels very short, with a pair 
of persistent round connate bracteoles at the tip. Calyx £ in. long. 
Petals shorter than the calyx-teeth. C. mossambicensis, Klotzsch. Rhi- 
zophora timorensis, DC. Prod. iii. 32. 
Seychelles, common on the shores of Mahe and Praslin, Horne ! Australia to 
Zambesi land. 
3. BRUGIERA, Lam. 
Calyx -tube turbinate, adnate to the ovary ; teeth 8-14, as long as the 
tube, linear, permanently erect. Petals as many as the sepals, deeply 
bifid, the sinus and horns setigerous, the claw holding a pair of stamens. 
Stamens 16-28 ; filaments filiform, as long as the claw of the petals ; 
anthers linear. Ovary inferior, 2 4-celled ; ovules 2-4 in a cell, axile ; 
style filiform, with 2-4 small cusps at the stigmatose apex. Fruit 
turbinate, coriaceous, crowned with the calyx-teeth, one-seeded, the 
clavate radicle protruded as in Rhizophora . — Trees with leaves and 
habit of Rhizophora. Distrib. Tropics of the Old World. Species few. 
1. B. gymnorhiza, Lam. III. t. 397. A much-branched low tree, 
with leaves crowded at the end of the branches. Leaves petioled, 
oblong, entire, subacute, very coriaceous, 3-4 in. long, cuneate at the 
base ; stipules large, convolute, caducous. Flowers solitary, on short 
ebracteate nutant pedicels in the axils of the leaves. Calyx 1-.1J in. 
long, the coriaceous teeth as long as the grooved tube. Petals shorter 
than the calyx-teeth, bifid nearly half down, the lobes erect, linear, with 
a conspicuous bristle, or more than one from the point, and a large one 
in the sinus. Rhizophora gymnorhiza, Linn.; DC. Prod. iii. 33. B. 
capensis and cylindrica, Blume. 
Seychelles, in marshes near the sea, in Mahe, Perville ! Horne ! Mauritius, on 
the shore at Grandport, Bojer. Tropics of the Old World. 
Order XLIY. COMBRETACE^]. 
Flowers regular, hermaphrodite or polygamous. Calyx-tube adnate 
to the ovary, not produced above it in the Mauritian plant ; limb 4-5 
toothed. Petals often present, but not so in our genus. Stamens 
epigynous, 8-10, filaments filiform, indexed in bud ; anthers versatile, 
slit down the side. Ovary 1-celled ; ovules one or few, pendulous from 
the apex. Style and stigma simple. Fruit dry or drupaceous. Seed 
solitary, exalbuminous. — Trees or shrubs, often climbers ; leaves al- 
ternate, entire, exstipulate ; flowers small, racemose, spicate or 
cymose. Distrib. Round the world in the tropics. Species 240. 
1. TERMINALIA, Linn. 
Flowers regular, polygamous. Calyx campanulate, with 5 deltoid 
