Bruguiera.} 
LIV. RHIZOPHORACE^E. 
695 
(2) B. eriopetaia 
(3) B. caryophylloides 
Petals 2-lobed; lobes with 1 bristle in the cleft; 
inner face woolly • 
Flowers cymose, small, green. 
Calyx lobes as long as tube ; petals bifid 
Calyx lobes quarter length of tube; petals 
emarginate . (4) ». parviflora 
(x) B. gymnorhiza Lam. Encycl. iv. 696; III. t. 397 > LCing, 
La^ge tree with stout branches. Leaves thick, elliptic acute, 
base cuneate; nerves invisible, 3*5 to 6 in. long, 175 to 2-5 in. 
wide; petioles 1-5 in. long. Flowers solitary, axillary, 1*25 to 
r « in. long ; peduncles *35 in. long. Calyx coriaceous campanulate 
cut into 12 narrow acute teeth, bright red. Petals shorter as 
many bilobed at tip and with 2 to 4 bristles on each lobe, base 
pubescent not woolly. Stamens 2 opposite each petal, shorter. 
Fruit small; radicle 1 to 2 ft. long. Hab. Common in mangrove 
swamps, Singapore to Penang. Distrib. Africa, tropical Asia to 
Papua. . __ . . 
(2) B. eriopetaia Wight, III. i. 210 ; King, l.c. 314. 
Tree 30 ft. or more tall. Branches more slender than preceding. 
Leaves thinner, narrower, lanceolate acute, base cuneate, 3 to 4 m. 
long 1-25 to 1*65 in. wide; petioles ’6 to 75 in. long. Flowers 
solitary, axillary; peduncles *25 in. long Calyx 1-25 in long, 
tube wide campanulate, *5 in. long, red, lobes 10. Petals shorter 
deeply bifid with a bristle between, densely white-woolly. Hab. 
Mangroves, the commonest species. Singapore^ Kranp, etc. 
Malacca (Griffith). Pahang. Selangor. Perak Penang (Curtis). 
Lankawi, Pulau Segai (Haniff). Distrib. South India, Malay isles, 
China. Native name : Mata Buaya. . 
(3) B. caryophylloides Bl. Enum. PL Jav. 1. 93; Hook. jit. 
F.B.I. ii. 438 ; King, l.c. 315. „ , . , 
Bushy tree smaller than the two former. Branches slender. 
Leaves bright green, oblong or elliptic-lanceolate acute, base 
narrowed; nerves faintly visible above when dry, 3 to 4 in. long, 
■8 to 2 in. wide; petioles 1 in. long. Cymes about 1 in. long, 
2- to 3-flowered. Flowers green, ‘4 to '5 in. long. Calyx-tube 
urceolate; lobes linear blunt, 8, eventually reflexed Petals 
shorter, tip bifid sparsely white-hairy; lobes obtuse with 3 to 5 
hairs at tip. Stamens 16. Fruit *5 in. long, obcomc with reflexed 
sepals half as long; radicle 2*5 to 8 in. long. Hab. Mangrove 
swamps, common. Singapore, Pulau Ubm (Hullett) to Perak^ 
Sapetang (Wray) and the Adang islands. Native names . Buah 
Brus • Bakau Putih. Distrib. India, Ceylon, Malay isles. 
(4) B. parviflora W. and A. Prodr. 311; King, l.c. 315. 
Shrub or small tree. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or elliptic acute, 
base cuneate; nerves visible on both sides when dry, 3 to 3*5 in. 
long -8 to 1-25 in. wide; petioles 75 to 1 in. long. Cymes 2- to 
5-flowered, erect, 1 in. long. Flowers ‘4 to *5 in. long. Calyx-tube 
