Rhizophora, L.
Conspectus of Species.

Flowers pedicelled, the petals villous along the borders; stamens 8,
Flowers sessile, the petals quite glabrous; stamens 8-12,

1. R. MUCRONATA, Lamk. Enc. VI. 89; Wight Icon. t. 238; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 584. (Rhizophora Mangle, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 459; R. stylosa, Griff. Not. Dicot. 665. t. 640; Rh. macrorrhiza, Griff. in Med. and Phys. Trans. Calc. VIII. 1836. 8 and Not. Dicot. 664).

HAB. Frequent in the mangrove-swamps of the shores from Arracan down to Tenasserim.-Fl. Fr. .

2. R. CONJUGATA. L. sp. pl. 634; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 584. (R. Candelaria, Griff. in Med. and Phys. Trans. Calc. VIII. 7).

HAB. Common in the mangrove swamps along the shores from Arracan down to Tenasserim and the Andamans.-Fl. Fr. ∞.

Ceriops, Arn.
Conspectus of Species.

Cymes compact, on very short peduncles; petals bristly fringed towards their tips, C. Roxburghiana. Cymes rather lax; petals terminated by 2 or 3 club-shaped appendages, C. Candolleana. 1. C. ROXBURGHIANA, Arn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. I. 362; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 591. (Rhizophora decandra, Griff. Not. Dicot. 663; Bruguiera decandra, Griff. in Med. and Phys. Trans. Calc. VIII. 1838. 10).

HAB. Common in the littoral forests all along the shores from Chittagong down to Tenasserim and the Andamans.-Fl. HS.; Fr. CS.

2. C. CANDOLLEANA, Arn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. I. 364; Wight Icon. t. 240; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 590.

HAB. Frequent in the mangrove swamps of the Andamans.—Fl. HS.; Fr. CS.

Kandelia, W. A.

1. K. RHEEDEI, WA. Prod. I. 34; Wight Ill. I. 209. t. 89; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 585.

HAB. Frequent in the littoral forests, especially the tidal ones, at the debouchures of the larger rivers of Pegu and Tenasserim.-Fl. HS.; Fr. RS.

Bruguiera, Lamk.
Conspectus of Species.

Subg. I. Kanilia, Bl. Calyx-tube almost club-shaped, the limb 8-cleft. Petals 8, bearing bristles at the tips. Stamens 16, the filaments filiform and longer than the cordate or ovate anthers. Fruit cylindrical.

Calyx-tube narrowed at base, ribbed, the lobes very short and stiff, .... B. parviflora. Calyx-tube obtuse at the base, smooth, the lobes nearly as long as the tube,

B. caryophylloides.

.........

Subg. II. Mangium, Bl. Calyx-tube almost bell-shaped, the limb 10--14-cleft. Petals 10-14. Stamens 20-28, the anthers linear, longer than the filaments. Ovary 3-4-celled. Fruit turbinate....... B. gymnorhiza. 1. B. PARVIFLORA, WA. Prod. I. 311; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 589; Griff. in Med. and Phys. Trans Calc. VIII. 10. (Rhizophora parviflora, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 461).

HAB. In the littoral forests of Tenasserim and the Andamans. (Helf. 2207). Fl. CS.

2. B. CARYOPHYLLOIDES, Bl. Enum. I. 93; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 589. (Rhizophora caryophylloides, Griff. Not. Dicot. t. 624).

HAB. In the mangrove swamps at the debouchure of the Salween in Upper Tenasserim.-Fl. Febr. ; Fr. Apr.

3. B. GYMNORHIZA, Lamk. Enc. Bot. IV. 696; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bot. II. 586; Griff. in Med. and Phys. Trans. Calc. VIII. 10. (B. Wightii, Bl. Mus. Bot. 138; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 587; B. Rheedei, Bl. Enum. I. 92; Miq. 1. c.; Wight Icon. t. 239. A.; B. parietosa, Griff. Not. Dicot. 670. t. 611; B. 10-angulata, Griff. Not. Dicot. 669; B. eriopetala, Wight Ill. I. 10 and Icon. t. 239).

HAB. Common in the littoral forests all along the coasts from Chittagong down to Tenasserim and the Andamans.-Fl. Jan.-May.

I know only of one species of this alliance, flowering while still a shrub and becoming a tree of 80 ft. in height in favourable situations. The indument of the petals and the number or absence of bristles appear to me fallacious characters.

Carallia, Roxb.
Conspectus of Species.

Leaves usually entire ; petals not embracing the filaments,
Leaves serrulate; petals embracing the filaments,

1. C. LUCIDA, Roxb. Corom. Pl. III. 211 and Fl. Ind. II. 481; Griff. in Med. and Phys. Trans. Calc. VIII. 11; WA. Prod. I. 312; Wight Icon. t. 605.—(C. integerrima, DC. Prod. III. 33; Bth. in Linn. Proc. III. 74; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 193; C. zeylanica, Arn. in Wight Illustr. t. 90).

HAB. Frequent in the tropical and moister upper mixed forests, ascending into the hill-forests up to 4000 ft. elevation, rare in the low forests, all over Pegu, Martaban, and Tenasserim.-Fl. C. S.; Fr. HS.

2. C. LANCEÆFOLIA, Roxb.. Fl. Ind. II. 481; Wight Icon. t. 604; Bth. in Linn. Proceed. III. 75.—(C. confinis, Bl. Mus. Lugd. Bat. I. 129). HAB. In the tropical forests of Tenasserim.

Gynotroches, Bl.

1. G. AXILLARIS, Bl. Mus. Lugd. Bat. I. 127. t. 31; Bth. in Linn. Proc. III. 76.

HAB. Upper Tenasserim, Moulmein (Lobb.).

COMBRETACEÆ.

Conspectus of Genera.

Subord. I. COMBRETEÆ. Calyx-lobes valvate. Stamens without alternating glands at the base, the filaments often inflexed in bud; anthers versatile, opening in longitudinal slits. Ovary with 2 to 12 suspended ovules. Flowers in racemes, spikes, or heads.

*Calyx-limb deciduous.

× Calyx-tube short, constricted but not produced beyond the ovary. TERMINALIA.-Petals none. Stamens inflexed in bud, exserted. Flowers spiked or panicled. Erect trees.

COMBRETUM. Petals very rarely wanting. Stamens straight in bud. Flowers usually racemose or panicled. Usually scandent shrubs.

X × Calyx-tube elongate and produced beyond the ovary. ANOGEISSUS. Calyx-tube 2-winged at the base. Stamens 10, exserted. Leaves alternate. Flowers in heads, small.

QUISQUALIS. Calyx-tube very long and slender, the limb small. Stamens 10, exserted. Leaves opposite. Flowers showy, in racemes.

**Calyx-limb persistent.

CALYCOPTERIS. Calyx-tube 5-ribbed, not produced beyond the ovary, the limb enlarging. Stamens 10, included. Leaves opposite. Flowers racemose. Climbers. LUMNITZERA. Calyx-tube elongate, narrowed beyond the ovary. Stamens 5 or 10, exserted. Leaves alternate. Flowers racemose. Trees or erect shrubs.

Subord. II. GYROCARPEÆ. Calyx-lobes valvate or imbricate. Stamens alternating with as many glands or staminodes; filaments straight in bud; anthers adnate, opening by a slit along the inner edge or in 2 valves. Ovary with a solitary pendulous ovule. Leaves alternate. Flowers cymose.

ILLIGERA. Calyx-lobes valvate, deciduous. Fruit extended into 2 or 4 lateral wings. Climbers with 3-foliolate leaves.

GYROCARPUS. Calyx-lobes imbricate, 2 of them persistent and enlarging winglike. Nut 2-winged at the top. Erect trees with entire or lobed leaves.

Terminalia, L.

Conspectus of Species.

Subg. I. Myrobalanus, Gærtn. Fruit a fleshy drupe, compressed or obsoletely angular, the putamen bony.

* Spikes simple, solitary in the leaf-axils.

O Spikes, quite glabrous.

Glabrous or pubescent; petioles very short, the base of the broad leaves more or less rounded,; drupes 1-2 in. long, compressed, ....... T. catappa.

As preceding but glabrous, the base of the leaves more or less acuminate; drupes about an in. long, obsoletely 5-angular, ovoid-oblong, red inside, ...... T. procera.

O O Spikes puberulous or tomentose.

Leaf-buds rusty villous; leaves obovate, on 2-3 in. long petioles, usually silky pubescent; drupes obovoid, silky puberulous,

.T. Belerica. ** Spikes more or less panicled at the end of the branchlets, puberulous or tomentose.

Young shoots and underside of the oblong leaves rusty villous, the petiole short; ovary villous; drupes oval, glabrous,

........

T. chebula. As preceding, but ovary quite glabrous, the flowers and fruits much smaller, the leaves more coppery villous beneath, . T. tomentella. Very young shoots rusty villous; leaves smooth and glabrous, acuminate, the petiole short; drupes oblong-lanceolate, obsoletely 5-cornered, glabrous, ...... T. citrina. Subg. II. Pentaptera, Roxb. Fruit a dry nut, with a chartaceous or fibrouscoriaceous pericarp, compressed or 3—5-cornered with as many equal or unequal wings, or only with 2 or a single wing all round.

* Nuts usually 3-cornered, the angles expanded into 2 equal, or 3-1 unequal wings. (Chuncoa, Pav.)

× Nuts large, equally 2-winged, 13-2 in. long. Spikes simple, axillary. All parts glabrous; spikes puberulous or tomentose; leaves obovate, the petiole 2-3 in. long; nut 3-cornered, with 2 large equal spreading wings, about 3-3 in. across, T. bialata.

As preceding, leaves smaller and shorter petioled; nuts equally 2-winged, only
in. across,
P. pyrifolia.
X X Nuts small, unequally 2-3-winged. Spikes forming terminal pani-

....

cles.

T. paniculata.

Fruits unequally 3-winged, puberulous, brown,.
Fruits much smaller than in preceding, equally 2-winged, almost glabrous, pale colour-
ed,
T. myriocarpa.

Nuts 4- or 5-cornered, all the angles expanded into equal wings. All parts more or less greyish tomentose; leaves strongly net-veined beneath, the petiole short, furnished with 2 stalked turbinate glands, T. alata. All parts glabrous; leaves not prominently net-veined beneath, the petiole short, with 2 stalked turbinate glands; spikes panicled, like the calyxes, puberulous or almost tomentose, T. crenulata.

As preceding, but the panicled spikes and outside of calyx quite glabrous,

T. macro

carpa.

1. T. CATAPPA, Linn. Mant. 519; DC. Prod. III. 11.; WA. Prod. I. 313; Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 430; Bot. Mag. t. 3004; Wight Icon. t. 172; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 20 (T. Moluccana, Lamk. Dict. I. 349; DC. 1. c., non Roxb.).

HAB. Frequent in the beach-forests of the Andaman islands, probably also in Tenasserim; much cultivated in villages all over the country.Fl. May, June; Fr. Apr.

2. T. PROCERA, Roxb. Corom. Pl. III. t. 244 and Fl. Ind. II. 429; DC. Prod. III. 12.

HAB. Frequent in the tropical forests of the Andaman islands.

In Andaman Rep. p. 37, I stated that this species hardly differs from the preceding. This is a mistake. The Nicobar species of Terminalia which I presumed to be new (Journ. As Soc. Beng. 1876, 130) belongs here.

3. T. BELERICA, Roxb. Corom. Pl. II. t. 198 and Fl. Ind. II. 431; DC. Prod. III. 12; WA. Prod. I. 313; Wight Ill. I. t. 91.; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I/1. 600; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 19. (Myrobalanus belerica, Gaertn. Fruct.

II. 90. t. 97; Rheed. Hort. Malab. IV. t. 10; T. fætidissima, Griff. Not. Dicot. 685; T. laurinoides, T. and B. in Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I/1. 600).

HAB. Frequent in the mixed forests up to 2000 ft. elevation, all over Burma and the adjacent provinces.-Fl. Apr. May; Fr. CS.

4. T. CHEBULA, Retz. Obs. V. 31; Roxb. Corom. Pl. II. t. 197 and Fl. Ind. II. 435; DC. Prod. III. 13; WA. Prod. I. 313; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I/1. 601; Brand. For. Fl. t. 29. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 27. (T. reticulata, Roth. Nov. sp. 381; DC. 1. c.).

HAB. Chittagong.

5. T. TOMENTELLA, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1873. 80.

HAB. Frequent in the upper mixed and the low forests, all over Pegu and Martaban down to Tenasserim.—Fl. June; Fr. CS.

6. T. CITRINA, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 435; DC. Prod. III. 12; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I/1. 602. (Myrobalanus citrina, Gærtn. Fruct. II. 91. t. 97).

HAB. Not unfrequent in the tropical forests of the Andamans; Tenasserim (Helf. 2178).-Fr. CS.

7. T. BIALATA, Wall. ap. Voigt. Cat. Suburb. Calc. 36 (Pentaptera bialata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 441; DC. Prod. III. 15).

HAB. Not uncommon in the upper mixed forests of the Andamans.— Fl. RS.

8. T. PYRIFOLIA, (Pentaptera pyrifolia, Presl. Epim. Bot. 214; Walp. Ann. III. 859; T. Javanica, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I/1. 602 ?)

HAB. Frequent in the mixed forests, especially the upper ones, all over Pegu and Martaban down to Tenasserim.-Fl. HS.; Fr. CS.

9. T. MYRIOCARPA, v. Heurck and Muell. Arg. Obs. Bot. 215. HAB. Ava, Khakyen hills east of Bhamo (J. Anderson).-Fr. March. 10. T. ALATA, Roth. Nov. sp. 379; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I/1. 603.— (Pentaptera tomentosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 440; DC. Prod. III. 14; T. tomentosa, WA. Prod. I. 314; Wight Icon. t. 195; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 17; T. elliptica, Willd. sp. pl. IV. 969 ?).

HAB. Frequent in the lower mixed and the open forests, all over Pegu and Martaban.-Fl. HS.; Fr. CS.

11. T. CRENULATA, Roth. Nov. sp. 380; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I/1. 603. (Pentaptera glabra, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 440; T. glabra, WA. Prod. I. 314; Pentaptera obovata and P. crenulata, DC. Prod. III. 14 and 15).

HAB. Not unfrequent in the upper mixed forests of the Pegu Yomah and Arracan.-Fr. CS.

12. T. MACROCARPA, (Pentaptera macrocarpa, Wall. Cat. 3982). HAB. Frequent in the upper-mixed and the open forests, all over Pegu and Martaban down to Upper Tenasserim.-Fl. H. S.; Fr. CS.