. The families of flowering plants. Plants; Phanerogams. eM^P- Fig. 171. Fruit and seeds of the Brazil Nut {Bertholletia excelsa) greatly reduced. Family Ehizophoraceae. Mangrove Family. This interesting group consists of about 14 genera and 50 species, shrubs or trees, some of which are not strictly maritime like the true mangroves. The great interest attaching to the latter lies in the fact that the seeds germinate while the fruit remains attached to the parent plant and the radicle pro- jects downward like a plummet, ready to secure prompt attachment in the loose mud upon which it finally f
. The families of flowering plants. Plants; Phanerogams. eM^P- Fig. 171. Fruit and seeds of the Brazil Nut {Bertholletia excelsa) greatly reduced. Family Ehizophoraceae. Mangrove Family. This interesting group consists of about 14 genera and 50 species, shrubs or trees, some of which are not strictly maritime like the true mangroves. The great interest attaching to the latter lies in the fact that the seeds germinate while the fruit remains attached to the parent plant and the radicle pro- jects downward like a plummet, ready to secure prompt attachment in the loose mud upon which it finally falls. The flowers have both calyx and corolla, each of 4 parts, the stamens as many or twice as many. The capsular fruit contains one or few seeds.* The mangroves proper belongs to the genus Bhizophora, but several related genera have the same habit. The family is distributed through the tropics of both hemispheres. Family Combretaceae. Myrobalan Family. Contains i about 23. Fig. 172. White buttonwood [Conocarpus erecta) *See article by the author in the present number of this journal, on "Plant Agencies in the Formation of the Florida Keys," for an account of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pollard, Charles Louis, 1872-. Washington, D. C. , The Plant World Co
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