Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899, Volume 2 Plant-Dispersal
CHAPTER XXX
THE VIVIPAROUS MANGROVES OF FIJI
RHIZOPHORA AND BRUGUIERA
_Rhizophora._—Represented by Rhizophora mucronata, Rhizophora mangle, and the Selala, a seedless intermediate form.—Their mode of association and characters.—The relation of the Selala.—Polyembryony.—The history of the plant between the fertilisation of the ovule and the detachment of the seedling.—Absence of a rest period.—Mode of detachment of the seedling.—Capacity for dispersal by the currents.—_Bruguiera._—The mode of dispersal.—Peculiar method of fertilisation.—Length of period between fertilisation and the detachment of the seedling.—Mode of detachment of the seedling.—Summary
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