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COMBRETACEiE, VIII. Conocarpus. IX. Laguncularia. X. Guiera. XI. Combretum. 



Erect Conocarpus. Clt. 1752. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



1 L. racemosa (Gaertn. 1. c.) leaves elliptic, obtuse, gla- 



2 C. procu'mbens (Jacq. amer. 79. t. 51. f. 2.) stems rauch brous ; flowers racemose; calyxes clothed with white tomentum. 



branched, procumbent ; leaves obovate, glabrous ; heads pani- T2 . S. Native of Guiana, Brazil, and the West Indies, in 



cled. Tj . S. Growing along with the last, and lying flat on marshes by the sea side. Conocarpus racemosa, Lin. spec. 251. 



the ground. C. erecta var. j3, procumbens, D.C. prod. 3. p. 16. Jacq. amer. 80. t. 53. Swartz, obs. 79. Schousboa commutata, 



Procumbent Conocarpus. Clt. 1730. PI. prostrate. 



8 C. ACUTiFOLiA (Willd. in Roem. et Schultes. syst. 5. p. 

 574.) stems erect ; leaves lanceolate, acute at both ends ; heads 

 of flowers solitary and axillary, or aggregate at the tops of the 

 branches ; branches pubescent. Tj . S. Growing along with 

 the two preceding species. 



Acute-leaved Conocarpus. Clt. 1820. Shrub 5 to 8 feet. 



4 C. SERi'cEA (Forst. in herb. Lher.) leaves oblong, acumi- 

 nated at both ends, clothed with silky villi on both surfaces even 

 in the adult state ; heads panicled. Tj . S. Native of South 

 America ? C. erecta var. 7 sericea, D.C. prod. 3. p. 16. 



Silky Conocarpus. Shrub. 



Spreng. syst. 2. p. 332. — Sloane, hist. t. 187. f. 1. 



RacemoseT^owered Laguncularia. Clt. 1822. Sh. or tree. 

 Cult. See Buctda for culture and propagation, p. 657. 



X. GUIE^RA (Guier is the name of the tree in Senegal). 

 Juss. gen. 320. Lam. ill. t. 360. D. C. prod. 3. p. 17. 



Lin. syst. Decdndria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx oblong, 

 slender, somewhat cylindrical, with a tubular campanulate 5- 

 toothed limb. 



Petals 5, oblong-linear, small, 

 anthers globose. 



Stamens 10, ex- 



serted 



Capsule narrow, pentagonal, 1-celled, 1-5-seeded. 



ing by a thread, oblong. Cotyledons convolute ? 



Ovary oblong. Style 1, filiform. 



Seeds hang- 

 — A shrub, 



with opposite ovate entire leaves. Flowers crowded into spicate 



Sect. II. LEiocARPiE^A (from Xetoc, leioSf smooth, and Kapiroq^ heads, sessile along the rachis, with large foliaceous bracteas at 

 karpos, a fruit). Fruit loosely imbricated backwards, amply the base of the head of flowers, and other small ones at the base 



winged on the margins, and ending in a short acumen at the of the flowers, 

 apex. Tube of calyx stretched out a little beyond the ovarium. 

 — African species. 



5 C. leioca'rpa (D. C. prod. 2. p. 16.) leaves oval, glandless, 

 glabrous, hardly pubescent on the nerve beneath ; heads «axil- 

 lary, pedunculate, solitary ; fruit quite glabrous. F2 • S. Na- 

 tive of Senegal and Gambia. 



Smooth-fruited Conocarpus. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



Sect. III. Anogei'ssus (from ava, ana, upwards, and yct^- 

 cov, geissoriy a tile ; in reference to the scale -like fruit being 

 imbricated upwards in the heads). D. C. prod. 3. p. 16. 

 Fruit imbricated upwards, drawn out into a long acumen at 

 the apex. Tube of calyx drawn out beyond the ovarium, and 

 so slender as to give the limb the appearance of being pedicel- 

 late. — Indian species. 



6 C. AcuMiNA^TA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 34.) leaves glandless ; 

 heads axillary, pedunculate, solitary ; fruit clothed with adpres- 

 sed villi. T2 . S. Native of the East Indies, where it is called 



anch-maun. Andersonia acuminata, Roxb. herb. Leaves el- 

 iptic, acute, glabrous above, and clothed with adpressed down 

 beneath. Heads globose, shorter than the leaves. 

 Acuminated Conocarpus. Shrub. 



•f A species not sufficiently known. 



7 C. LATiFOLiA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 34.) T2 . S. Native 

 of the East Indies. Leaves glandless, quite glabrous, elliptic, 

 apiculated by a mucrone. Heads solitary, globose, on short vel- 

 vety peduncles. Perhaps the same as C. latif olia, Roxb. 



Broad-lcavcd Conocarpus. 

 Cult* 



Shrub. 



See Bucida for culture and propagation, p. 657. 



COMBRETEiE 



Tribe II. 



aorreeinff 



with Combretum in the 



with 4-5 petals and 8-10 stamens. 



petals). Flowers hermaphrodite. 



meaning 



fruct. 3. p. 209. t. 217- D. C, prod. 3. p. 17. — Spenocarpus, 

 Rich. anal. fr. p. 92. — Conocarpus species of Lin. 



Lin. syst. Decandria^ Monogynia. Limb of calyx perma 



5, minute, spreading, caducous. Stamens 10, disposed in two 

 series, inclosed. Style subulate. Stigma capitate. Fruit with 



1 G. Senegale'nsis (Lam. ill. t. 360. Poir. suppl. 2. p. 861.) 

 Tj . S. Native of Senegal. Leaves dotted beneath. Heads of 

 flowers girded by a 4-leaved involucrum. Calycine tube or fruit 

 bearded. 



Senegal Guiera. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



Cult. See Bucida for culture and propagation, p. 657. 



XI. COMBRETUM (a name given by Pliny to a climbing 

 plant, but to what plant is not at present known). Loefl. itin. p. 

 308. Lin. gen. no. 457. Geertn, fruct. 1. p. 176. t. 3Q. G. Don, 

 in Lin. trans. 15. p. 413. D. C. prod. 2. p. 18. iE'tia, Adans. 

 fam. 2. p. 84. — Poivrea, Comm. — Cristaria, Sonn. voy. ind. 2. 

 t. 140. but not of Cav. 



Lin. syst. Octo-Decdndriaj Monogynia. Calyx with a 4-5- 

 toothed (f 89. a.) deciduous limb. Petals 4-5 (f. 89. b.)y inserted 

 at the top of the calyx. Stamens 8-10, exserted. Ovary 2-5- (f. 

 89. e.) -ovulate. Style filiform (f 89. d.). Fruit 4-5-winged. 

 Seed 1, pendulous. — Climbing or erect shrubs, rarely herbs, with 

 entire, opposite or tern, rarely alternate leaves. Spijces solitary 

 or twin, axillary, and terminal, opposite, or 3 or 4 in a whorl, 

 usually disposed in a terminal panicle. Flowers bracteate, almost 

 sessile, rarely pedicellate. Petals scarlet, red, white, rarely 

 orange. 



Sect. I. Eucombre'tum (from eu^ well or good, and combre- 

 tum; this section contains what are considered the genuine 

 species of the genus). Calyx 4- toothed. Corolla 4-petalled. 

 Stamens 8. Fruit 4-winged. Cotyledons reflexed by a plait m 

 the middle ? 



§ 1. Calyx campanulate. Spikes axillary and termtnaU 

 Flowers secund. 



1 C. secu'ndum (Jacq. amer. 105. t. 176. f. 30. ed. pict. p. 

 55. t. 260. f. 26. G. Don, in Lin. trans. 15. p. 419.) climbing, 

 glabrous ; branches sub-quadrangular ; leaves ovate-lanceolate , 

 calyxes and ovaries covered with resinous dots ; petals scale- 

 formed, elliptic, mucronate, cucullate. ^2 . v^. S. Native 



Guiana and the Island of Trinidad. Lam. ill. t. 282. f 1; ^- 



C. laxum, 



Petals 



^ ^ - elegans, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 109. 

 nent, somewhat campanulate, 5-toothed ; teeth obtuse.^ Petals Aubl. guian. 1. p. 251. t. 137. Flowers large, secund. 



yellow, a little shorter than the calycine teeth. Calyx covered 

 with rusty dots outside. Stamens scarlet, disposed in one series, 



A tree or 



5 unequal ribs, coriaceous, crowned by the calyx, valveless, 

 1-seeded. Cotyledons convolute. Radicle very long.- 

 shruby with opposite leaves and opposite spikes of bractless 

 flowers. Seed germinating within the nut. 



nearly an inclf long. 



Secund'Rowered Combretum. 



Clt. 1818. Sh. cl. 



2 C. oxype'talvm (G. Don, \n Lin. trans. 15. p. 420.) climb- 

 ^^gy glabrous ; branchlets somewhat quadrangular ; leaves o 



