COMBRETACE^. XI. Combretum. 



663 



long, membranous, attenuated at both ends, covered with resi- the Moluccas. Flowers small, white. Stamens white, disposed in 

 nous rusty dots beneath, as well as the calyxes ; petals scale- * ' . _ . ^ 



... one series, much exserted. Stigma subcapitate. 



formed, obovate-lanceolate, acuminated ; stamens very long. Extended Combretum. Sh. cl. 



J^^*.^' .1 ^^l^^l,.^^ Guayaquil. Very like the preceding, but 11 C. herba'ceum (G. Don, in edinb. phil.' journ. 1824. p. 



t 1 . . , , . , . g^^ ^^^ j^.^^ trans. 15. p. 423.) herbaceous, humble; stems 



simple, pubescent ; leaves alternate, lanceolate, mucronate, 

 clothed with silky villi beneath, but glabrous above in the adult 

 state ; peduncles twin, few-flowered ; petals ovate, acute, a little 

 longer than the calyx. 7/. S. Native of Sierra Leone, com- 

 mon in the low lands. Root woody. Flowers smalJ, white. 

 Stamens not much exserted. 



^ ^ _ both ends, and .** 



tbe shape of the petals. 



Sharp'petalled Combretum. Shrub cl. 



3 C. FORMosuM (G. Don, in Lin. trans. 15. p. 420.) climb- 

 ing; leaves oblong-elliptic, acuminated, beset with resinous 

 rusty dots beneath, but when in a young state clothed with rusty 

 down, as well as the calyxes; flowers crowded; petals scale- 

 formed, cuneate-lanceolate, acuminated. Tj . ^. S. Native of Herbaceous _„ . 



Brazil, near Rio Janeiro. Very like the two preceding species, 12 C. Duartea'num (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 248.) leaves el- 



but differs in the young leaves and calyx being clothed with liptic, acuminated, lepidotted on both surfaces ; spikes shorter 



Fl. Feb. PI. 1 foot. 



rusty down. 

 Beautifi 



Shrub cl. 



4 C. micrope'talum (D. C. prod. 3. p. 19. St. Hil. fl. bras. 

 2. p. 249.) leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated, smoothish above, 

 and lepidotted beneath ; spikes simple, dense-flowered, on short 

 peduncles, about equal in length to the leaves ; calyx rubiginose, 

 with a tetragonal tube ; petals obovate-lanccolate ; stamens very 



long, h 



y<j 



. S. Native of Brazil, in the provinces of Minas 



than the leaves ; tube of calyx tetragonal ; branches glabrous ; 

 petals lanceolate, very narrow at the base. 12* w' ^' Native 

 of Brazil. Limb of calyx funnel-shaped. 

 Duarte's Combretum. Sh, cl. 



§ 4. Calyx turhinately-campanulale. Racemes axillary and 

 terminal, panicled. Flowers pedicellate.- 



13 C. PANicuLA^TUM (Vent, choix, p. 58.) leaves oblong, ob- 



Geraes and Minas Novas. Petals yellow. 

 Small-petalled Combretum. Shrub cl. 



5 C. ROTUNDirbLiuM (Rich. act. soc. hist. nat. par. I. 791. p. 

 108.) climbing; leaves ovate-roundish, mucronate, glabrous; 

 spikes opposite, bractless ; flowers secund ? calyx glabrous on 

 the inside. Tj . ^. S. Native of Cayenne. Leaves of the branches 

 oval, of the branchlets roundish. Calyx lepidotted on the out- 

 swe. Stamens very long, purple ? Fruit with ample membra- 

 nous wings. 



Round-leaved Combretum. Shrub cl. 



6 C. macroca'rpum (Beauv. fl. d'ow. 2. p. 90. t. 118. f. 2.) 

 ™t large, 4-winged ; wings deeply cordate at the apex. ^. 

 u- S. Native of the west coast of Africa, at Benin. 



I'drge-fruited Combretum. Sh. cl. 



8 2. Calyx tuhidar. Flowers disposed in terminal fascicles or 



tuse; panicle terminal, branched, hairy; calyxes pubescent; 

 bracteas very short ; flowers pedicellate. T; . . „ S. Native of 



Senegal and Sierra Leone. Flowers scarlet. • 



Paw?c/erf-flowered Combretum. Sh. cl. 



14 C. spiNosuM (G. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 1824. p. 345.) 

 erect, glabrous ; branches spinescent ; leaves on long petioles, 

 oval, membranous ; flowers pedicellate ; calycine teeth nearly 

 obsolete; petals oval, obtuse ; stamens not much exserted. ^ . S. 

 Native of Sierra Leone, in the low lands. Flowers small, scarlet, 

 collected into fascicles. Anthers black. 



Spinose Combretum. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



15 C. Smeathma'nni (G. Don, in Lin. trans. 15. p. 425.) 

 climbing, hairy; leaves elliptic, acuminated, floral ones yellow; 

 bracteas very large ; racemes elongated ; flowers pedicellate. 

 Tj . ^. S. Native of Sierra Leone. Flowers solitary, in the axils 

 of large bracteas. Stamens exserted. 



Smeathmann's Combretum. Shrub cl. 



7 C. leucophy'llum (G. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 1824. p. f 5. Calyx turhinately campanulate. ^ Spikes axillary and 



1. ^"^ ^^ Lin. trans. 15. p. 421.) erect, clothed with fulvous 

 ^; leaves oblong, mucronate*; racemes corymbose or umbel- 



^^^ \ floral leaves white, and constituting an involucrum to 

 ^ head of flowers, and with a linear white bractea to each 



ower; petals lanceolate, obtuse. 4 times longer than the calvx. 



IG C. e'legans (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 277. t. 129.) climbing ; 

 leaves elliptic, acute, acuminated, puberulous above, and clothed 

 with yellowish tomentum beneath ; spikes simple, on short pe- 

 duncles; petals lanceolate, acute, hairy; calycine tube cylindrical. 

 ^ . v^. S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes. 



- — i-^aiive oi oierra ijcone, noi lar irom rree-iuwn, auu ui >2 • w *^* -i^ative oi i>razii, in tne province oi i>iinas oei 

 ^egal at St. Louis. C. trigonoides, Perr. in litt. ex D. C. prod. Branches covered with yellowish tomentum. Petals yellow. 



P* 20. Flowers pedicellate, scarlet. Stamens scarlet, much 

 '^H^^-^ ^^ the petals, bearing black anthers. 

 ^hite4eaved Combretum. Sh, 4 to 6 feet. 

 8 C. LANUGiNosuM (G. Dou, lu Liu. trans. 15. p. 422.) erect ; 



Elesant Combretum. Shrub cl. 



lea 



17 C. FARiNosuM (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. araer. 6. p. 110. 

 G. Don, in Lin. trans. 15. p. 425.) climbing, glabrous ; leaves 

 elliptic-oblong, obtuse, rather coriaceous, rounded at the base. 



ves orbicular, emarginate ; flowers in fascicles ; petals oval, mealy beneath ; spikes usually twin, many-flowered ; petals 

 crenulated, a little longer than the calyx. ^2-8, Native of 

 ' "^yssinia. Shrub branched, woolly. Stamens long. 



*^^olly Combretum. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 

 ^ y PUNcxA^TUM (Blum, bijdr. p. 640.) climbing; leaves 

 *^>ptic-oblong, acuminated, dotted on both surfaces; spikes 

 ^pitate, panicled, axillary, and terminal ; calyx villous inside, 

 i'v- S. Native of Java, on the mountains. 



^o«e</-leaved Combretum. Sh. cL 



§ 3. Calyx tubular. Spikes axillary^ never terminal. 

 10 C. exte'nsum (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 28. G.Don, in Lin. 



scale-formed ; stamens very long. ]^ . ^. S. Native of Mexico, 

 between Acapulco and Venta del Exido. Flowers subsecund, 



orange-coloured. 



Mealy Combretum. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1825. Sh. cl. 



18 C. FRANGUL^FoxiUM (II. B. et Kuuth, nov. gen. amer. 6. 

 p. 109. t. 538.) climbing, glahrous ; leaves elliptic, lepidotted on 

 both surfaces ; spikes solitary, rarely twin ; bracteas^ oblong, 



ihaped 



^. 



tal 



ovate, acute, shorter than the calyx. ^2 



pe 



Native on the banks of the Orinoco, near Angustura, and Cari- 



chana. Stamens long. 



Frangula-leaved Combretum. Shrub cU 



19 C. la'xum (Jacq. amcr. p. 104. and prct. p. 53.) climbing, 

 irlabrous: leaves ovate: spikes erect, loose-flowered; calyx 



\j 



. S. Native of pubescent; petals roundish, shorter than the calyx. ^ . v^. S. 



