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COMBRETACEiE. XI. Combretum. 



w r 



at the apex, coriaceous, glabrous ; panicle composed of many- 

 spikes ; spikes crowded with flowers ; petals reniform. Tj . ^. S. 

 Native of Guayaquil. ' Flowers red or scarlet. Stamens 3-times 

 the length of the calyx. ' - 



Sweet-scented Combretum. Shrub cl. 



Native of the West India Islands. Lam. ill. t. 282. f. 1. — Lcefl. 

 itin. p. 308. ' Flowers small, white. Stamens long, inserted in 

 the bottom of the. calyx. 



Zoo5^-flowered Combretum. Shrub cl. 



20 C. Mexica'num (Humb. et Bonpl. pi. sequin. 2. p. 156. 

 t. 132.) humble, glabrous ; young branches compressed ; leaves 29 C. glutinosum (Perr. in litt. D. C. prod. 3. p. 21.) un- 



elliptic, membranous, rather cordate at the base ; spikes dis- armed, erect, arboreous, glabrous ; leaves somewhat verticillate, 

 posed in the manner of a panicle, clothed with rusty tomentum, ovate, petiolate, coriaceous, mucronate ; racemes branched at 

 short, many-flowered ; petals somewhat reniform, shorter than the base or twin, elongated, bractless. F2 • S* Native of Sene- 

 the calyx. Tj . S. Native of Mexico, near Acapulco, by the gal. Flowers yellow, on different branches from the leaf-bearing 



sea-side. Flowers sub-secund, with the petals and stamens ones. 



white and the anthers yellow. Stamens 3-times the length of 

 the calyx, 



Mexican Comhretum. Slirub 6 feet. 



21 C. OBTUsiFOLiUM (Rich. act. soc. hist. nat. par. 1791. p. 

 108.) leaves obovate, obtuse, quite glabrous; peduncles ter- 

 minal and axillary, of many spikes ; branches clothed with rufous 



Branches as well as the young leaves clammy. 



Shrub. 



Clammy Combretum. 



30 C. pyramida'tum (Desv. in Hamllt. prod. fl. ind. occ. p. 

 35.) branches complanate, rather greyish ; leaves obovate, some- 

 what emarginate, mucronulate ; capsule pyramidal, with acute 



Native of Guiana. The rest un- 



angles, not winged, 

 known. 



Tj. S. 



pubescence ; calyx pubescent ; stamens hardly exserted. Tj 

 Native of Cayenne. Leaves almost elliptic. Very like 

 Mexicctnum. 



S. 



c. 



Obtuse-leaved Combretum. Shrub. 



22 C. pulciie'llum (Mart. mss. G. Don, in Lin. trans. 15. 

 p. 428.) climbing, puberulous ; leaves elliptic, oblong, brown- 

 ish berieath ; spikes disposed in the manner of a panicle ; 

 calyxes and peduncles clothed with fuscous villi ; petals rather 

 reniform, reflcxed. ^2 , ^. S. Native of Brazil, at the Rio 



Petals a little longer than the 

 calyx, reflexed. Stamens 3-times the length of the calyx. 

 A^ea/ Combretum. Shrub cl. 



23 C. Bu'oi (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 247- t. 130.) climbing; 

 leaves elliptic, bluntly acuminated, glabrous; calycine tube cy- 

 lindrical : spikes disposed in the manner of a panicle, on short 



Negro. Flowers small, scarlet. 



P7/r«?n2c?a/-capsuled Combretum. Shrub. 



31 C. pu'berum (Rich, in act. soc. hist. nat. par. 1791. p. 

 108.) climbing, glabrous ; leaves oblong, coriaceous, rather cor- 

 date at the base, shining above ; panicle terminal, composed of 

 many spikes ; branches, rachis, and calyxes clothed with rusty 

 down ; stamens short ; bracteas setaceous. ^ . ^. S. Native 



of Cayenne. Flowers small. 

 Downy Combretum. Shrub cl. 



32 C. gla'brum (D. C. prod. 3. p. 19.) climbing, glabrous ; 

 leaves elliptic, acuminated ; spikes disposed in a terminal pa- 

 nicle ; bracteas setaceous, "h . . ,. S. Native of French Guiana. 



Glabrous Combretum. 



1? . ,^. ^. 

 Shrub cl. 



§ 6. Calyx turbinately campaniilate. Spikes axillary, never 

 terminal. 



peduncles; petals roundish. 



^2. 



S. Native of Brazil, on 33 C. tomentosum (G. Don. in edinb. phil. journ. 1824. p 



the banks of the Rio St. Francisco, in the western part of the 346. and in Lin. trans. 15. p. 430.) climbing, clothed with fus- 

 province of Minas Geraes, in the Certao or great desert, where cons tomentum; leaves oval, mucronate, smoothish above in the 



adult state ; spikes loose-flowered ; petals oval, obtuse, a little 



. ,. S. Native of 



it is csMed BugL Flowers polygamous; calyx downy; petals 

 yellow. 



Bugi Combretum. 



Shrub cl. 



shorter than the calyx ; stamens short. 

 Sierra Leone. Flowers small, white. 

 Tomentose Combretum. Shrub cl. 



^2. 



34 C. micra'ntiium (G. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 1824. 



24 C. RACEMOSUM (Beauv. fl. d'ow. 2. p. 90. t. 118. f. 1.) 

 climbing, glabrous ; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, shining ; panicle 



of many spikes ; spikes elongated, tufted at the apex ; petals p. 347.) erect ; branches pubescent ; leaves oblong, bluntly mu- 

 lanceolate, obtuse. ^ . v_y. S. Native of Benin, on the west cronate, glabrous in the adult state ; spikes slender ; petals linear- 

 coast of Africa. Flowers middle-sized, white, on short pedicels. cuneated, 4-times the length of the calycine teeth ; stamens not 



Petals much longer than the calyx. Stamens very long. 



i?acemo5e-flowered Combretum. Fl. Feb. Jul. Clt.1826. Sh.cl. 



much exserted. »? . S. Native of Sierra Leone. C. parvi- 

 florum, Rchb. in Sieb. pi. exsic. seneg. no. 35. hort. bot. t. 6Z* 



. 25 C. A^LBiBUM (G. Don, in Lin. trans. 15. p. 429.) climbing, Flowers small, red or scarlet, on short pedicels. Stamens very 

 glabrous ; leaves on long petioles, oblong, obtuse, or somewhat little longer than the petals. 



orbicular, dotted and green above, and white beneath ; panicle 



Small-flowered Combretum. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



of many spikes ; spikes crowded with flowers ; calyxes pubes- 35 C. molle (R. Br. in append, to Salt. trav. G. Don, in Lin. 



cent; petals small. ^ . v^*- S- Native of the East Indies. C. trans. 15. p. 431.) cHmbing, villous; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 



acuminated, cordate at the base ; spikes elongated ; calycine 

 teeth very short; petals. small ; stamens twice the length of the 



laxum, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 88. Stamens very long. 

 fTAi/e-leaved Combretum. Shrub cl. 



26 C. NA^NUM (Hamilt. mss. inD. Don, prod, fl.nep. p. 219.) calyx. 



humble, erect ; leaves oblong or ovate, obtuse, glabrous ; spikes 

 simple and sometimes branched at the base ; calyxes pubescent; 

 petals ovate, obtuse. 



. S. Native of Abyssinia. 



Shrub cl. 



T2. S. 



small, white. 



Stamens very long. 



Clt. 1825. 



Native of Nipaul. Flowers 



Z)nY/r/ Combretum. Clt. 1825. Shrub | to 1 foot. 



27 C. Roxbu'rgiiii (G. Don, in Lin. trans. 15. p. 429.) climb- 



Soft Combretum. 



36 C. LATiFOLiuM (G. Dou, in Lin. trans. 15. p. 432.) climb- 

 ing, glabrous ; leaves ample, coriaceous, oblong, acummated, 

 sometimes rounded; spikes short, crowded with flowers; calyxes 

 pubescent ; petals obovate, obtuse ; stamens twice the length 

 of the calyx. l2 . ^. S. Native of the East Indies. C. macro- 



ing, glabrous ; leaves ovate, obtuse ; panicle composed of many phyllum, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 88. ? Flowers small, red. 

 loo^e- flowered spikes ; rachis and calyxes pubescent. 

 Native of the East Indies. 



Roxburglis Combretum. 



Leaves pubescent when young. 

 Shrub cl. 



S. 



23 C. oDORA^TUM (Pav. mss. in herb. Lamb. G. Don, in 

 Lin. trans. 15. p. 480.) climbing ; branchlets puberulous; leaves 

 oblong or obovate-oblong, rounded, and somewhat emarginate 



Broad-leaved Combretum. Shrub cl. 



37 C. Chine'nse (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 28. G. Don, in Lm. 

 trans. 15. p. 432.) climbing, and covered with rusty scales or 

 dots ; leaves elliptic, acute at both ends, green above ; spikes 

 loose-flowered ; petals small ; stamens but little exserted. 

 l2 . ^. G. Native of China. Flowers middle-sized, scarlet ? 



