COMBRETACEiE. XI. Combretum. 



665 





Chinese Combretum. Shrub cL 



45 C. piLosuM (Roxb. bort. beng. p. 28. G. Don, in Lin. 



38 C. VELUTI^NUM (D. C. prod. 3. p. 20.) leaves ovate, acu- trans. 15. p. 434.) climbing, pilose; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 minaled, clothed with soft villi on both surfaces as well as the 

 branches and peduncles ; spikes axillary, solitary, simple ; pedi- 

 cels very short. ^ . S. Native of Brazil. Terminalia ar- 



acuminated, auricled at the base; panlcleof many spikes ; spikes 

 short ; calyxes and peduncles beset with fuscous pili ; petals 

 obovate, oblong, ciliated. Tj .^ ,. S. Native of tlie East Indies. 



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gentea, Mart. bras. I. p. 43. ? Fruit large, 4-winged, pubes- Flowers crowded, white, about the size of those of C. comosum* 



Petioles hardly 2 lines long. 

 Velvety Combretum, Shrub cl. ? 



cent ; win^s glabrous. 



Stamens twice the length of the petals. 

 Pilose Combretum. Shrub cl. 



S9 C. pedicella're (D. C. prod. 3. p. 20.) leaves oval-oblong, 



46 C. BARBA^TUM (Ncwmau, mss. G. Don, in Loud. hort. 



velvety, but especially beneath, as well as the branches, petioles, brit. p. 157.) hairy in every part; leaves ovate-oblong; panicle 



and peduncles ; racemes axillary, solitary, simple ; pedicels about 

 one half the length of the fruit. Tj . ^ ? S. Native of Brazil. 

 Very like the preceding species, but the petioles and pedicels 

 are half an inch long. Fruit ovate, acuminated, 4-winged, 

 clothed with short, rufescent, lepidotted down. 

 Pedicelled Combretum. Shrub cl. ? 



of many spikes ; spikes long ; petals obovate, bearded at the 



S. Native of Maranham. 



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Flowers white, rather 



40 C. A LTUM (Perr. in litt. D. C. prod. 3. p. 

 glabrous ; leaves elliptic, attenuated at both ends, smooth, quite 

 entire, on short petioles ; racemes at the base of the branches ; 

 fruit solitary, 4-winged, pruinose, or brownish purple between 

 the wings, and lepidotted. Tp . ^ ? S. Native of Senegal, at 

 the lake called Du Panier, 28 miles from St. Louis. 



Tall Combretum. Shrub cl. 



large. 



^earrfecf-petalled Combretum. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 



47 C. ova'le (R. Br. in append, to Salt. trav. in abyssin. 

 G. Don, in Lin. trans. 15. p. 435.) erect; leaves oval-oblong, 



20.) quite obtuse, white beneath, when young pubescent, but glabrous in 



the adult state ; branches and calyxes pubescent ; spikes axil- 

 lary and terminal, short, loose-flowered ; petals obovate-oblong, 

 obtuse ; stamens exserted. 



probably white. 



OraWeaved Combretum. 



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S. Native of Abyssinia. Flowers 

 Shrub erect ? 



48 C. ALTERNiFOLiUM (Jacq. amer. p. 104.) climbing, gla- 



41 C. MucRONA^TUM (Thoun. in herb. Vahl. ex herb. Puer. brous ; branches spinescent ; spines recurved ; leaves alternate, 

 D.C.prod. 3. p. 20.) climbing? branchlets pubescent ; leaves on oblong, glabrous, shining above ; panicle of many spikes ; spikes 

 short petioles, elliptic, somewhat obovate, obtuse at the base, short : flowers crowded ; petals lanceolate, obtuse, twice the 



and acuminately mucronate at the apex, glabrous, but with the . length of the calyx ; stamens exserted. Tj 



petiole and nerve rather pubescent ; racemes pedunculate, elon- 

 gated, bractless. 



Native of 

 South America. C. decandrum, Jacq. amer. ed. pict. p. 53. 



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S. Native of Guinea. Calyxes and t. 260. f. 27. C. spinosum 



Poivrea alternifolia, 



racemes velvety. Fruit glabrous, with membranous wings. 

 Not known whether it belongs to the present division of the 

 genus or not. 



iJ/wcrona^e-leaved Combretum. Shrub cl. 



42 C. Walli'chii (D. C. prod. 3. p. 21.) erect, glabrous; 

 leaves opposite, petiolate, mucronately acuminated ; spikes pe- 

 dunculate, axillary, simple, shorter than the leaves, bractless. 

 \ ' S. Native of Nipaul. Flowers small, glabrous on the out- 

 side and villous inside. 



WallicKs Combretum. Shrub. 



161. 



Humb. et Bonpl. pi. aequin. 2. p. 

 D. C. prod, 3. p. 17. Flowers 

 small, white, on short pedicels. The juice is very clammy, and 

 is used as a substitute for glue. 



Alternate-leaved Combretum. Shrub cl. 

 49 C. Pavonii (G. Don, in Lin. trans. 15. p. 436.) climbing ; 

 branches pilose ; leaves oblong or ovate, acuminated, mucro- 

 nate, somewhat cordate at the base, clothed with rusty villi 



panicle of many spikes, elongated ; petals lanceolate ; 



S. Native of 



beneath 



Sect. II. 



Ma 



Poi'vREA (in honour of N. Poivre, intendent of the 



Comm. ined. 



17. Cris- 



Gonocarpus, 



Petals 5. 



Mauritius in 1766, a patron of botany). Poivrea. ( 



Pet. Th. obs. pi. afr. aust. p. 28. D. C. prod. 3. p. 



taria, Sonn. voy. ind. 2. t. 140. but not of Cav. 



Hamilt. prod, but not of Thunb. Calyx 5-toothed. 



Stamens 10, exserted. Ovary 2-5, ovulate. Fruit with 5 wings. 



Cotyledons truly convolute. 



§ 1- Calyx tubular. Spikes axillary and terminal^ usually 

 ^^sposed in the manner of a panicle. 



43 C. coMosuM (G. Don, in edinb. phil. iourn. 1824. p. 344. 

 and in Lin. trans. 15. p. 433.) climbing; branches pubescent; 

 'eaves elliptic, acute, somewhat cordate at the base, pubescent 

 ^nen young, but glabrous In tbe adult state ; panicle of many 

 'P>kes; spikes bearing a tuft of flowers at the apex; brac- 



stamens a little longer than the petals, fj . ^. 

 Guayaquil. C. decandrum, Ruiz, et Pav. mss. in herb. Lamb. 

 Flowers scattered, middle-sized, probably scarlet, 

 Pavon's Combretum. Shrub cl. 



50 C. eriope'talum ; shrub bushy; leaves oval, quite gla- 

 brous, attenuated at both ends ; spikes opposite, slender, rather 

 velvety ; flowers distant, bractless ; calyxes glabrous ; petals 



^2 . S. Native of St. Domingo and Cuba, about 

 Poivrea eriopetala, D. C. prod. 3. p. 18. 



Shrub. 



oblong, hairy, 

 the Havannah. 



Woolly 'pe tailed Combretum 



of 



secund. 



^as lanceolate, acute ; petals spatulate, obtuse ; stamens long. 

 ^ • v.-- S. Native of Sierra Leone ; very common. ^ '"'^^ ^^*' 

 ^^g. 1105. ™ 



51 C. PURPU^HEUM (Vahl. 

 symb. 3. p. 51.) climbing, gla- 

 brous; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute, dark green, shining; pani- 

 cle of many spikes ; flowers loose; 

 petals elliptic-oblong, obtuse ; 



FIG. 89. 



stamens long. 

 of Madagascar. 



Ker. 



S. Native 



bot. re 



Flowers criiTison or red. 



"V'ec/.flowered Combretum. Fl. Feb. Ju. Clt. 1822. Sh. cl. 



't* C. interme'duum (G. Don, 1. c.) climbing ; branches pu- 

 <>escent; leaves elliptic-obovate, mucronate, pubescent when 

 young, but glabrous in the adult state ; bracteas^ ovate, ^nnicro. 

 5^^; petals spatulate, obtuse. 



denser. 



T?. 



tais spatulate, ontuse. f^ . >^* '^- a-.uli^v v^* -.^*.^ 

 Very like C. comosum, but the flowers are larger and 



^nferwecZiaie Combretum. Clt. 1822. Shrub cL 



429. Sims, bot. mag. 2102. 

 coccineum. Lam. diet. 1. p. 731. 

 ill. 282. f. 2. Cristaria coccinea, 

 Sonn. itin. 2. p. 247. t. 140. 

 Poivrea coccinea, D. C. prod. 3. 

 S. Native of Sierra p. 18. Flowers scarlet, secund. 



Purple Combretum. Fl. June, 

 Dec. Clt. 1818. Shrub cl. 



52 C. ORANDiFLORUM (G.Don, 



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