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COMBRETACEyE. XI. Combretum. XII. Chrysostachys. XIII. Cacoucia. 



rotundifdlium (Roxb 



h 



. S. Native 



in edinb. phil. journ. 1824. p. 340. and Lin. trans. 15. p. 421.) 



climbing, hairy ; leaves oblong; spikes short, axillary, and ter-^ 



minal ; calyx pubescent ; petals obovate, obtuse ; stamens long. 



^ . ^. S. Native of Sierra Leone, in the low lands. Hook, and brilliancy of their blossoms, so their species have become 



bot. mag. t. 2944. 



437. 



of Bengal. 



Cult, As few plants surpass tbe Comhreta in the elegance 



_ , _- --._ , mcy of their blossoms, so their species have become 



C. Afzelianum, G. Don, in Lin. trans. 15. p. great favourites with collectors. A few, as the C. purpureumy C. 



Flowers large, scarlet, secund. Anthers yellow, (€ 89.) 

 Great-JloTvered Comhx^txxm, Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1824. Sh.cl. 



§ 



3 



\dijl< 

 stoves ; but some of the species, not yet introduced to our gar 

 dens, outvie them in beauty. All of them thrive well in a 



Ca/i/xfMr6i«a<e/y-caw2jawwZafe. Spikes numerous, ter- fixture of loam and peat, and young cuttings root readily if 



minal, disposed in the manner of a panicle. 



planted in a pot of sand ; placed in a moist heat, with a hand- 



53 C. deca'ndrum (Roxb. cor. 1. p. 43. t. 59.) climbing, glass over them. The climbing species are well fitted for train- 

 clothed with fuscous down ; leaves oblong, acuminated, floral ing up the rafters, or covering trellis-work in a stove. 

 ones yellowish ; panicle composed of numerous close-flowered 

 spikes; petals ovate, mucronate ; stamens short. T? . ... S. 



XII. CHRYSO'STACHYS (xpvcroQy chrysos, gold, and trraxrc, 



Native of the East Indies. C. Roxburghii, Spreng. syst. 2. p. stachys, a spike ; in reference to the dense spikes of golden 



yellow flowers). PohL pi. bras. 2. p. (j5. 



Lin. syst. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx campanulate, oh- 



331. Poivrea Roxburghii, D. C. prod. 3. p. 18. Flowers small, 

 white, shorter than the bracteas. 



Z)ecawdrow5 Combretum. Fl. Feb. Jul. Clt. 1826. Sh. cl. soletely 5-toothed ; teeth short, bluntish. Petals 5, alternating 

 54 C. SQUAMOSUM (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 88, G. Don, in Lin. with the teeth of the calyx, roundish and bluntly emarginate, un- 



guiculate at the base. Stamens 10, very long, rather flexuoiis, 



trans. 15. p. 438.) cliinbing, lepidotted ; leaves ovate, acumin- 

 ated, coriaceous, rusty beneath and on the calyxes ; panicle of 

 many spikes ; spikes loose-flowered ; petals small ; stamens 

 short, b • w S. Native of the East Indies. Flowers small, terminal, and axillary, panicled, opposite, bracteate. Flowers 



inconspicuous. 



Scaly Combretum. 



Shrub cl. 



inserted in the base of the calyx. Ovary ovate. — A climbing 

 shrub, with opposite, coriaceous, entire leaves. Spikes dense, 

 terminal, and axillai 

 small, golden yellow. 



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bushy, 



AcuLEA^TUM (Vent, choix. no. 58. in a note) erect, 



1 C. ovATiFOLiA (Pohl. pi. bras. 2. p. 66. 1. 143.) leaves ovate- 

 elliptic, glabrous ; ovaries and rachis of the spike clothed with 



yellow down. P2 '\j' S. Native of Brazil, in the northern part 

 of the province of Goyaz. 



Ovate-leaved Chrysostachys. Shrub cl. 



Cult. This is a fine stove chmber. Its culture and propa- 

 gation are the same as that for Combretum, which see. 



XIIL CACOU^CIA (Guiana name of C. coccinea). Aubl. 

 guian. 1. p. 450. t. 179. Juss. gen. 320. Lam. iU. t. 359. 

 D. C. prod. 3. p. 22. — Schousboe'a, Willd. spec. p. 578. — Ham- 

 bergera, Scop. int. — Hambergia, Neck. elem. 



Lm. SYST. Decdndria and Dodecdndria, Monogynia. Limb 

 of calyx tubularly campanulate, acutely 5-toothed, deciduous. 

 5G C. SERi'cEUM (G. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 1S24. p. 317. Petals 5, alternating with the calycine teeth, and larger than them. 

 and in Lin. trans. 15. p. 21.) sufFruticose, erect ; leaves nearly Stamens 10-14, insertedin the base of the limb of the calyx, fili- 

 opposite, lanceolate, bluntish, clothed with silky villi beneath ; form, long. Ovary, according to Kunth, containing 3 pendulous 

 spikes dense-flowered ; rachis, ovaries, and calyxes clothed with ovula. Style filiform, acute. Berry or drupe ovate, quadran- 

 villous tomentum ; petals about equal in length to the calyx ; g"lar, acute at both ends, not crowned by the calyx, pulpy in- 

 stamens short. ^ . S. Native of Sierra Leone. Flowers white, side, 1-2-seeded. Cotyledons thick and fleshy. — Climbing shrubs, 



spmose; spmes a little hooked, solitary, under the 

 leaves ; leaves almost opposite, ovate, pubescent, on short pe- 

 tioles, and are as well as the calyxes and branches pubescent ; 

 racemes short ; flowers pedicellate ; bracteas oblong-linear. 

 ^2 . S. Native of Senegal. Gui^ra nudiflora, Rchb. in Sieb. 

 pi. exsic. seneg. no. 35. C. secundum, Mirb. elem. t. 44. f. 5. ? 

 hut not of Jacq. Poivrea aculeata, D. C. prod. 3. p. 18. Flowers 

 white. Petals hairy. 



Prickly Combretum. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



§ 4. Calyx turbinately campanulate. Spikes axillary, never 

 terminal. 



on short pedicels. 



Silky Combretum. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



f Species not sufficiently known. 



57 C. FERRUGiNEUM (G. Don, in Lin. trans. 15. p. 440.) " 1 C. coccT'nea (Aubf. I. c.) fruit ovoid, acute at both ends, 

 leaves on short petioles, lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous, atte- somewhat pentagonal. Ij . ^. S. Native of Guiana, on the 



banks of the river Sinemari. Schousboe^a coccinea, Willd. 1. c 

 Flowers scarlet. 



with alternate and opposite leaves, sometimes the lower ones 

 are verticillate ; they are ovate, acuminated, standing on short 

 petioles. Flowers scarlet, alternate, bracteate at the base, dis- 

 posed in long terminal spikes. 



nuated at the base, rusty beneath ; spikes axillary and terminal. 

 Pp . S. Native of South A 



:rica. 

 Shrub. 



Rusty Combretum. 



58 C. corda'tum (G. Ron, in Lin. trans, p. 440.) leaves on 

 short petioles, large, roundish-cordate, pubescent when young ; 

 panicle terminal, composed of spikes, h . S* Native of His- 



>S'carZe/-flowered Cacoucia. Shrub cl. 



22.) 



2 C. Chine'nsis (Adr. Juss. ined. ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 



Native of China, where it 



paniola. Flowers small. 



CorJa^e-leaved Combretum. Shrub. 



fruit acutely pentagonal, 

 is called Kotnze. 



S. 



Fruit one 



t Species only known by name from RoxburgVs Hortus Ben^ 



galcnsis. 



1 



Coromandel. 



lifblium 



Tj . ^. S. Native of 



Pet. gazoph. t. 37. f. 8. ex Juss. 

 half smaller than those of the first species, bearing 2 seeds near 

 the apex, 

 large, fleshy. 



China Cacoucia. Shrub cl. 



S C? TRiFOLiA^TA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 22.) fruit oblong, 5- 



Combrdtum 



Spermaderm blackish, membranous. Cotyieuons 



2 C. acuminatum (Roxb. 1. c). ^? . >^. S. Native of Bengal 



3 C, costatum (Roxb, 1. c). ^2.^^.8. Native of the Ea^ 



S. Native of Java. 



Cacoiicia lucidum, Blum, bijdr. 



Indies. 



1 



winged ; winjrs stiff". Tj . ^. 

 trifohktum, Vent, choix. t. 58. 



p. 641. Leaves opposite or 3 in a whorl, oval-oblong, gla- 

 brous. Panicle of many spikes. Flowers greenish, decandrous. 

 Bracteas linear. Fruit sometimes 6-winged, according to Blum. 



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