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omhretum.2 Lviii. combretace^. (C. B. Clarke.) 453 



^ An exceedingly large shrub -with many branches pendent and eubscandent, con- 

 <picuous in flower hy the rforal leaves (bracts) becoming cream-white. Leaves oppo- 

 site, 4-5 in., somewhat hairy when young, when old glabrous or rarely with tufts of 

 hairs in the axils of the nerves beneath ; petiole ^ in. Racemes numerous, very villous, 

 in large terminal quasi-panicles, the leaves thereon 2-3 in , becoming petaloid at the 

 time of flowering ; bracteoles linear, \ in., somewhat persistent. Ovary sessile. Calyx 

 ^segments lanceolate-subulate, suberect. Petals oblong, glabrous, hardly exceeding the 

 calyx or twice as long as the c^ljxi {Kurz). Disc covered with short hairs. Fruit 

 4-l| in., oblong or elliptic, subquadrate, nearly smooth. 



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2. C. pilosuxn, Roxh. Hort, Beng, 28, FL Ind, ii. 231 ; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate adult more or less hairy beneath, panicles terminal the racemes 

 ■denseljr fulvoiis-villous and congested, yoimg ovary fulvous-viUous, calyx shortly 

 'Coristncted above the ovary uxen funnel-shaped hairy within and without. 

 G. Don in Tram. Linn. Soc. xv. 434 ; Wall. Cat. 4005 ; Kurz For. FL Brit. 

 Burma I 462. C. l^tum and spinescens, Wall. Cat. 4004, 4006. C. insigne, 

 Seurch ^- MuelL Arg. Obs. BoL 247 (from description only). 



East Bengal ; alt. 0-1000 ft, from Silhet to Mehgui frequent. 



A large scandent shrub without thorns, the innovations densely rusty-villous. 

 Leaves opposite, 4-8 in., usually when adult with some rusty hair at least on the 

 lower surface (but some of Griffith's specimens are quite glabrous); petiole ^-^ in. 

 Bracteoles \ in., narrow-lanceolate, somewhat persistent. Ovary sessile. Calyx-ixihQ 

 upwards 5-fluted, the segments triangular acute erect. Fetals narrow-obovate, far 

 exceeding the calyx, with rusty silky hairs on their backs. Bisc low in the funnel of 

 the calyx with short hair. Fruit 1 in., elliptic or circular, usually pubescent, some- 

 ^mes glabrous. 



Var. 2. spimsccns] with stout spines at the base of the branchlets, otherwise 

 Goes not differ. Irrawaddy bank; Wall. Ca^f. 4006. Cachar, Keenan. 

 _ Here perhaps belongs the very doubtful species described by Kurz in Forest 

 ^' Brit, Burma, i. 462 under the name C. ovale, R. Br., which is said to differ from 

 ^'Pilosiimhy having the innovations puberulous instead of pubescent. The fruit is 

 ijnknown. It can hardly be C. ovale, E. Br. which considerably differs as see under 

 ^' aculeatum, Vent, in Oliv. FL Trop. Afr. ii. 423. 



8. C. apetalum, Wall. Cat. 3990 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate adult nearly 

 glabrous, panicles terminal large much divided the ultimate racemes long 

 slender distant, young ovary densely pubescent almost tomentose, caJyx-tube 

 hardly constricted above the ovary then urceolate pubescent within and with- 

 out. Kurz For. FL Biit. Burma i. 460. 0. virgatiun, WaU. Cat. 3992. 



P^Gxi ; Wallich, Maclelland, Kurz. — Distrib. Burma. 



A scandent shrub or (ex Kurz) a weak tree 15-20 ft. high. Leaves 1-4 in., sub- 

 opposite, the petiole ^-J in., and midrib beneath usually grey puberulous, sometimes 

 long fulvous hair near the base of the main nerves beneath. Racemes long, undu- 



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^ woad-oblong and suborbicular glabrous, spikes pul 



1^ or short terminal panicles, fruits 6- or occasionally 4-winged. Pentaptera 

 PynfoHa, WalL Cat. 3986. 



^BG0; Kurz. — Distrib. Burma. . 



A scandent shrub, with the habit of Comhretum ovalifolium, the innovations rusty 

 ^iPUberulous. Xcavcs 14-2 in.. onDosit© or alternate, punctate on the upper surface, 



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