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7. Combretum erianthum Benth. Pl. Hartw. 73. 1840. 
2 Combretum warscewiczianum Fichl. in Mart. Fl. Bras, 14’: 110, 1867, 
hyponym., 
A shrub or climbing vine with erect stems and flexuous, glabrous branchlets. 
Leaves coriaceous, the petioles semiterete, canaliculate, sparsely scaly, 6 to 7 
mm. long, the blades oblong-elliptic, more or less rounded and abruptly attenu- 
ate at the base, acute at the apex, 10 to 15 cm. long, 3.5 to 5.5 cm. broad, reticu- 
late, dark green and glabrous above, light green and densely brownish-scaly 
beneath. Panicles sparingly branched, the spikes about 10 cm. long, many- 
flowered, the rachis angular, tomentose; calyx stipitate, campanulate, 0.8 to 1 
cm. long, densely villous-tomentose and sparsely scaly without, glabrescent or 
sparsely villous within, the lobes triangular, subacute, about 2.5 mm. long; petals 
orbicular-acuminate, glabrous, 2.5 mm. long, 2 to 2.2 mm. broad, equaling the 
calyx lobes; stamens 8, glabrous, the filaments about 2.3 cm. long, the anthers 
ovate; ovary subclavate, substipitate, 4-angular, villous, 4.5 mm. long; style 
slightly exceeding the stamens. 
Type from Retalhuleu, Guatemala. 
Again collected at El Cedral de Gualfin, on the road to Copfin, Guatemala, 
altitude about 400 meters, flowers, January 5, 1906, Pittier 1874. 
The writer’s collection agrees closely with Bentham’s description, except in 
the petals being equal to the calyx lobes and not shorter. Eichler’s name, ap- 
plied to specimens from Costa Rica and Nicaragua, is probably a synonym. 
8. Combretum lepidopetalum Pittier, sp. nov. 
A climbing vine, the branchlets terete, more or less scaly-pubescent. Leaves 
submembranous, the petioles semiterete, canaliculate, scaly-pubescent, 6 to 9 
mm. long, the blades ovate, rounded and short-attenuate at the base, obtuse, 
acute, or short-acuminate at the apex, 7 to 10 cm. long, 3.5 to 5 cm. broad, dark 
green and very sparsely scaly above, paler and very densely whitish-scaly 
beneath. Panicles 5 to 9-branched, the spikes 7 to 9 cm. long, the rachis 
pubescent, the indument intermixed with few scales, yellow; calyx funnelform- 
campanulate, about 1 cm. long, densely fulvous-scaly without, tomentose- 
pubescent within, the lobes triangular, subacute, about 1.8 cm. long; petals 
suborbicular, abruptly acuminulate, sparsely scaly, 2.8 to 2.5 mm. long, 1.9 
to 2.1 mm. broad; stamens 8, the filaments glabrous, about 2.2 cm. long, the 
anthers ovate, pinkish; disc glabrous and longitudinally plicate within, 
densely grayish-villous on the free, almost straight margin; ovary ovoid, 
stipitate, 4-angular, about 4 mm. long, minutely scaly; style exceeding the 
stamens. Fruit about 18 mm. long, 17 mm. broad across the wings, the pedicels 
4 mm. long, puberulous, the wings purplish red, minutely scaly. 
Type in the U. S. National Herbarium, no. 715238, collected between Pocri 
and Nat&, Province of Coclé, Panama, in thickets, flowers, December 7, 1911, 
by H. Pittier (no. 5006). 
Found also around Penonomé, Province of Coclé, fruits, February, 1908, by 
R. S. Williams (no. 72). 
This belongs to the group with suborbicular petals, its nearest affinities being 
with C. benthamianum, from which it differs in having a shorter calyx, densely 
scaly without and with longer lobes, slightly smaller and scaly petals, and 
leaves scaly on the upper surface. 
9. Combretum benthamianum Van Heurck & Muell. Arg. in Van Heurck, Obs. 
Bot. 220. 1871. Frieure 100. 
A trailing vine, the branchlets terete or subquadrangular, grayish or brown- 
ish, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, the petioles semiterete, canaliculate, sparsely 
sealy, 0.7 to 1.5 em. long, the blades ovate or oblong, rounded-attenuate or 
