414 LV. COMBRETACEZ (LAWSON). 
0. Ovary 1-celled; style simple, filiform, straight or rarely curved; 
stigma simple, acute, or obtuse, ca truncate or obscurely lobed. 
Ovules 1 or 2-6, suspended by a slender funiculus (except in Lagua- 
cularia) from the top of the cell. Fruit coriaceous chartaceous or 
drupaceous; putamen crustaceous or bony, angled or sulcate or 2- or 
4-5-winged, 1-seeded. Seed pendulous. Albumen0. Embryo smooth 
or sulcate ; cotyledons convolute or plicate or contortuplicate, often 
fleshy and oily ; radicle small, superior—Trees or shrubs, often scan- 
dent, rarely spinose. Leaves opposite or alternate, rarely verticillate, 
simple, petiolate, entire. Stipules 0. Flowers in spikes or racemes, 
less often paniculate or capitate, bracteate. 
A considerable Natural Order, confined to the Tropics, but distributed in them round 
the world. 
SusporpDER I. CoMBRETER. 
Lobes of the calyx valvate. Stamens without glands at the base, 
inserted into the limb of the calyx ; filaments inflexed in vstivation; 
anthers versatile, with longitudinal dehiscence ; pollen elliptical. Ovules 
2-12. Flowers racemose or spicate. 
* Petals 0. Limb of the calyx deciduous. 
Tube of the calyx terete, not prolonged above the ovary. Sta- 
mens 10, exserted. Flowers generally spicate . . . . . . 1. TERMINALIA. 
Tube of the calyx compressed, not prolonged above the ovary. 
Stamens 5, exserted. Flowers in dense heads, bent downwards 2. ConocarPus. 
Tube of the calyx 2-winged at the base, considerably prolonged 
above the ovary. Stamens 10, exserted. Flowers in dense 
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* Petals 5. 
+ Limb of the calyx persistent. 
Tube of the calyx cylindrical, attenuated above the ovary. Sta- 
mens 10, exserted. Leaves opposite. Flowers in heads aud 
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Tube of the calyx elongated, attenuated above the ovary. Sta- 
mens 5-10, exserted. Leaves alternate. Flowers racemose . 5. LUMNITZERA. 
Tube of the calyx turbinate, not prolonged above the ovary. Sta- 
mens 10, included. Leaves opposite. Flowers spicate . . . 6. Lag@uNcuLARIA. 
tr Limb of the calyx deciduous. Stamens 10, more rarely 8. 
Tube of the calyx straight, constricted above the ovary; limb 
small, campanulate or tubular-campanulate. Stamens straight, 
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Tube of the calyx curved or gibbous, constricted above the ovary, 
limb ample, tubular-campanulate. Stamens curved . . . . 8, Cacoucts. 
Tube of the calyx very greatly prolonged above the ovary, slender; 
limb small. Stamens straight. Leaves opposite. Flowers 
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7. CoMBRETUM. 
SuporpDer II. Gyrocarpez. 
Lobes of the calyx imbricated. Stamens with alternating staminodes 
inserted into the base of the limb of the calyx; filaments straight in 
estivation; anthers adnate, dehiscing by valves; pollen globose. 
Ovule 1. Leaves alternate. Flowers cymose. 
10. GyrocaRPus. 
