416 LV. COMBRETACEE (LAWSON). [ Zerminalia, 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 
Mozamb. Distr. Tette, Dr. Kirk! 
T. hemignosta is a variety with larger and more abundant pubescence, and smaller 
fruit. 
3. T. sericea, Bruch.; DC. Prod. iii. 13. Bark  steel-coloured. 
Leaves crowded together in pseudoverticels, oblanceolate-cuspidate, 
narrowed into the very short petioles. Flowers with very long subu- 
late deciduous bracts. Fruit stalked, 1 in. long, roundish-ovate, pu- 
berulous, of a pale rust-colour. 
South Central. Lat. 23°, Chapman and Baines! 
The whole plant is covered with a short silky pubescence, which gives to it a silvery 
lustrous appearance.—A South African plant (Harv. and Sond.). 
4. T. macroptera, (Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 276, t. 63. Tree 
60 ft. high, glabrous. Leaves alternate, 1 ft. or more long, 4 in. or 
more wide, ovate, tips sometimes retlexed, frequently narrowed into the 
petiole. Spikes axillary, glabrous. Fruit shortly stalked, 3—4 in. long, 
1 in. broad, elliptical with a broad beak, apex retuse or emarginate, 
glabrous. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia (Guill. and Perr.). 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schweinfurth! Sennaar, Kotschy! 
A specimen gathered by Captains Speke and Grant at Madi, on the Upper Nile, 
allied to ZT. macroptera, has \eaves coarsely reticulated, and hairy beneath. Its fruit 
also is broader and shorter, and not compressed; resembling much more that of T. 
glaucescens. 
5. T. avicennioides, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 277, t. 64. Small 
tree, 12-20 ft. Leaves petiolate, 6-12 in. long, 14-3 in. broad, oblong 
or oblong-lanceolate, densely puberulous below almost felted, becom- 
ing glabrous above, apex reflexed. Spikes numerous, woolly. Fruit 
shortly stalked, elliptical, densely puberulous. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia! Nupe, Barter! Sierra Leone, Mrs. Hutton! 
North Central. Bornu, E. Vogel! 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 
6. 'T. glaucescens, Planch. in Fl. Nigrit. 336. Tree 20-30 ft. ; young 
branches pubescent. Leaves ovate or ovate-elliptical, petioles nearly 
2in. long, glabrous above, puberulous beneath chiefly on the veins. 
eae Pe Fruit 1}-2 in. long, 4-3 in. broad, oblong, puberu- 
ous. 
Upper Guinea. Quorra? 7. Vogel! Aboh and Nupe, Barter ! 
7. “IT. Catappa, Linn. ; DC. Prod. iii.11. Tree. Leaves 1 ft. long, 
4-6 in. broad, variable in size, obovate, generally rounded at the apex, 
narrowed and abrupt or cordate at the base, glabrous; petioles very 
short, densely and rustily pubescent. Fruit 14-24 in. long, elliptic- 
globose, wings very narrow, woody. e 
Upper Guinea. Cultivated at St. Louis and Gambia. 
This species is a native of India, and is probably not indigenous to Africa. The 
kernels are extensively eaten, and are said to taste like almonds. 
