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8. T. seutifera, Planch. in Herb. Hook, Leaves obovate or ovate- 
elliptical and shortly acuminate, coriaceous, glabrous, 5—7 in. long, 
23-34 broad; petioles puberulous. Flowers in panicles, dicecious ? 
Fruit broadly obdeltoid, wings not produced below, 1 in. long, 1} in. 
broad, puberulous, reddish. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia! Sierra Leone, Afzelius! 
This is the only species from Africa with triangular fruit. 
9. T. salicifolia, Schweinf. Leaves pellucid, lanceolate, 5-8 in. 
long, 3-1} broad, glaucous. Flowers? ... Fruit? ... 
Nile Land. Schweinfurth! 
10.* 'T. glabra, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 440 (Pentaptera). Leaves oblong, 
5-9 in. long, 14-2 in. broad, abrupt at both ends, slightly hairy on 
the veins and short petioles. Flowers? Fruit obovate, 5-winged.— 
L. psidiifolia, Del. ; Walp. Rep. ii. 61. 
Nile Land. From the Botanic Gardens at Cairo, from seeds obtained from Sennaar, 
where, however, it is supposed only to be cultivated.—An Indian species. 
ll. T. mollis, Zaws. Tree; leaves 8-12in. long, 4-6 in. broad, 
broadly oval with a thickened margin, felted beneath, at length 
glabrous above. Spikes woolly. Fruit?... 
Nile Land. Petherick! 
2. CONOCARPUS, Girtn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 686. 
Flowers in dense heads. Calyx-tube compressed, truncate, not pro- 
longed above the ovary; limb urceolate, 5-fid, deciduous. Petals 0. 
Stamens 5. Ovules 2.) Fruit small, angular, broadly obovate, bent 
downwards, subfleshy. Seed unequally ovoid. Cotyledons convolute. 
—Small elabrous or'silky shrubs. Leaves alternate, somewhat fleshy, 
narrowed below, lanceolate, entire, biglandular at the base. Flowers 
minute, heads panicled at the ends of the branches. Fruit densely im- 
tieated, pericarp corky. 
1. C. erecta, Jacq. Amer. 78, t.52; DOC. Prod. iii. p. 16. Shrub 
to 10 ft. high, Flowering branches acutely angular, almost winged. 
Leaves lanceolate, generally glabrous or nearly so. 
Upper Guinea. Shores of Senegambia, Babaghé Island (Guill. and Perr.). 
lerra Leone, T. Vogel! Swamps of the Bonny River, Mann! : 
Abundant on the tropical coasts of America, but confined in Africa to Upper Guinea. 
3, ANOGEISSUS, Wall.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 687. 
Flowers capitate. Calyx-tube compressed, 2-winged, prolonged 
above the ovary; limb campanulate or urceolate, 5-fid, deciduous. 
Petals 0, Stamens 10 in 2 rows, Ovules 2. Fruit small, straight, 
coriaceous, broadly trapezoidal, 2-winged, surmounted by. the pro- 
longed tube of the calyx. Seed ovoid. Cotyledons convolute.—Shrubs 
With glabrous or coriaceous leaves, alternate, petiolate, entire, not 
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