Combretum. ] LV, COMBRETACER (LAWSON). 421 
Leaves not lepidote. 
Leaves opposite. 
Leaves covered with a dense velvety pubes- 
cence, at least when young. 
Stamens exserted. Leaves when dry covered 
with a rich chocolate-coloured pubescence, 
25-6 in. long by 2~3$ in. broad. Fruit 3 in. 
long ee tae ee ee ee 
Stamens included. Leaves when dry covered 
with an ash-coloured pubescence above, yel- 
lowish beneath, 13-2 in. long. Fruit 1 in. 
Mig. oe . 36. O. tomentosum. — 
Leaves glabrous or hairy, but not velvety. 
Flowering branches leafless or nearly so. ; 
Leaves with exceeding long acuminations 37. C. Hartmannianum. 
Flowering branches leafy. 
Leaves 14-23 in. long, coriaceous, with 
slender petioles. Fruit 4 in. long, 
broadly winged ee ee 
Leaves 4-6 in. long, with short stout tg 
petioles, glabrous. Fruit 1 in. long . 39. C. nigricans. 
Leaves 4-8 in. long, with very short pe- . 
tioles, hairy. Fruit oval, 8 lines long . 40. C. érichanthum. 
Leaves 6-8 in. long, glabrous. Fruit 9 $5 
lines long, broadly and bluntly elliptical 41. C. Petitianum. 
Leaves alternate, 3 in a whorl or subverticillate. 
Flowering branches leafless, with deep un- 
sightly scars; young leaves and fruit never 
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. O. myrtifolium. ~ 
ViNOid <<, 7. 40% ee sim ote, A eee. 
Flowering branches leafy; young leaves and : 
fruit viscid . . ~ 6 + « e 4 43. CO, glutinosum. 
Small suffruticose or herbaceous plants. 
Leaves coarsely and prominently reticulated on the : 
upper surface. Flowers in very short spikes, yellow 44. C. argyrotrichum, 
eaves finely reticulated. Flowers in spikes as long 
aathe leaves. whstes <0 6 et 
Leaves coriaceous. Flowers in stunted panicles, bright 
WE a oe pele ee A a eee. 
C. herbaceuwm. 
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or 
1. C. hispidum, Las. Climbing often to the height of 30 ft. Old 
branches round, glabrous; younger hispid with red gland-tipped 
hairs. Leaves Gin. long, 2in. broad, shortly petiolate, narrowly 
ovate from an abrupt or slightly cordate base, glabrous on both sides. 
Flowers nearly lin. long in large terminal panicles. Bracts ovate, 
stalked, foliaceous ; bracteoles linear-lanceolate, as long as the flowers. 
Calyx-tube narrowly-ovoid, 5-angled, hispid; limb infundibuliform, 
teeth subulate. Petals oblanceolate in. long. Fruit?.... 
Upper Guinea. Lat. 1° N., Mann! 
2. C. comosum, Don; DC. Prod. iii. 20. Climbing ; young branches 
puberulous. Leaves elliptical or oblong, acute, abrupt or slightly 
cordate at the base, glabrous, petioles very short and hairy. Flowers 
2 in. long, shortly pedicellate in large spreading panicles; bracts ovate 
acute, bracteoles lanceolate acute, springing from the pedicels of the 
flowers, Calyx-tube lanceolate, limb tubular-campanulate, teeth broadly 
subulate. Petals } in. long, lanceolate, veins nearly parallel and inos- 
