494 LV. COMBRETACEE (LAWSON). [ Combretum. 
fibres. Leaves alternate or subopposite, broadly ovate or oval, 1-2 in. 
long, pubescent when young; petioles persistent, forming recurved 
spines. Flowers pedicellate, in short, many-flowered, axillary and ter- 
minal racemes. Calyx-tube narrowly ovoid, constricted above the 
ovary; limb tubular-campanulate, pubescent. Petals 5, broadly lan- 
ceolate, unguiculate. Stamens 10. Fruit pedicellate, 5-winged, emar- 
ginate, broadly oval, about #in. long.—Seguiera nudiftora, Reichb. in 
Sieb. Hb. Seneg. No. 35. C. ovale, R. Br. in Salt. Herb. Abyss. 
Poivrea aculeata, ‘DC. Prod. iii, 18. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia! 
Worth Central. Bornu, H. Vogel! : 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Nubia, Kotschy! White Nile, Petherick! 
10. C. sericeum, Don; DC. Prod. iii. 21. Stem herbaceous or 
suffruticose, rising from a woody base. Leaves subopposite, lanceolate, 
obtuse, covered with a shining silky pubescence. Flowers collected at 
the end of the peduncle. Fruit? .... 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Smeathmann! 
Very similar in appearance and habit to C. herbaceum. 
11. C. acutum, Laws. Shrub about 10 ft. high, climbing ? Young 
branches compressed, purple, glabrous. Leaves scarcely petiolate, oval, 
3—4in. long, 14—-2in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous above, puberulous 
beneath. Flowers small in terminal (and axillary ?) spikes, thick and 
cloth-like. Calyx-tube 5-angled ; limb tubular-campanulate,with a fleshy 
lining at the base within ; teeth acutely triangular, spreading. Petals 
ovate, concave, puberulous and cloth-like, white. Fruit ovate, acute, 
13-2 in. long, 1 in. thick, with 5 sharp woody angles. 
Upper Guinea. Nizer, Barter! 
Mozamb. Distr. Rovuma river, Dr. Meller! A single specimen. 
13. GC. racemosum, Beauv. Fl. Owar. ii, 90,t. 118. Shrub, often 
climbing ; branches puberulous, not spinose. Leaves shortly petiolate, 
opposite or alternate, 2-4 in. long, lanceolate-elliptical, sometimes 
shortly and obliquely acuminate, at length glabrous. Flowers in dense 
capituliform spikes arranged in irregular panicles; bracts large, ova 
or ovate; bracteoles linear-lanceolate, white. Calyx covered with ash- 
coloured pubescence ; tube lanceolate, 4-angled; limb infundibuliform 
with 4 short cuspidate teeth, glabrous within. Petals obovate, 2 lines 
long. Stamens atropurpureous. Fruit elliptical, narrowed into the 
short pedicel, depressed at the apex and surmounted by the persistent 
base of the style—C. corymbosum, Schum. et Thonn. Pl. Guin. 189. 
C. leucophyllum, Don, DC. Prod? iii. 21. OC. trigonoides, Perr. ; DC. 
Prod. iii. 20. C. macrocarpum, Beauv. Fl. Owar. ii. 90, t. 118 (fruit). 
