426 LV. COMBRETACEE (LAWSON). [ Combretum. 
17. C. fuscum, Planch. in Fl. Nigrit. 339. Shrub, climbing, not 
spinous; young branches and flowers covered with rusty or ae 
pubescence. Leaves opposite, petiolate, 4-8 in. long, oblong or el “8 
tical, shortly acuminate, pubescent when young. Flowers cloth-like, 
in short dense paniculate spikes. Calyx-tube ovoid, limb tubular- 
campanulate, teeth triangular acute. Petals minute, spathulate, white. 
Fruit on short slender pedicels 3 in. long, suborbicular, notched at the 
apex. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, 7. Vogel! Grand Bassa, Ansell! Abbeokuta, 
Dr, Irving! 
18. C. cuspidatum, Planch. in Fl. Nigrit. 340. Shrub, climbing, 
not spinous; young branches pubescent at first, but soon becoming 
elabrous. Leaves ovate-elliptical ovate or oblong, cuspidate or aa 
minate, rounded at the base, shortly petiolate, 8-6 in. long, 2-3 ya 
glabrous, frequently minutely dotted beneath. Flowers in cylindrica 
paniculate spikes, rachis much flattened or grooved; scented. Calyx- 
tube very short, ovoid, limb cup-shaped with a few long hairs within, 
glabrous on the outside, dark brown; teeth minute. Petals small, 
nearly orbicular, reflexed, white. Fruit? ... 
° : ! 
Upper Guinea. Onitsha, Barter! Sierra Leone, T. Vogel! Fernando Po, Mann: 
river Muni, Mann! 
19. GC. mucronatum, Thonn.; DC. Prod. iii. 20, Shrub 10-12 ft. 
high, scandent; branches pubescent. Leaves opposite or subver- 
ticillate, shortly petiolate, oval, 2-4 in. long, shortly acuminate, gla- 
brous above, Peasant beneath, not lepidote. Flowers small, in 
axillary and terminal panicles. Bracts } in. long, foliaceous, ovate, 
acute, hairy. Calyx-tube elliptical ; limb widely campanulate, glabrous 
within ; teeth very short forming 4 cuspidate points. Petals minute, 
very broadly and obtusely ovate from a wedge-shaped base. Fruit 
sessile, orbicular, with an acute base, about 4 lines in diameter.— C. 
Smeathmanni, Don in Linn. Trans. xv. 424. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia! Abbeokuta, Barter! 
20. C. elzagnoides, Klotzsch in Peters’ Mossamb. Bot. 73. A small 
tree, 15-20 ft., branches virgate, pubescent ; bark silvery grey. Leaves 
opposite, petiolate, about 5 in. long by 14 in. broad, dark chocolate 
brown, glabrous above, pale and lepidote beneath. Flowers very small ; 
racemes slender, cylindrical, densely lepidote. Calyx-limb campanu- 
late and covered with large white circular scales. Petals unguiculate, 
varying from broadly spathulate to orbicular. Fruit orbicular, emar- 
ginate at the apex and cordate at the base, 8 lines to 1 in. long. 
Lower Guinea. Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 
Mozamb. Distr. Tette, Zambesi, Dr. Kirk! 
The specimens from the hills of Angola have shorter and broader leaves. | ieee 
species is very closely allied to C. truncatum, from which it differs essentially in the 
shape of its leaves, and especially in its non-glandular style. 
