434 LV. COMBRETACEE (LAWSON). [ Cacoucia. 
Leaves opposite, ovate-elliptical, shortly petiolate, obscurely cordate at 
the base, at length glabrous. Flowers in vast leafy panicles, covered 
with long silky pubescence ; bracts and bracteoles ovate, acuminate, 
large, almost hiding the flowers, persistent. Calyx-tube pentagonal, 
limb tubular-campanulate, 2 in. long; teeth 5, subulate. Disk situated 
low down a little above the base, and consisting of long silky hairs 
arranged in tufts; glabrous below the disk, villous above it. Petals 5, 
lanceolate from an ovate base, nearly twice as long as the teeth. Sta- 
mens 10, Fruit samaroid, 5-winged, broadly elliptical, disk linear, 
wing's ample, thin and fragile, puberulous. 
Upper Guinea. Old Calabar, Thomson and Mann! 
Lower Guinea. Dr. Welwitsch! 
This species is readily recognised by the silky pubescence of the flowering shoots. 
2. CG. paniculata, Zavs. Shrub twining to the height of 20 ft. 
Flowering branches puberulous. Leaves oblong-elliptical, very shortly 
acuminate, not cordate at the base, shortly petiolate, glabrous. Flowers 
puberulous, stalked, in gigantic panicles; bracteoles shorter than_ the 
flowers, deciduous. Calyx-tube 5-gonal, limb tubular-campanulate, 
1} in. long, teeth triangular, base of the limb slightly gibbous and 5- 
lobed. Disk situated a little above the base of the limb, and consisting 
of a membrane forming 5 pockets, glabrous below the disk, sparingly 
paeeeot above. Petals 5, obovate, rather acute. Stamens 10 
ge Gr 
Upper Guinea. Onitsha, Barter! Gaboon river, Mann! 
3. C. bracteata, Laws. Shrub, twining 10-15 ft. high ; branches 
round, puberulous. Leaves ovate, shortly acuminate, cordate at the 
base, shortly petiolate, glabrous. Flowers in simple racemes, showy} 
bracts large, ovate, Heke yellow. Calyx-tube stalked, almost cylin- 
drical, 5-angled ; lim) tubular-campanulate, slightly gibbous and 
lobed below, nearly 2 in. long, teeth 5, broadly triangular. Disk situ- 
ated about ? in. above the base of the limb, and consisting of a ring © 
hairs ; part below the disk glabrous, part above puberulous. Petals 5, 
obovate. Stamens 10. Fruit samaroid, 5-winged, orbicular, 1; ™- 
long disk very narrow, wings ample, very thin and fragile, pube- 
rulous. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Barter! Mann! Cameroon Mountains, Mann! 
Lower Guinea. Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 
4, C. coccinea, Audi. ; DC. Prod. iii. 22. Climbing shrubs, you"s 
branches round, puberulous, or villose. Leaves elliptical or oblong- 
elliptical, shortly acuminate, cordate and slightly unequal at the base, 
very shortly petiolate, glabrous. Flowers in gigantic upright woolly 
racemes; bracts small. Calyx-tube pentagonal, slightly narrowe 
above ; limb tubular-campanulate, 1} in. long, densely woolly, teeth 5, 
subulate, from a broad base; disk close to the base of the limb, con 
sisting of a ring of hairs; glabrous below the disk, puberulous above it. 
