Tas. 5617. 
COMBRETUM microrrratum. 
Small-petaled Combretum. 
Nat. Ord. CompretTacem.—OcrTanpRIA Mono@ynta. 
Gen. Char. Flores polygamo-dioici. Oalycis tubus supra ovarium con- 
strictus ; limbus campanulatus, 4-5-fidus, deciduus. Petala 4-5, raris- 
sime 0, parva, inter lobos corolle inserta. Stamina 8 v. 10, 2-seriata, fila- 
mentis elongatis ; anthere parve. Ovarium 1-loculare; stylus subulatus, 
stigmate simplici; ovula 2-6, ab apice loculi pendula. Fructus 4-6-gonus 
v. 4-6-pterus, l-spermus. Semen elongatum.—Frutices, rarius arbores 
tropice, sepissime scandentes. Folia opposita, rarius 3-4-natim verticillata, 
rarissime alterna, integerrima. Flores spicati v. racemost. 
ComsBretuM micropetalum ; ramulis puberulis, foliis oppositis breviter pe- 
tiolatis oblongis subacutis et apiculatis v. acuminatis, superne glabris 
subtus impresso-punctulatis junioribus pubescentibus, racemis axillari- 
bus breviter pedunculatis multi-densifloris, floribus congestis secundis, 
pedicellis calycibusque dense lepidotis, petalis minutis. 
Comprerum micropetalum. DC. Prodr. v. 3. p. 19. St. Hil. Fl. Bras. 
Merid. v. 2. p. 249. ; 
A truly magnificent climber, native of Brazil, from Rio 
de Janeiro southward to the province of St. Paul, and north- 
ward to those of Minas Geraes and Goyoz. ‘The specimen — 
here figured is from a plant long cultivated by Dr. Moore in 
a greenhouse at Glasnevin, which annually bears a profusion 
of blossoms under his skilful management, and presents a 
very striking appearance. It flowers in September here, 
but in its native country in May and June. The genus Com- 
bretum is a very considerable one, embracing fully a hun- 
dred and twenty species, many of great beauty, and that 
would be great acquisitions to our stoves. The prea a 
comes very near to Don’s €. formosum, published in 182: 
the fifteenth volume of the Linnean Transactions, but 
is described as having a calyx pubescent with rusty dow 
Descr. A large tree, according to the description in 
laire’s <Flora;’ a tall rambling climber at Glasnevin Ge 
DECEMBER Ist, 1866. 
