COMBRETACEA. 403 
3. Terminalia oblonga, Steud. Nomencl. Bot. ii. p. 668. 
Chuncoa oblonga, Poir. Suppl. ii. p. 258. 
GUATEMALA, in woods about Mazatenango (Bernoulli, 524). —Southward to Perv. 
Hb. Kew. 
4. Terminalia obovata, Steud. Nomencl. Bot. ii. p. 668. 
Chuneoa obovata, Poir. Suppl. ii. p. 258. 
Panama, in woods near Paraiso railway-station (S. Hayes, 718), around the town of 
Cruces (Seemann, 595).—Perrv, Guiana, and Trinipap. Hb. Kew. 
2. CONOCARPUS. 
Conocarpus, Gertn. Fruct. ii. p. 470, t. 177, et iii. t. 216; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 686. 
The only species. 
1. Conocarpus erecta, Linn. Hort. Cliff. p. 485; Jacq. Amer. p. 78, t. 52. fig. 1. 
FLoripa.—SoutH Mexico, Acapulco (Thiebaut), Vera Cruz (Linden, 12), without 
locality (Harris; Jurgensen, 117).—Widely dispersed on the coast of TROPICAL AMERICA 
and the Wesr Inpies, and in the Gatapacos Isnanps; also in West TROPICAL 
AFRICA. 
3. LAGUNCULARIA. 
Laguncularia, Gertn. Fruct. iii. p. 209 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 688. 
The only species. 
1. Laguncularia racemosa, Gertn. Fruct. iii. p. 209, t. 217. fig. 2. 
Panama, coast near the city of Panama (Seemann, 308).—Widely dispersed on the 
sea-shores of the West Inpres and Tropica, America; also in West Tropical AFRica. 
4, COMBRETUM. 
Combretum, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 475; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 688. 
About 120 species in Tropical and Subtropical America, Asia, and Africa; most 
numerous in the last-named country. Absent from Australia and the islands. 
1. Combretum adenophyllum, Mart. in Linnea, xxiv. Beibl. 2, p. 1. 
Panama, Paredez Islands, on the coast of Veraguas (Seemann).— Bazi. 
2. Combretum alternifolium, Pers. Ench. ii. p. 42. 
Poivrea alternifolia, DC. Prodr. iii. p. 17. 
Panama, island of Iguana (Seemann).—Tropicat SourH AMERICA. 
3. Combretum argenteum, Bert. Fl. Guat. p. 12. 
Guatemata, Volcan de Agua (Velasquez). 
4. Combretum benthamianum, Van Heurck et Mull. Arg. Desc. Plant. Nov. 
fase. ii. p. 220. 
Honpuras, Tigré Island, Gulf of Fonseca (Sinclair). Hb. Kew. 
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