508 COMBRETACEH (Sond.) (Combretum. 
hemispheres ; a few straggling into the warmer parts of the temperate zone. None 
of the South African species are found to the west of Uitenhage. 
TABLE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN GENERA. 
Tribe 1. TeRMINALIEZ. Flowers without petals. Cotyledons spirally twisted. 
I. Terminalia. 
Tribe 2. CompreTe®. Petals 4-5. Cotyledons usually thick, plano-convex or 
irregularly and longitudinally plaited, rarely thin, leafy and intricately folded. 
II. Combretum.—Calyx short, 4-toothed. Petals 4- Stamens 8. 
III. Poivrea.—Calyx short, 5-lobed. Petals 5. Stamens 10. 
IV. Quisqualis—Calyx tubular, very long and slender, 5-toothed. Petals 5 
Stamens 10. 
I. TERMINALIA, L. 
Flowers often polygamous from abortion. Limb of the ealyx decidu- 
ous, campanulate, 5-cleft ; lobes acute. Petals wanting. Stamens 10, 
in a double row, longer than the calyx. Ovary 2-3-ovuled. Style fili- 
form, acutish. Drwpe not crowned by the calyx, usually dry, indehis- 
cent, 1-seeded. Seeds almond-like. DC. 1. c. 3. 10. Endl. Gen. n. 6076. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or rarely opposite, sometimes crowded toward 
the extremities of the branches. Flowers spiked, spikes often racemose or panicled, 
bisexual in the lower part of the spike, male in the upper. Name from terminus, 
end ; leaves and spikes at the ends of the branches. 
1. T. sericea (Burch. Cat. Geog. Afr. Austr. n, 2 399) ; leaves alter- 
nate, crowded at the tops of the branches, oblong, tapering at base and 
shortly petiolate, mucronulate, quite entire, clothed with silky, ap- 
pressed hairs on both surfaces ; spikes shorter than the leaves, pedun- 
culate, ovate or oblong, silky ; drupe broad-winged, reddish. DC. Zc. 1 2 
Has. On the Aapjesriver, Dec., Zey.! 548. (Herb. Sd., D., Hk.) 
i fi nese eis dave x ipey ute ee ae par - a 
narrowing ole, —3 Inches long, ni an inch broad. es 
pedunculate, shorter than the leaves. fasten caulk Thess glabrous, +13 inde 
long, 9-10 lines broad. Seed ovate, 4 lines long. 
II. COMBRETUM, L. 
_ Calyx funnel-shaped ; tube as short as or longer than the ovary ; 
limb campanulate, 4-lobed, deciduous. Petals 4, inserted between the 
lobes of the calyx. Stamens 8, in two tows, exserted. Ovary 2—5- 
ovuled. Style exserted, acute, Fruit 4-winged, 1-celled, 1-seeded, 
indehiscent. Seed pedulous. DC. 1. c. 18. Endl. Gen. n. 1087. 
Shrubs or trees, more or less scandent. Leaves often opposite, quite entire. 
Spikes. ternainal and axillary, sometimes panicled. Derivation of the name un- 
TABLE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES. 
Leaves elliptical, ovate, obovate or broadly cordate : 
Adult leaves densely velvetty-tomentoso ie i 
Adult leaves glabrate (at ~ on the upper surface) : ee 
Inflorescence globose itat ‘i 
Calyx-teeth blunt, ci faqs SF ase ie ; lomerulifiorum. 
Calyx-teeth acute, glabrous ie oe oe x =yeheogigiiom. 
Inflorescence oblong or cylindrical (racemose). 
Branches glabrous, the twigs minutely pubescent ; 
