Combretum. | COMBRETACEZ (Sond.) 509 
Lvs. obovate, cuneate at base ; racemes 
than leaves ... we ee ss ... (4) Kraussii. 
Lys. elliptic, recurved at point ; racemes equal- 
ing leaves -... oe dé “ie ... (6) apiculatum, 
Branches velvetty or densely tomentose : 
Petals bearded ; fruit 9-10 lines long, with mode- 
rate wings ... Sap os ... (3) Gueinzii. 
Petals glabrous ; fruit 2 inches long, with very 
wide wings ... on oa sv ... (7) Zeyheri. 
Leaves lanceolate or oblongo-lanceolate, acute : . 
Branches velvetty ; leaves pubescent beneath, about the 
nerves : 
Lvs. lanceolate, minutely petiolate ... ... (8) riparium. 
Lvs. broadly oblongo-lanceolate, conspicuously : 
petiolate... saa pe a ... (9) Sonderi. 
Branches subglabrous ; leaves glabrous beneath ... (10) salicifolium. 
1. C. glomeruliflorum (Sond. in Linnxa, vol. xxiii, p. 42) ; 
branches unarmed, spreading, glabrous; the twigs very short, pubes- 
cent; leaves opposite, petiolate, elliptic, acute at both ends, quite 
entire, glabrous above, pubescent beneath ; spikes axillary, solitary, 
subcapitate, shorter than the leaves; calyx campanulate, with blunt, 
ciliolate teeth ; petals spathulate, glabrous ; stamens 8 ; filaments ex- 
serted. 
Has. Port Natal, Gueinzius, 62, 565, Dr. Sutherland! (Herb. Sd., D.) 
‘An erect shrub, with opposite, terete, greyish, smooth branches. Leaves reddish, 
about 2 inches long, 10 lines broad. Petiole 3 lines long. Spikes nearly as long as 
the semi-uncial, puberulous pedicels. Calyx 1 line long, at length glabrous. Petals 
yellow, glabrous as well as the filaments, Anthers oblong. Style short. Fruit 
not seen. 
2, C. erythrophyllum (Sond. 1. ¢. 43) ; branches unarmed, glabrous, 
young ones pubescent ; leaves alternate or opposite, petiolate, acutely 
ovate, quite entire, glabrous ; spikes axillary, solitary, capitate, shorter 
than the leaves ; calyx campanulate, with acute, glabrous teeth ; petals 
obovate, unguiculate, glabrous; stamens 8 ; filaments exserted. Ter- 
minalia ? erythrophylla, Burch, trav. 1, 400. DC. 1. ¢, 13. 
Has. On the banks of the Ky-gariep, Burchell ; woods on Crocodileriver, Zeyher, 
550. August. (Herb. Sd., D.) ; : 
« A large tree of picturesque growth and thin foliage, called by the Hottentotts 
of Klarwater “ Roodeblat,” on account of the beautiful crimson colour which the 
leaves assume at the autumnal season, or rather season of fading : in which circum- 
stance it remarkably agrees with the Indian almond (Terminalia Catappa). It grows 
trunks, 
diameter, covered with a smooth, white or pale-green bark,” Burchell. It comes 
very near C. glomeruliflorum, but differs by somewhat larger, glabrous, red leaves 
and the calyx. — 
3. C. Gueinzii (Sond. 1. c. 43); unarmed; branches terete, velvetty ; 
leaves opposite, short-petioled, elliptic or obovate, acutish or obtuse-mu- 
cronulate, entire, often cordate at the base, young ones appressed-pubes- 
cent, when old glabrous above, ferrugineous, lepidote and reticulated be- 
neath ; spikes oblong, axillary, as long as the leaves, rhachis and calyx 
hairy and lepidote ; flowers 8-androus, bracteated ; petals ciliate-bearded ; 
fruit sub-pedicellate, elliptic, 4-winged ; wings scarious, shining, slightly 
broader than the lanceolate body of the fruit. 
