Combretum. | COMBRETACEZ (Sond.) 511 
yellow ; the wings a little larger at the base, with subundulate margins ; the pedicel 
34 lines long. 
7. C. Zeyheri (Sond. 1. c. 46) ; arborescent, unarmed ; branches, peti- 
oles, young leaves, and inflorescence softly pubescent ; adult leaves 
oblong-elliptic, obtuse, subemarginate, glabrate, reticulate-veined, shin- 
ing above ; spikes oblong, axillary, solitary ; calyx campanulate ; 
petals glabrous ; stamens 8, rarely 12 or 16 ; fruit very large, petiolate, 
roundish-elliptical, emarginate at both ends, glabrous, 4-winged ; wings 
semiorbicular, shining, twice as wide as the oblong-lanceolate body of 
the fruit. Harv. Thes. Cap. p. 48, t. 75. 
Haz. Magalisberg, Burke g Zeyher, 552. (Herb. D., Sd.) 
A tree, 20-30 feet high. Leaves on petioles 2-4 lines long, 2-3 inches long, 
14-20 lines broad. Spike shorter than the leaf or equalling it, densely velvetty, 
cylindrical, many-flowered. Flowers with a minute bract. Calyx shortly 4-toothed, 
1 linelong. Petals minute, on short claws, ovato-trapeziform. Style equalling the 
stamens. Fruit 2-24 inches long, and nearly as wide ; the wings 8 lines wide, 
papery in substance, cross-striate, and easily splitting in the direction of the striz. 
8, C. riparium (Sond. 1. c. 47); erect, unarmed, branches pubes- 
cent ; leaves opposite, very short-petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, acumi- 
nate, narrowed at the base, glabrous above, reticulated and pubescent 
between the nerves beneath ; racemes axillary, solitary ; fruit pedicel- 
late, elliptic, 4-winged ; wings lunate, glabrous, shining, broader than 
the lanceolate, powdery body of the fruit. 
Has. On the Magalisriver, Zey./ July. erb, Sd., D. 
Branches terete, young ones sekaieile wa (aly ei casens: Leaves 24-4 
inches long, 10-12 lines broad, quite glabrous above, tomentose on the nerves 
beneath ; petiole 1 line long. Flowers unknown. Fruit on a pedicel 24 lines long, 
6 seal long, 5 lines wide, subacute, obtuse at the base; the wings golden, cross- 
striated. 
9. C. Sonderi (Gerr. ! Mss.) ; arborescent, unarmed, the twigs and 
petioles and peduncles densely velvetty ; leaves conspicuously petiolate, 
broadly oblongo-lanceolate, (4—7 inches long), acute or acuminate, mem- 
branaceous, glabrous and minutely punctate above, pubescent, especially 
on the nerves beneath, penninerved and finely reticulated ; flowers 
unknown ; fruit in axillary, short racemes, pedicellate, elliptical, 
4-winged ; wings lunate, glabrous, shining, rather wider than the smooth 
and even body of the fruit. 
Has. On the Nototi R., near Natal, W. 7. Gerrard/ (Herb. T.C.D.) 
A large tree, “the handsomest of the South African species (Gerr.) Leaves 
often 6 or 7 inches long on the young shoots, 2-3 inches wide, of a thin substance 
and bright green colour, mostly tapering to an acute point, opposite. Petioles 
semi-uncial. Fruit on a pedicel 4~5 lines long ; 6-7 lines long, § lines wide, emar- 
i ; the wings yellowish, cross-striated. Allied to C. riparium, but with much 
eae: broader leaves, longer petioles and pedicels, and larger fruit. 
10. C. salicifolium (E. Meyer. in herb. Drege) ; erect, unarmed, 
branches glabrous ; leaves opposite, petiolate, lanceolate, quite gla- 
brous on both sides, glaucescent ; racemose spike capitate, shorter than 
the leaves, peduncle pubescent ; fruit pedicellate, elliptic or sub-orbi- 
cular, subemarginate, 4-winged ; wings shining, as wide as the oblong- 
lanceolate body of the fruit. Dodonca caffra, conglomerata et dubia, 
E. & Z.! 421-423. Zey. 551. Drege, 6849. 
