COL. GRANT—BOTANY OF THE SPEKE AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 71 
subterminalisve, foliis sæpius brevior; spicæ 3-1 poll. longæ, 2-1 poll. late. Calyx 1-1 poll. longus, fer- 
rugineo-pubescens, ore infundibuliformi 4-lobato, lobis late deltoideis, acutis. Petala elliptica, sub- 
unguiculata, 1 lin. longa. Filamenta filiformia, glabra. Fructus 1-11 poll. longus, 2-4 poll. latus. 
Hab. Madi, Dec. 1862, in flower and fruit, Col. Grant !, from whose specimens I have 
drawn up the above description. Collected also by Dr. Kotschy and Mr. Petherick in 
· Nile-land. 
Plate XX XVIII. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Petal; fig. 3. Anthers, with portion of fila- 
ment; fig. 4. Vertical section of ovary and calyx-tube; fig. 5. Transverse section of fruit. 
[A bush with arching branches, near water in low ground of Madi. Flowers in December. Corolla 
small and yellow; the leaves have a shining surface and waving edges; the four-winged capsule has a 
thick heart, small wings, and is ovate in shape. Хо uses.—J. А. С.) 
. 9. COMBRETUM COLLINUM, Fresen. in Mus. Senck. 1837, 153; Lawson, in Oliv. FI. 
Trop. Afr. ii. 427.—C. elæagnifolium, Planch. in App. Speke’s Journ. 634. 
Наб. Madi, Dec. 1862, Col. Grant! Occurs also in Nigritania, at least flowering 
specimens matching Col. Grant’s. The fruit is unknown. 
[The specimen was taken from a young healthy tree. Petals yellow. In flower at Madi in December. 
—J. A. G.] 
4. COMBRETUM HOLOSERICEUM, Sonder, in Linnæa, xxiii. (1850) 44; Flora Capensis, ii. 
510; Lawson, in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 480.—/Sheadendron molle, Klotzsch, in Peters, 
Mossamb. Bot. 76. Combretum no. 2, App. Speke's Journ. 634. 
Над. East African chain (Robeho Mtns.), 6° 38' S. lat., alt. 4700 ft. Іп flower Dec. 
1860, Col. Grant! Found also in the Chiradzura range and in Angola. 
[This grows to the size of an apple-tree, on the east coast range, at an alt. of 4,700 feet. Тһе leaves 
are velvet-surfaced, and rough beneath. In flower here (6? 38” S. lat.) during December.—J. А. G G.] 
5. Сомвветом PETITIANUM, Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 266; Lawson, in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 
ii. 432.— Combretum no. 4, App. Speke’s Journ. 634. 
Hab. Madi, in fruit Dec. 1862, Col. Grant! Also found in Abyssinia. 
The fruits in Col. Grant’s specimen are rotundate, apex entire or emarginate, about å inch long and 
broad, thinly glandular-lepidote, with short scattered hairs on the disk. 
This, a species of the native “ m’landala,” is a common tree, used as firewood, with a stunted appear- 
ance and 30-inch circumference of stem. Its leaves are coriaceous, and often spotted with black. The 
seeds are in bundles of four-winged capsules, at Ukuni, in September.—J. A. G.] 
6. COMBRETUM RETICULATUM, Fresen. in Mus. Senck. ii. 154; Lawson, in Oliv. Fl. 
Trop. Afr. ii. 482,—0. adenogonium, Steud., Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 266. Combretum no. 7, 
App. Speke’s Journ. 684. | 
Hab. Madi, flower, ес. 1862, Col. Grant! Occurs in Abyssinia. 
ГА small tree, in flower at Madi in December. . Leaves in whorls of three and four; flowers yellow. 
Natives call it a species of * m'landala.—J. А. б.) 
7. CoMBRETUM GLUTINOSUM, Guill. et Perrottet, Fl. Seneg. 288, tab. 68; Lawson, in 
Oliv. in Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 482.— Combretum no. 6, App. Speke’s Journ. 634. x 
Hab. Madi, in young fruit, Feb. 1868, Col. Grant! Occurs westward to Senegambia. 
The leaves in Col. Grant’s specimen are ternate, ovate-elliptical, acuminate, geng оп both sides, 
or the midrib and the vein-axils beneath, like the twigs, pubescent. 
[This tree is common everywhere; was in fruit at Madi in February. А tree which I take to be the 
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