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COMBRETUM HEYNEANUM. 
DE Monoernia. Nat. Ord. ComMBRETACER. 
Gen. Cuan. Calycis limbus infundibuliformis, 4-lobus, deci- 
duus. Petala 4, inter lobos calycis inserta. Stam. 8, biseri- 
alia; ex his 4 petalis opposita altius inserta et longe exserta. 
Ovarium 2-5-ovulatum. Stylus exsertus acutus. Fructus 
4-pteri, I-locul., 1-spermi, indehiscentes. Semen angulatum, 
pendulum.  Cotyledones plica media reflexee cruciato-diva- 
ricatee.— Frutices arboresve subscandentes. Folia sepius 
opposita integerrima. Spicee terminales et axillares interdum 
paniculate. DC. 
Combretum Heyneanum; scandens, foliis oppositis ellipticis 
acutiusculis coriaceis glabris basi in petiolum attenuatis, 
spicis paniculatis axillaribus terminalibusque folio bre- 
vioribus, bracteis minutissimis, calyce intus villoso. 
(Suppt. Tas. XXII.) 
C. Heyneanum. Wall. Cat. of E. Ind. Comp. Mus. n. 4001. 
C. Coromandelianum. Wight, MSS. 
C. laxum. Roxb. Hort. Beng. (non alior.) 
Verragay. Tamul. 
A large, scandent shrub. Bark pale brownish-coloured, 
smooth; branches rounded. Leaves opposite, petioled, broad, 
elliptico-lanceolate, obtusely acuminate, glabrous, entire, 
slightly decurrent on the petiole, between 4 and 5 inches long, 
and about 2 broad, of a light shining green colour. Spikes 
panicled, axillary, usually alternate, but sometimes opposite, 
occasionally forming a rather large terminal panicle. Flowers 
small, white, furnished at the base with a bractea, but so small 
that it is not easily seen, unless closely looked for. Calyx 
subcampanulate, superior, 4-cleft, hairy within; segments 
ovate, acute, reflexed. Corolla of 4 small white obovate petals, 
shorter than the calyx, and inserted in its divisions. Stamens 
8,in a double series, those opposite the petals forming the 
inner series. Filaments very long, filiform, variously bent and 
widely spreading, their bases hid by the hairs of the calyx. 
