Combretum. OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 231 
7. C. macrophyllum, R. 
Scandent, smooth. Leaves opposite, ovate. Racemes 
axillary, subcylindric, dense and crowded. Calyx infun- 
dibuliform. Segments acuminate. Petals oval. 
A very extensive, powerful rambler, a native of Chit- 
tagong, where it blossoms in December. It is readily 
distinguished by the flowers being pedicelled, and while 
_ in the bud acutely conical, also within is a hairy rim 
round its mouth, below the eight stamina. The larger 
leaves are about a foot long, and from six to eight inches 
broad. 
8. C. squamosum. R. | 
_Scandent, all the tender parts covered with minute 
scales, Leaves opposite short-petioled, oblong, entire, 
acute. Panicles terminal, and.axillary. Petals lanceo- 
lar. : 
A native of the Malay Archipelago, 
* 9. C. laxum. Willd. 2. 319. 
Scandent, Leaves oval. Racemes lengthened, thin of 
flowers and without bractes. Calyx woolly within. 
Teling. Bandikota. 
A native of the Northern Circars, but I doubt whether 
itbe the same as the American species with the same 
Specific name. 
10. C. pilosum. R. sir 
. Scandent. Leaves opposite, IBA 5 " Pies 
cles uncommonly dense and hairy. Flowers hairy, decan- 
drous. Petals lanceolar. 
Beng. Jooni-ugur. - 
A native of the Silhet district, and like the other Indian 
Species, an extensive, very permanent, large scandent — 
Species with the more slender branches twining. Bark oe 
of the ligneous parts prety * smooth, dark DIRE hat of — 
