222 SCHOMBURGK’S GUIANA PLANTS. 
natis, basi angustatis utrinque glabris, petiolo brevissimo | 
biglanduloso, panicula terminali ramosa, florum glomerulis 
sessilibus, calycibus aliis globoso-campanulatis dentibus sub- 
aequalibus, aliis longe infundibuliformibus dentibus 2—3 maxi- 
mis.— Folia 2—3-pollicaria. Stipulae lineares, decidua. 
Panicula tomentosa, ramis vix ramosis. Flores numerosi 
parvi tomentosi, quales sessiles vix 3 lin. longi, irregulares 
1 lin. longi in stipitem longiuscule attenuati, calycis limbi 
dentibus 2—3 tubo æquilongis, 3—2-brevissimis, calyces 
nonnulli inter has formas intermedii. Petala in utraque 
forma 4—5 minima. Stamina fertilia circa 5.— Pedrero on — 
the Rio Negro, where the bark and leaves are used for making 
a scarlet dye. Schomburgk, n. 873. 
COoMBRETACEEX. a 
307. Laguncularia racemosa, Gerin.—DC. Prod. Ii. FH 
17.—French Guiana, Leprieur. a 
308. Combretum elegans, Humb. et Kunth,.— DC. Prod. E 
HI. p. 19.— British Guiana, Schomburgk, n. 87, in some of 
the later sets. 3 
309. Combretum aurantiacum (sp. n.); inerme, arbe. z 
cens, foliis ovali-ellipticis oblongisve breviter acuminatis - 
supra glabris subtus lepidotis, spicis axillaribus ebracteatis, - ^ 
calycibus infundibuliformibus aureo-lepidotis, staminibus —— 
longeexsertis, fructibus obovato-subrotundislate4-alatisaureo" — : 
lepidotis.— Folia angustiora minora quam in praxedente, * 
fructus breviores. | Calyces supra ovarium tenues apice lato- de 
campanulati, nec ab ovarii- apice tubuloso-campanulati. ae 
Flores aurantiaci nec rubri.—On the Essequibo, Schom- — 
burgk, n. 87 in the first sets. , as 
310. Combretum obtusifolium, Rich —DC. Prod. np : 
19?—On the Essequibo, Schomburgk, n. 55. : 
311. Cacoucia coccinea, Aubl.— DC. Prod. Ul. p. 29, DE. 
In moist situations on the banks of rivers, British Guiana, 
where the seeds are used for poisoning bats. Schomburg 
n. 272.) . 
