Porvrea. COMBRETACEX. 317 
V. POIVREA. Comm. 
Limb of the calyx infundibuliform, 5-lobed, deciduous. Petals 5. Sta- 
mens 10, protruded. Ovary 2-3-ovuled. Style filiform, protruded, acute. 
Fruit oval or oblong, or 5-winged. Seed solitary, pendulous, 5-angled. 
Cotyledons irregularly convolute.—Usually climbing shrubs. Leaves oppo- 
site or alternate, quite entire. Spikes axillary and terminal. Bracteoles so- 
litary under the flowers. : 
979. (1) P. Roxburghii (DC.:) unarmed, scandent: young parts villous: 
leaves opposite, oval-oblong, acuminated, when old glabrous: spikes termi- 
nal and axillary, panicled: bracteoles lanceolate: calyx turbinately campa- 
nulate: petals ovate, mucronate: stamens short: fruit membranously 5- 
winged.— DC. prod. 3. p. 185 Wight! cat. n. 1053.—Combretum Roxburghii, 
Spr. syst. 2. p. 331.—C. decandrum, Roxb. (not Jacq.) Cor. 1. t. 59; fl. Ind. 
2. p. 232; Wall.! L. n. 4009. 
To this genus also belongs P. pilosa, W. &. A., or Comb. pilosum, Roxb., 
Wall. ! L. n. 4005 ; Comb. squamosum, Roxb., is said, by Mr G. Don in Linn. 
soc. trans. 15. p. 438, to have 5 petals and calycine segments: we only ob- 
serve 4, nor does Roxburgh mention more. 
TRIBE Il.—COMBRETER. DC. 
Calyx 4-5-cleft. Petals 4-5. Stamens 8-10. Cotyledons usually thick, plano- 
Poen or irregularly and longitudinally plaited; or thin, foliaceous and intricately 
VI. COMBRETUM.  Loef.; Gertn. fr. 1. t. 36. 
Calyx funnel-shaped ; tube as short as or longer than the ovary: limb 
campanulate, 4-lobed, deciduous. Petals 4, inserted between the lobes of 
the calyx. Stamens 8, in two rows, four being opposite to the petals and in- 
serted rather higher up and longer than the others. Ovary 2-5-ovuled. 
Style exserted, acute. Fruit 4-winged, 1-celled, 1-seeded, indehiscent. 
Seed pendulous. Cotyledons variously folded or plaited, often emarginate 
or 2-lobed.—Shrubs or trees more or less scandent. Leaves often opposite, 
quite entire, Spikes terminal and axillary, sometimes panicled. 
980. (1) C. ovalifolium (Roxb. :) climbing, glabrous: leaves opposite, ovate 
or elliptical, obtuse or slightly acute, roundish at the base, paler beneath, 
minutely dotted above: spikes axillary and terminal, the latter arranged in 
panicles, peduncled, short, oblong or almost globose : rachis and calyx e 
ent: bracteoles minute, scale-like : tube of the calyx not longer 
ovary with which it coheres: limb cleft to the middle, with a hairy ring be- 
low the insertion of the stamens ; segments triangular-ovate, reflexed ; petals 
elliptic-oblong, retuse, about the length of the calyx-segments; wings of the 
fruit glabrous, semicircular—Roab. fl. Ind. 2. p. 226 ; Wight! cat. n. 1054.— 
C. laxum, herb. Madr.! (not Jacq. nor Rowb.)—C. Heyneanum, Wall.! L. 
^. 4001 ; Wight! in Hook. bot. misc. 3. p. 86. suppl. tab. 22.—C. albidum, 
G. Don in Linn. soc. trans. 15. p. 429 (excl. syn. Rowb.)—C. Roxburghii, G. 
> l. e.— -Coromandel. 
981. (2) C. Wightianum (Wall.:) climbing, glabrous: leaves opposite, 
à elliptic-obovate, usually with a short sudden acumination, coriaceous, shining 
above : spikes axillary, on longish peduncles, elongated (longer than the 
leaves), lax: rachis and calyx pubescent: bracteoles obsolete or resembling 
minute tubercles: tube of the calyx 2-3 times longer than the ovary; limb 
cleft to the middle, with a hairy ring below the insertion of the stamens ; 
Segments triangular-ovate, acute, recurved : petals elliptic-oblong, emargi- 
