226 ocTANDR[A MONOGYNIA. Combretum. 



1. C. ovalifolium. R. 



Scandent. Leaves opposite, oval, smooth, obtuse. 

 Spikes axillary and terminal, the latter compound. Ca- 

 lyx subrotate. Petals elliptic. 



A native of Coromandel. Flowerinjv time in the Bo- 

 tanic Garden at Calcutta March and April. The seeds 

 ripen during the rainy season. 



Stem stout, and ligneous, soon dividing into numerous, 

 woody, scandent branches and branchlets of great ex- 

 tent. Bark of the olc[ parts rough, and brown ; of the 

 young shoots smooth. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, 

 oval, entire, obtuse, smooth on both sides ; from fjur to 

 six inches long, and two to three broad. Stipules none. 

 Spikes terminal and axillary ; the former compound, hav- 

 ing two, or three pairs of opposite, expanding branch- 

 es, and may be called a panicle. Bractes minute, 

 subulate, one-flowered. Flowers small, yellowish white, 

 sessile. Calyx without a tube, concave within, and there 

 the rim is surrounded with a large, orange-coloured, 

 hairy ring ; border four-parted ; segments three, angular, 

 reflexed. Petals elliptic, obtuse, longer than the seg- 

 ments of the calyx, smooth, white. Filaments longer 

 than the petals, incurved, alternately somewhat shorter. 

 Germ inferior, oblong, one-celled, containing two ovu- 

 la, attached to the top of the cell. Style shorter than 

 the stamina. Stigma simple. Seed narrow-lanceolar, 

 four-winged ; wings semilunar, smooth, membranace- 

 ous. Integuments two ; interior thin, and brown. 

 Perisperm none. Embryo inverse. Cotyledons intri- 

 cately folded into the four lobes of the seed, when ex- 

 panded two-lobed, as in most of the Convolvulacea. Ra- 

 dicle superior. 



2. C. rotundifolium. R. 



Scandent. Leaves opposite, petioled, nearly round, 

 smooth, entire. Racemes axillary, solitary, cylindric, 



