496 XLVi. RHizoPHORE.'E. [CaralUa, 



diameter, crowned by the short connivent teeth of the calyx. — Benth. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. iii. 74, with the synonyms there adduced ; C. zeylanica^ Arn. ; 

 Wight, Illustr. t. 90. 



I^. Australia. Erunswick Bay and Yorlc Sound, N.W. codL?>i, A, Cunningham ; N, 

 coast, R. Brown; Upper Roper river, M*Adam Range and Nicholson river, F. 3Iueller. 

 Queensland. Endeavour river, R, Brown. 

 Widely spread over E. India and the Archipelago, extending to S. China. 



Order XLYII, COMBRETACE-S]. 



Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary at the base, narrowed above it and some- 

 times elongated; h'mb usually carapanulate, with 4 or 5, rarely more, teeth 

 lobes or segments, valvate or very rarely induplicate or imbricate. Petals 

 none or as many as calyx-lobcs, usually small, imbricate or valvate. Stamens 

 as many or twice as many as calyx-lobes, rarely ir definite, inserted on the 

 calyx; anthers opening in longitudinal slits or (in Gyrocarped) in 2 valves. 

 Ovarj' inferior, 1-eelled, with 2 or more pendulous ovtdes, or (in Gyrocarpea) 

 with 1 only; style filiform or scarcely any, with an entire terminal stigma. 

 Fioiit coriaceous, chartaceous or dnipaceous, indehiscent (except in a few 

 specie's not Australian). Seed solitary, pendulous, without albumen; coty- 

 ledons convolute or folded, very rarely flat inside and furrowed outside; ra- 

 dicle short, superior. — Trees shrubs or woody climbers. Leaves alternate or 

 opposite, entire, without stipules. Flowers' in axillary or terminal racemes 

 spikes or heads, or (in Gyrccarpece) in cymes. Bracts usually small; brac- 

 teoles sometimes larger, often wanting. 



The Order is distributed over the tropical regions of the New and the Old World, a ^•tx)' 

 few species extending beyond the tropics in S. Africa or in N. India. Of the four Austra- 

 lian genera, three are common to America, Africa, and Asia, one of them restricted to sea- 

 coasts, the fourth is endemic. 



Anthers opening in slits. Ovules 2 or more. Flowers in ra- 

 cemes spikes or heads (Combretacese proper). 

 Calyx-tube not produced above the ovary. Petals none. Sta- 

 mens 10 . ^ . . . 1. Terminalia. 



Caljx-tube produced above the ovary. Petals 5. Stamens 10 

 or fewer. 

 Bracteoles small. Ovules 2 to 5. Maritime shrubs . * , 2. Lumnitzera. 

 Bracteolcs enlarged aud forming wings to the fruiting-calyx. 



Ovules 10 to 12. Silky or tomentose shrubs .... 3. Macropteranthe.. 

 Anthers openiug in 2 valves. Ovules solitary. Flowers small, in 



cymes. Petals none (Gyrocarpese) 4. Gyrocarpus. 



!• TERMINALIA, Linn, 



(Chuncoa, Ruiz and Pav.) 



Calyx-tube not produced above the ovary ; limb campanulate or ^^'f^^'-'^J' 

 5-cleft. Petals none. Stamens 10, longer than the calyx. Style fihtornK 

 Ovules 2, rarely 3, Fruit ovoid, terete, angular, compressed or with 3 o^" l^ 

 species not Australian) 3 to 5 longitudinal wings. Cotyledons convolute. ^ 

 Trees or erect shrubs. Leaves alternate or rartly opposite, usually niarke^ 



with minute pellucid dots, often only visible under a strong lens. * .J^^j^^ 

 hermaphrpdite or polygamous, small, green, white or rarely coloured, sessi e 



