TemhiaUa.'] XLVil. combretace.^. 503 



2 in. Spikes slender, with numerous flowers, only seen in bud. Fruit un- 

 known. 



N. Australia. Point Cuuniugham, Cygnet Bay and York Sound, N.W. coast, J. Cun- 

 ninc/Itam. 



17. T. erythrocarpaj F. Muell. Fragm. ii. 150. A tree, the fruiting 

 specimens quite glabrous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or narrow-elliptical, 

 shortly acuminate, 4 to 6 in. long, narrowed towards the base into a petiole 

 of I to 1 in., pennivcilied and Hnely reticulate, the midrib very prommeut 

 underneath. Spikes shorter than the leaves, but not seen in flower. Drupes 

 red, ovoid, glabrous, endiug in a long beak, but not yet ripe m our spe- 



cnnens. 



N. Australia, tipper Victoria river, F. Mueller. 



18. T. grandiflora, Benth. Branches and foliage silky or tlie leaves at 

 lenotii glabrous. Leaves linear-oblong or cuneate, obtuse or retuse 1_2 to 3 

 in. long, coriaceous, very obliquely veined and reticulate, narrowed mto a 

 short petiole. Spikes usually exceeding the leaves, with flowers much larger 

 than in any other Termmlia known to me. Calyx-tube or ovary above p 

 lines loug, and the limb of the calyx as much in diameter, the lobes acum.- 

 nate. Stamens 5 to 6 lines long. Drupe nearly g obular, about 1 in. long 

 tapering into a conical beak of about J in„ smooth and glabrous, without • 

 winsis or ana'les. 



N. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentana and Arnhem S J^J; ^; ^'"JJ^ ; 

 Port Essington, Jm,^r..y : between Fitziuaurice and V.etor.a "; ^'•^' ^- f "f i;-,,^^^ 7, ^ 

 are two forms, oue witlr long narrow leaves, quite glabrous except ^^^^J^^ S morS 

 spil<es glabrous or slightly lilky. and the stamens f.dlyi .n Jong ;tl^eothem^ 

 silky, the leaves broader shorter and more cuneate. and the hilky tlowers latiitr. 



much, smaller. 



LITMNITZEBA 



CalYX-tube produced above the ovary but scarcdy contra ted, the hnb 

 campanulate, shortly 5-lobed or 5-toothed. Pehds 5, fP^^fg Stamen 

 10 or fewer. Ovules 2 to 5 ; style filiform, with a nunute st^ma Frmt 



ovoid-oblong, crowned by the persistcut calyx, "!"™^^-^^^„^" J^'l"^^^^^^^^^^ 

 ba.e hnrd nml -ilmost woorly. Seed hnear, with convolute cotyledons 

 SlaritirareesoSs Leaves crowded at the ends of the branches, obo- 

 ^S^:^ZJ^:^or slightly erenate Flo^vers m shor^^ r«^ 

 Bracteoles 2,- aclnate to the base of the calyx-tube, persistent but not enlarged 

 after flowering. ., , v ■ a i««^ 



the seacoasts of tropical Asia, extending from h. Atnca to m 



Flowers scarlet, in terminal racemes. Calyx fully 1 ui. long. ^ .tamen^ ^^ ^ ^^^^.^^^^ 



twice as long as the petals" . . • • • • ' iiI.es'lon«'. * Stamens 

 rioN^ers white, in axillary racemes. Calyx about 4 Imesion^.^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ L. racemosa. 



scarcely exceeding the petals . * * 



^^ t J -p^r.fi *^lfi A trlabrous bushy shrub or 



