B62 COMBRETACAE. 



G08fi. POIVRTM Commers. 



(I)C. Prodr. III. 17. — Wlprs. Repcrt. bot. syst. II. 64.) 



1. P. BRACTEOSA Hochst. Flora (U. Z.) XXVII. II. 424. - Differt a P. aculeala DC. 



foliis majoribus ct bracteis pcdicellalis ovalibus calyces aequaniibns vel Bupe- 



rantibus, ncc non calycis limbo paullo profundius inciso. Frutcx 8-10- pedalis, 

 forsan P. aculealae varietas? — Crcscit in Promonlorio bonac spei ad fl. Umlaas. 



0087. < OMBRE I I >1 Loeffl. 

 (DC. Prodr. III. 18. — Wlprs. Uepert. bot. sysl. II. 65. et 915.) 



1. C. ERIANTHUM Bth. Plant. Hartweg. p. 73. no. 520. — Incrme fruticosum: rbliis 

 ovali-elliplicis oblongisve oblusis, vix acuminalis, supra glabris, sublus lcpidotis; 

 spicis axillaribus terminalibusque; lloribus secundis; calycibus turbinato-infun- 

 dibuliformibus rliachique lomcnloso-villosis; staminibus longe exserlis; fructi- 



bus ? 6 — Affinc C laxo, Aublctii, frangulacfolio et pracserlim C. auranliaco 



(Blh. in Hook. Journ. of bot. 11.222.), ab hoc difTert praccipue lomcnlo in calyci- 

 bus denso. Frutex est 8 — 10 — pedalis. Folia 4-5-pollicaria, apicc rolundala ctim 

 acuminc brevi lato, basi cuneala vcl rotundata, petiolo brcvi. Spicae speciosae 

 4-pollicares. Bractcae Iincares deciduac, ovario subaequilongae. Flores secundi 

 rellcxi. Calycis tubus tcnuis, supra ovarium ovario ipso subacquilongus, inlus 

 glaber, limbus campanulalus, inlus praeserlim basi villosus, denlibus 4 lalis acu- 

 tis. Petala denlibus calycinis breviora, ad basin denlium inscrla glabra. Sla- 

 mina calyccm lineis 6-7 superantia, inferiori limbo inserla glabra. Fruclus ? 



— Crescit in Guatemala (Retalulew). 



2. C. PUNCTATUM Steudel, Flora (B. Z.) XXVI. II. 761. - Ercctum (?) inerme: ra- 

 mis subalalis corlice sccedente obteclis; foliis oppositis brcviter peliolalis amplis 

 (4-5 poll. longis, 2'/« latis) ovalis abruple breviler acuminalis glabris, supra ni- 

 tidis, utrinque praesertim subtus punctis resinosis subpellucidis conspersis; spicis 

 axillaribus oppositis subsecundis, omnibus (etiam lerminali) simplicibus; calycibus 

 exlus sublepidolis, intus dense villosis, villis exserlis; slaminibus longe cxser- 

 tis. 6 — Crescit in Surinam. 



3. C. TERMINALIOIDES Sleudel I. c. 762. — Caule glaberrimo tereti ; petiolis bre- 

 vibus pedunculisque pubescenlibus; foliis ovatis vcl oblongo-ovatis, brevissime 

 obtuseque acuminalis, utrinque glaberrimis; spicis (parum) supra axillaribus pa- 

 niculatis; bracteis setaceis pedicellisque villosulis; calycibus glabris; slaminibus 

 breviter exsertis. 6 — Crescit in Surinam. 



4. C KRAUSSII Hochstett. Flora (B. Z.) XXVII. II. 424. - Frutex vel arbor 15-20- 

 pedalis, ramis cinereis. Folia opposita 2-3-pollicaria obovato-lanccolata oblusa, 

 apice mucronulata, basi in petiolum brevem decurrcnlia integcrrima, ulrinque 

 glaberrima, subtus pallide olivacea et lucidula, venis obscurioribus reliculalo- 

 venosa. Spicae axillares pedunculalae foliis plerumque breviores. Calyx cyalhi- 

 formis, limbo intus villoso, pelalis brevibus, slylo staminibus longiori erecto. 3? 6 



— Crescil in Promonlorio bonae spei. 



t Icones addendae. 

 C. GRANDIFLORUM Don. - Paxlon, Magaz. of bot. IX. 169. (c. ic.) 

 C. LATIFOLIUM Paxlon 1. c. XI. 103. (c. ic.) 



6088. CACOIJCIA Aubl. 

 (DC. Prodr. III. 22. — Cacoueia Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. II. 68. errore typogr.) 

 1. C. LUCIDA Hsskrl. Flora (B. Z.) XXVII. II. 607. — Folia nunc ovato-lanceolata 

 acuminata, nunc ovali-oblonga aut oblongo-lanceolata reperiuntur 3-7,5 poll. 

 longa, 1,0-3,3 poll. lata; calycis limbus campanulato-patens 5-denlatus villosis- 

 simus, in floribus fertilibus persistens viridi-flavescens; petala 5-linearia albida 

 complicata, calycis dentes longiludine vix superantia; fructus (immaturi) sessiles 

 sesquipollicem aequantcs, apice calyce emarcido saepe coronati et, hoc dein de- 

 labenle, fasciculo pilorum erectorum remanente glaberrimi, plerumque alis 5, ra- 



