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petals ; anthers linear or sagittate. Ovary 2-4-celled ; ovules 
2 in each cell; style nearly as long as the stamens; stigma 
2-4-toothed. Fruit crowned by the calyx-lobes, at length 
pertorated by the germinating embryo. Seed exalbuminous. 
—Fl. Cap. ii. p. 514. 
Trees and shrubs of muddy seashores, in warm countries.—B. gymno- 
rhiza, Lam., grows near Natal. 
3. WEIHEA, Spr. 
Calyx free, deeply 4—5-parted, the lobes valvate. Petals 
4—5, inserted within the calyx-tube, wedge-shaped, palmately 
multifid-lacerate. Stamens 20-30, inserted below the petals, 
1-seriate ; filaments subulate ; anthers oblong, erect, 2-celled. 
Ovary free, sessile, globose, 3-celled; ovules 2 in each cell, 
pendulous; style simple, persistent ; stigma 3-toothed. Berry 
dry, girt by the persistent calyx, 3-4-celled, at length dehis- 
cent. Seeds solitary in each cell, albuminous.—Spr. Syst. i. 
594. Richeia, Thouars. Anstrutheria, Gard. in Cale. Journ. 
iv. p. 344. 4.4; Walp. Ann. i. p. 178. 
African and Asiatic trees or shrubs, not strictly littoral, but growing near 
the sea. Leaves opposite, with interpetiolar, deciduous stipules, and axil- 
lary flowers. Mr. Gerrard has recently sent from Natal a species of this 
genus, nearly allied to W. Madagascariensis, if it be not the same; its 
leaves are ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, denticulate, and flowers axillary, 
shortly pedicelled, the pedicels 2-bracted at base. Calyx-lobes silky outside; 
stamens about 20. 
Orper LI. COMBRETACER. 
Flowers either unisexual or bisexual. Calyx-tube adnate to 
the ovary, limb 4—5-lobed. Petals inserted at the summit of 
the calyx-tube. Stamens as many or twice as many as the 
petals. Ovary inferior, 1-celled; ovules few, pendulous ; 
style filiform. Fruit a winged or ribbed dry drupe.—Trees or 
shrubs, with simple, entire, exstipulate leaves. Flowers in 
spikes racemes or heads. 
iMlowers;without petals © . . . . 2... es 61. Terwrnazra, 
Flowers with 4-5 petals. 
Calyx short, 4-toothed. Petals 4. Stamens8 .-. 2. ComBRETUM, 
Calyx short, 5-lobed. Petals 5. Stamens 10. : 
Calyx with a very long, slender tube, 5-toothed. Pe- 
tals 5. Stamens 10. eon METAS o) ePeruls 
3. Porvrea. 
4, QUISQUALIS. 
Tribe 1. TERMINALIES. 
1. TERMINALIA, Linn. 
Flowers often polygamous. Calyx-limb deciduous, bell- 
shaped, 5-cleft; lobes acute. Petals 0. Stamens 10, in a 
