110 LI. COMBRETACER. 
double row, longer than the calyx. Ovary 2-8-ovuled. Style 
filiform, acutish. Drupe not crowned by the calyx, usually 
dry, indehiscent, 1-seeded.— F1. Cap. i. p. 508. 
Trees or shrubs. J’. sericea, Burch., our only species, has oblong, silky 
leaves crowded round the ends of the branches, and flowers in spikes shorter 
than the leaves.—Aapjes river. 
2. COMBRETUM, Linn. 
Calyx funnel-shaped ; tube as short as the ovary or longer ; 
limb bell-shaped, 4-lobed, deciduous. Petals 4, small, in- 
serted between the lobes of the calyx. Stamens 8, in 2 rows, 
exserted. Ovary 2-5-ovuled; style exserted, acute. Fruit 
4-winged, 1-celled, 1-seeded, indehiscent. Seed pendulous.— 
Fl. Cap. ii. p. 508. 
Trees or shrubs. Leayes often opposite. Spikes terminal or axillary, some- 
times capitate ; flowers small, greenish.—10 species, all Eastern or from Natal. 
3. POIVREA, Comm. 
Limb of the calyx funnel-shaped, 5-lobed, deciduous. Petals 
5. Stamens 10, protruded. Ovary 2-3-ovuled; style fili- 
form, protruded, acute.—Fl. Cap. ii. p. 512. 
P. bracteosa, Hochst., our only species, is a Natal shrub, 8-10 feet high, 
with ovate or ovate-oblong glabrous leaves, and nodding, bracteate spikes 
of reddish Howers. 
4. QUISQUALIS, Rumph. 
Tube of the calyx slender, produced much beyond the ovary ; 
limb 5-lobed. Petals 5, oblong or roundish, obtuse, longer 
than the calyx-teeth, imbricate. Stamens 10, inserted within 
the throat of the calyx, those opposite the petals longest. 
Ovary 4-ovuled ; style filiform, exserted, its base adhering to 
the calyx-tube. Drupe dry, 5-furrowed and 5-ribbed, 1-seeded. 
Seed pendulous Fl. Cap. ii. p. 512; Thes. Cap. t. 130. 
; Q. parviflora, Gerr., our only species, discovered by Mr. Gerrard in the 
Natal country, has opposite, oval-oblong, acute, thinly pubescent or glabrate 
leaves and terminal spikes of slender flowers. Petals small, shortly oblong. 
Anthers subsessile, in 2 widely-separated rows. 
Orver LIT. MYRTACEZ. 
Flowers bisexual. Calyx-tube adhering to the ovary ; limb 
4—5-parted or obsoletely lobed. Petals 4-5. Stamens indefi- 
nite, inserted with the petals on the fleshy margin of the 
calyx-tube. Ovary inferior, 2- or several-celled, with few or 
many ovules; style filiform ; stigma simple. Fruit either a 
succulent berry or a dry capsule. Seeds without albumen.— 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves mostly opposite, quite entire, penni- 
