7o6 Lvii. COMBRETACE.E. [TerminaUa. 



or obovate-oblong, short cuspidate, narrowed to the oblique base, 

 glabrous; nerves 7 to 9 pairs, 6 to 9 in. long, 275 to 4 in. wide; 

 petioles 2'25 to 275 in. long. Spikes solitary, puberulous. Flowers 

 •2 in. across, sessile. Calyx pubescent outside, villous inside, 

 lobes triangular. Ovary villous. Fruit ellipsoid 175 in. long, 

 "5 to 75 in. wide with two large coriaceous, puberulous striate 

 wings; 175 in. across. Hah. Open country in the north. Pedis, 

 Kanga and Chupeng (Ridley). Distrib. Andamans and Burma. 



(8) T. triptera Stapf, Kew Bulletin 1895, p. 103. 



Medium-sized tree, glabrous with slender branches. Leaves 

 sub-coriaceous elliptic or oblong acuminate glaucous above ; nerves 

 6 to 8 pairs, i"5 to 2*5 in. long, i to 175 in. wide; petioles '2 in. 

 long. Spikes '5 to i in. long in a terminal panicle, slender puberu- 

 lous. Flowers "i in. wide. Calyx-tube ovoid ; lobes 4 sub-acute 

 villous inside. Fruit oblong, 3-winged, i in. long, '5 in. wide. 

 Hub. Lankawi and Terutau isles (Curtis). 



2. CALYCOPTERIS, Lam. 



A diffuse drooping shrub. Leaves opposite, petioled, elliptic or 

 ovate acuminate. Racemes dense crowded at the ends of branches 

 so as to form a panicle. Flowers small greenish yellow. Calyx- 

 tube 5-striate produced above ovary, 5-lobed. Petals o. Stamens 

 10, 5 upper between sepals, 5 lower alternate and lower down on 

 tube. Ovary i-celled, inferior; ovules 3. Fruit narrow-ovoid 

 i-seeded surmounted by the sepals as long lanceolate spreading 

 wings. Species i, Indo-Malaya. 



(i) C. floribunda Lam. Diet. Supp. ii. 41 ; ///. /. 537 ; Clarke, 

 in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 449 ; King, I.e. 333. 



Leaves sub-coriaceous, tomentose on both sides ; nerves 5 to 6 

 pairs, 2'5 to 4 in. long, i to 2 in. wide; petioles '2 to '3 in. long. 

 Inflorescence usually 6 to 12 in. long, in fruit 12 in. across. Flowers 

 •35 in. across, sessile. Fruit "35 in. long, 5-angled; wings 75 to 

 I in. long, -2 in. across. Hab. Penang, near the Waterfall (Curtis, 

 WalHch). 



" Singapore, Lobb," must be an error. He no doubt collected it in 

 Penang. 



3. LUMNITZERA, Willd. 



Tidal swamp and seacoast trees. Leaves clustered towards the 

 branch-ends obovate or oblanceolate, tip rounded, base narrowed 

 at both ends; lobes 5, persistent. Petals 5, oblong. Stamens 5 to 

 10 in 2 series. Ovary inferior i-celled; style subulate simple. 

 Fruit woody elliptic, "5 to i in. long, woody i-seeded. Species 2 ; 

 coasts from Africa to Polynesia. 



Racemes elongating lax ; flowers white . . • (i) L. racemosa 



Racemes dense; flowers scarlet . . . . . (2) L. COCCinea 



