Lumnitzera.] lvii. combretace^. 707 



(i) L. racemosa Willd. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Neue Schr. iv. 187 ; 

 Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 452 ; Kijig, I.e. 334. 



Shrub or small tree. Leaves oblanceolate or oval obtuse i to 



3 in. long, 75 to i"5 in. wide; petioles 7 in. long. Racemes 

 elongating lax 2 in. long. Flowers 3 in. long. Petals small white. 

 Stamens 5 to 10, white. Hab. Tidal swamps and sea-shores, but 

 much less common than L. coccinea. Malacca, Tanjong Kling to 

 Kelantan, Kamposa. Disirih. Mascarene islands to Polynesia. 



(2) L. coccinea W. and A. Prodr. 316; King, I.e. 334. 

 Pyrranthus littoreus Jack, Mai. Misc. ii. 57. 



A large tree 40 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves oblanceolate obtuse, 

 coriaceous 2 to 3 in. long, 75 in. wide ; petioles -4 in. long. Racemes 

 short, single dense terminal, i"5 in. long, not lengthening in fruit. 

 Flowers "5 in. long. Petals "25 in. long and stamens 5 to 10, twice 

 as long, all scarlet. Hah. Sea-shores in sandy or tidal-mud spots. 

 Singapore, common, Kranji, etc. Johor, Tana Runto. Pahang, 

 Rumpin River. Tringganu, Cherating River. Selangor, Klang 

 (Foxworthy). Province Wellesley, Juru River. Penang, Telok 

 Bahang (Curtis). Dislrib. Malaya, AustraHa, Polynesia. Native 

 names: Api-Api; Teruntum. Use: Timber valued, for axles 

 especially. 



4. COMBRETUM, Linn. 



Climbing shrubs. Leaves entire, opposite rarely alternate. 

 Flowers in spikes or panicles, small. Calyx-tube constrict above 

 the ovary, urceolate or tubular, lobes 4 to 5. Petals 4 to 5 on 

 the calyx limb. Stamens twice as many insert in 2 series. Ovary 

 inferior, i-celled ; style i, simple ; ovules 2 to 5. Fruit with 



4 (or 5) angles or wings dry. Seed i. Species 160, all tropics. 



Flowers 5 -merous; fruit 5-angled . 

 Flowers 4-merous; fruit 4-angled. 



Leaves thin, lanceolate; fruit short 75 to i in. 



long, oblong blunt ; flowers small 

 Leaves coriaceous ovate ; fruit 2 in. long, narrowed 

 both ends ; flowers large .... 



Flowers 4-merous; fruit 4-winged. 



Calyx-tube elongate; flowers not scaly; buds 

 acute. 

 Racemes globose ...... 



Racemes elongate ...... 



Calyx-tube short; buds globose, acute; flowers 

 scaly. 

 Racemes elongate, lax ..... 



Calyx-tube short ; buds not pointed. 



Flowers scaly; leaves not cordate petioled. 

 Fruit not compressed, faces equal; wings 

 thin ....... 



Fruit ovate ; short, thick wings . 

 Flowers not scaly; leaves cordate hardly petioled. 

 Leaves glabrous ; panicle wide spreading slender . 

 Leaves hairy beneath; branches hairy; panicles 

 short, dense ...... 



