146.. 110. COMBRETACEAE. 



Ovules 1 — 2 in each cell, pendulous inverted. Seeds often ger- 

 minating on the attached fruit. 4 genera 6 species. 



1. Ovary inferior or half inferior. Seeds germinating on the 



trees. Growing in brackish water. 2. 



Ovary superior or nearly so. Ovules with appendages. 

 Leaves opposite. Growing away from sea. 3. 



2. Ovary inferior. Receptacle deeply concave. Calyx crowning 



the fruit. 2 BRUGUIERA. 



Ovary half inferior. Receptacle slightly concave. Calyx 



at base of fruit. 3 RHIZOPHORA. 



3. Disc distinctly 8—15 lobed. Stigma entire. 



4 D ACT YLOPET ALUM. 

 Disc not distinctly lobed. Stigma 2—4 lobed. 



3 WEIHEA. 



1. RHIZOPHORA L umHluma.' 



mucronata Lam. Mangrove on river lagoons, near sea. 



2. BRUGUIERA Lam. 



gymnorhiza Lam. Mangrove on river lagoons, near sea. 



3. WEIHEA Spreng. 



1. gerrardi Schinz. In bush, Inanda. "umKatana." "isi- 



Tutshana." 



2. madagascarensis Spreng. Coast and Midlands. 



3. natalica V. Brehm. Tree 30-45 ft. Alexandra County. 



4. DACTYLOPETALUM Bth. (Cassipourea Aubl.) 



"umNuka." 

 verticillatum (N.E.Br.) Coast and Midland bush. 



FAMILY llO—COMBRETACEAE. 



Trees, shrubs or climbers. Leaves entire, exstipulate. Flowers 

 regular or nearly so. Sepals 4 — 6. Petals 4 — 6, free or 0. Stamens 

 usually 8 — 12. Anthers versatile. Ovary inferior 1 celled. Ovules 

 2 — 3, rarely 4 — 6, pendulous, inverted. Style L Fruit a 1 seeded 

 drupe or nut, rarely dehiscent, usually winged. Seeds exendos- 

 prmic. 3 genera 11 species. 



1. Petals 0. Leaves alternate, rarely almost opposite. 



3 TERMINALIA. 

 Petals 4 — 5. Leaves (at least the upper) opposite. 2. 



2. Calyx tube elongate, filiform. Climbing shrub. 



2 QUISQUALIS. 

 Calyx tube not elongate filiform. Trees. 1 COMBRETUM. 



1. COMBRETUM L. "umBondi." "umDubu." 



1. apiculatum Send. Upper Tugela. 



2. bracteosum Engl, and Diels. Coastbelt only. Near water. 



3. erythrophyllum Sond. Coast and Midlands. 



4. glutinosum Guill and Perr. Midlands. Tree veld. 



