Plate 2354. 



ANOGEISSUS BENTII, Baker. 



COMBRETACE^. 



A. Bentii, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1891, 332 ; arbor, ramulis divari- 

 catis hornotinis gracilibus cano-tomentellis, foliis parvis coriaceis 

 petiolatis obovato-cuneatis spinuloso-apiculatis minute cano-puberulis, 

 capitulis pedunculatis, pedunculis patentibus rigidiusculis cum capitulo 

 folio sffipius a;quilongis, calycis limbo campanulato glabrato decicluo, 

 dentibus deltoideis, tube angustato pubesceiite, disco carnosulo piicato- 

 undulato laxe pilose. 



Hab. Arabia ; Hadramaut, near Ghail Omar, alt. 2200 feet, 

 Lnnt (No. 189). 



Folia alterna v. approximatim opposita f (|-1) poll- longa, 6-8 lin. 

 lata, petiokis 11-2 lin. longus. PeduncuU 9-10 lin. longi, stepius 1--- 

 bracteati, Capitula florifera | poll. diam. 



A copiously branched tree, with its divaricate branchlets and patent 

 peduncles affording neat dull-grey herbarium-specimens. It ^^ evi- 

 dently very nearly allied to a species represented m tlie ±ve 

 Herbarium, and undetermined hitherto, from Kajputana collected Dy 

 Mr. Duthie (No. 4663). In the Indian plant the calyx-lunb is per- 

 sistent and silky. The genus occurs both in India and Africa, u. 



Oliver. 



, .T'l'g. 1. Detached flower. 2. Calyx-limb and stamens. 3. Young fruit ; the ovary 

 laid open. All enlarged. 



