Terminalia.] lv. coMBRETACEiE (lawson). 415 



1. TERMINALIA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 685. 



Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamo-dicecious. Calyx-tube ovoid or 

 cylindrical, not angled, constricted, but not prolonged above the ovary ; 

 limb campanulate or cylindrical, 5-toothed, deciduous. Petals 0. Sta- 

 mens 10, in 2 rows. Ovules 2, rarely 3, pendulous from the top of the 

 cell. Fruit ovoid and angled, or a 2-5-winged samara, 1-seeded. Seed 

 ovoid or round. Cotyledons convolute. — Trees or shrubs, never climbing; 

 branches sometimes spinose. Leaves alternate, often crowded at the 

 ends of the branches, sometimes pseudo-verticillate, entire. Flowers 

 small, green or white, in long lax spikes. 



A large genus, distributed throughout the Tropics of the whole world, though few 

 species have a large area of distribution. 



A. Fruit 2-winged. 



I. Leaves fascicled at the end of the branches. 



Leaf-bearing branches spinose 1. T. prunioides . 



Leaf-bearing branches not spinose. 

 Leaves very broadly lanceolate or elliptic, acuminate ; petioles 



4 in. long 2. T. Brownii. 



Leaves oblanceolate, narrowed into very short petioles . . . . 3. T. sericea. 



II. Leaves scattered over the branches. 

 a. Leaves thick and opaque. 



1. Fruit longer than broad. 



* Drupe compressed, with a longitudinal ridge. 



Leaves and branches glabrous. Fruit 3-4 in. long 4. T. macroptera. 



Leaves and branches covered with a thick rust-coloured pubes- 

 cence. Fruit 2 in. long . 5. T. avicennioides 



** Drupe not compressed, smooth. 

 Leaves ovate or elliptical ; petioles 2 in. long. Wings of the fruit 



ample, membranous 6. T. glaucescent. 



Leaves obovate ; petioles \ in. long. Wings of the fruit much 



reduced, thick and woody 7. *T. Catappa. 



2. Fruit as broad as long or broader, obdeltoid . . . . 8. T. scutifera. 

 /3. Leaves thin and pellucid 9. T. salicifolia. 



B. Samara 5- winged 10. T. glabra. 



Fruit? 11. T mollis. 



1. T. prunioides, Laws. Branches giving off at right angles short 

 stout spine-like shoots, which bear fascicles of leaves at their tips ; bark 

 dark purple, deciduous. Leaves 1-2 in. long, obovate, glabrous above, 

 covered beneath with long silky adpressed hairs. Flowers ? . . . Samara 

 stalked, elliptic or oblong, 2 in. long, 1J in. broad ; wings puckered at 

 the margins, purple, glaucescent. 



Mozamb. Distr. Two specimens gathered by Dr. Kirk at Tette ! 



2. T. Brownii, Fresen. in Mus. Senck. 1837, 152. Small tree; 

 bark ash-coloured. Leaves in large tufts at the tips of the branches, 

 3-6 in. long, broadly lanceolate or elliptic, acuihinate, glabrous above, 

 puberulous beneath and on the petioles. Samara broadly lanceolate or 

 elliptic, variable in size, 1J-3 in. long, purplish-red, glaucescent. — T. 

 confertifolia, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 263. T. hemignosta, Steud. in Hb. 

 Schimp. Abyss. T. cycloptera, R. Br. in Salt. Herb. Abyss. 



