416 lv. combretace^e (lawson). [Terminalia. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 

 Mozamb. Distr. Tette, Dr. Kirk ! 



T. hemignosta is a variety with larger and more abundant pubescence, and smaller 

 fruit. 



3. T. sericea, Bruch. • DC. Prod. iii. 13. Bark steel-coloured. 

 Leaves crowded tog-ether in pseudoverticels, oblanceolate-cuspidate, 

 narrowed into the very short petioles. Flowers with very long- subu- 

 late deciduous bracts. Fruit stalked, 1 in. long, roundish-ovate, pu- 

 berulous, of a pale rust-colour. 



South Central. Lat. 23°, Chapman and Baines ! 



The whole plant is covered with a short silky pubescence, which gives to it a silvery 

 lustrous appearance. — A South African plant (Harv. and Sond.). 



4. T. macroptera, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 276, t. 63. Tree 

 60 ft. high, glabrous. Leaves alternate, 1 ft. or more long, 4 in. or 

 more wide, ovate, tips sometimes renexed, frequently narrowed into the 

 petiole. Spikes axillary, glabrous. Fruit shortly stalked, 3-4 in. long, 

 1 in. broad, elliptical with a broad beak, apex retuse or emarginate, 

 glabrous. 



Upper Guinea. Senegarabia (Quill, and Perr.). 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schweinfurth ! Sennaar, Kotschy ! 



A specimen gathered by Captains Speke and Grant at Madi, on the Upper Nile, 

 allied to T. macroptera, has leaves - coarsely reticulated, and hairy beneath. Its fruit 

 also is broader and shorter, and not compressed ; resembling much more that of T. 

 gluucescens. 



5. T. avicennioides, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 277, t. 64. Small 

 tree, 12-20 ft. Leaves petiolate, 6-12 in. long, 1^-3 in. broad, oblong 

 or oblong-lanceolate, densely puberulous below almost felted, becom- 

 ing glabrous above, apex reflexed. Spikes numerous, woolly. Fruit 

 shortly stalked, elliptical, densely puberulous. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia ! Nupe, Barter! Sierra Leone, Mrs. Hutton! 

 North Central. Bornu, E. Vogel! 

 Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 



6. T. glaucescens, Planch, in Fl. Nigrit. 336. Tree 20-30 ft. ; young 

 branches pubescent. Leaves ovate or ovate-elliptical, petioles nearly 

 2 in. long, glabrous above, puberulous beneath chiefly on the veins. 

 Flowers 1 . . . . Fruit l|-2 in. long, j— f in. broad, oblong, puberu- 

 lous. 



Upper Guinea. Quorra? T. Vogel! Aboh and Nupe, Barter ! 



7 . *T. Catappa, Linn. ; DC. Prod. iii. 11. Tree. Leaves 1 ft. long, 

 4-6 in. broad, variable in size, obovate, generally rounded at the apex, 

 narrowed and abrupt or cordate at the base, glabrous ; petioles very 

 short, densely and rustily pubescent. Fruit 1J— 2J in. long, elliptic- 

 globose, wings very narrow, woody. 



Upper Guinea. Cultivated at St. Louis and Gambia. 



This species is a native of India, and is probably not indigenous to Africa. The 

 kernels are extensively eaten, and are said to taste like almonds. 



