Terminalia ] lv. coMBRETACEiE (lawson). 417 



8. T. scutifera, Planch, in Herb. Hook. Leaves obovate or ovate- 

 elliptical and shortly acuminate, coriaceous, glabrous, 5-7 in. long-, 

 2-J— 3J broad ; petioles puberulous. Flowers in panicles, dioecious ? 

 Fruit broadly obdeltoid, wings not produced below, 1 in. long, 1J in. 

 broad, puberulous, reddish. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia ! Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! 

 This is the only species from Africa with triangular fruit. 



9. T. salicifolia, Schweinf. Leaves pellucid, lanceolate, 5-8 in. 

 long*, f-l£ broad, glaucous. Flowers ? . . . Fruit ? . . . 



Nile Land. Schweinf urth ! 



10.* T. glabra, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 440 (Pentaptera). Leaves oblong-, 

 5-9 in. long, 1J-2 in. broad, abrupt at both ends, slightly hairy on 

 the veins and short petioles. Flowers ? Fruit obovate, 5-winged. — 

 T. psidiifolia, Del. ; Walp. Rep. ii. 61. 



Nile Land. From the Botanic Gardens at Cairo, from seeds obtained from Sennaar, 

 where, however, it is supposed only to be cultivated. — An Indian species. 



11. T. mollis, Laws. Tree; leaves 8-12 in. long, 4-6 in. broad, 

 broadly oval with a thickened margin, felted beneath, at length 

 glabrous above. Spikes woolly. Fruit 1 . . . 



Nile Land. Petherick! 



2. CONOCARPUS, Gsertn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 686. 



Flowers in dense heads. Calyx-tube compressed, truncate, not pro- 

 longed above the ovary ; limb urceolate, 5-fid, deciduous. Petals 0. 

 Stamens 5. Ovules 2. Fruit small, angular, broadly obovate,' bent 

 downwards, subfleshy. Seed unequally ovoid. Cotyledons convolute. 

 — Small glabrous or silky shrubs. Leaves alternate, somewhat fleshy, 

 narrowed below, lanceolate, entire, biglandular at the base. Flowers 

 minute, heads panicled at the ends of the branches. Fruit densely im- 

 bricated, pericarp corky. 



1. C. erecta, Jacq. Amer. 78, t. 52; DC. Prod. iii. p. 16. Shrub 

 to 10 ft. high. Flowering branches acutely angular, almost winged. 

 Leaves lanceolate, generally glabrous or nearly so. 



Upper Guinea. Shores of Senegambia, Babaghe Island (Guill. and Perr.). 

 Sierra Leone, T. Vogeli Swamps of the Bonny Kiver, Mann! 

 Abundant on the tropical coasts of America, but confined in Africa to Upper Guinea. 



3. ANOGEISSUS, Wall. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 687. 



Flowers capitate. Calyx-tube compressed, 2-winged, prolonged 

 above the ovary ; limb campanulate or urceolate, 5-fid, deciduous. 

 Petals 0. Stamens 10 in 2 rows. Ovules 2. Fruit small, straight, 

 coriaceous, broadly trapezoidal, 2-winged, surmounted by the pro- 

 longed tube of the calyx. Seed ovoid. Cotyledons convolute. — Shrubs 

 with glabrous or coriaceous leaves, alternate, petiolate, entire, not 



