418 lv. combretace-E (lawson). [Anogeissus. 



glandular or obscurely so at the base. Flowers small, yellow ; heads of 

 flowers axillary on slender peduncles, globose. 



A genus containing 4-5 species, all belonging to the Tropics of the Old World. 



1. A. leiocarpus, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 280, t. 65. Shrub 

 4-6 ft. high. Young branches slightly zigzag. Leaves broadly lan- 

 ceolate or ovate, often acuminate. Fruit broadly 2-winged, 2-3 lines 

 long, 3-4 lines broad, tipped with a short mucro^ glabrous. — Conocarpus 

 leiocarpa, DC. Prod. iii. 16. C. Sckimperi } Hochst., and C. parvifolium, 

 Hochst. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, ( Guill. et Perr.). 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper I White Nile, Ban country, Speke and Grant I 



A. acuminatu8, a native of India, has a much loDger.mucro surmounting its fruit. 



4. GrUIERA, Adans. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 687. 



Flowers in pedunculate involucrate heads. Calyx-tube narrowly 

 ovoid, narrowed at both ends, terete or obscurely 5-angled, prolonged 

 above the ovary; limb campanulate, 5-fld, persistent. Petals 5. 

 Stamens 10 m 2 rows. Ovary crowned by the 5-lobed epjgynous disk ; 

 ovules 4-5. Fruit coriaceous, curved, narrowly elongate-cylindrical, 

 densely clothed -with long silky hairs, crowned by the limb of the calyx. 

 Seed narrow. Cotyledons convolute. — Shrubs with downy branches. 



The single species of this genus is confined to Tropical Africa. 



1. G. senegalensis, Lam. ; DC. Prod. iii. 17. Young branches 

 tomentose. Leaves opposite, broadly oval, subcordate, cuspidate, 

 shortly petiolate, whole plant covered with minute black dots. — Guill. 

 et Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 282, t. 62, fig. 2. 



Upper Guinea. Growing everywhere in the sandy regions of the Walo and Cay or 

 country {Guill. et Perr.). 



North Central. Bornu, E. Vogell 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Mossamedes, Dr. WelwiUchl 



5. LUMNITZEEA, Willd. j Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 687. 



Flowers in racemes. Calyx-tube elongate-oblong, narrowed at both 

 ends, enlarged by the two adnate bracts, prolonged a little beyond the 

 ovary ; limb campanulate, equal or unequal, 5-lobed, persistent. Pe- 

 tals 5. Stamens 5 or 10 in 2 rows, exserted. Ovules 2-5. Fruit 

 woody, ovoid-oblong, compressed, obtusely angled, crowned by the 

 persistent calyx. Seed linear. Cotyledons convolute. — Shrubs. Leaves 

 at the tips of the branches; alternate, subsessile, between fleshy and 

 coriaceous. 



Five species inhabiting the Eastern Tropics. 



1. I«. racemosa, Willd.; DC. Prod. iii. 22. Leaves obovate or 

 spathulate. Flowers white. 



Mozamb. Distr. A single specimen found by Dr. Kirk on the Zambesi river ! 



