Combretum.] lv. combretace^: (lawson). 421 



Leaves not lepidote. 

 Leaves opposite. 



Leaves covered with a dense velvety pubes- 

 cence, at least when young. 

 Stamens exserted. Leaves when dry covered 

 with a rich chocolate-coloured pubescence, 

 2^-6 in. long by 2-3£ in. broad. Fruit 4 in. 



long 35. C. holoeericeum. 



Stamens included. Leaves when dry covered 

 with an ash-coloured pubescence above, yel- 

 lowish beneath, 1J— 2 in. long. Fruit 1 in. 



long 36. C. tomentomm. 



Leaves glabrous or hairy, but not velvety. 

 Flowering branches leafless or nearly so. 



Leaves with exceeding long acuminations 37. C. Hartmannianum. 

 Flowering branches leafy. 



Leaves 1 i— 24 in. long, coriaceous, with 

 slender petioles. Fruit \ in. long, 



broadly winged 33. C. myrtifolium. 



Leaves 4-6 in. long, with short stout 



petioles, glabrous. Fruit 1 in. long . 39. C. nigricans. 

 Leaves 4-8 in. long, with very short pe- 

 tioles, hairy. Fruit oval, 8 lines long . 40. C. irichanthum. 

 Leaves 6-8 in. long, glabrous. Fruit 9 

 lines long, broadly and bluntly elliptical 41. C. Petitianum. 

 Leaves alternate, 3 in a whorl or subverticillate. 

 Flowering branches leafless, with deep un- 

 sightly scars ; young leaves and fruit never 



viscid 42. C. reticulatum. 



Flowering branches leafy ; young leaves and 



fruit viscid 43. C. glutinosum. 



Small suffruticose or herbaceous plants. 



Leaves coarsely and prominently reticulated on the 



upper surface. Flowers in very short spikes, yellow 44. C. argyrotrichum. 

 Leaves finely reticulated. Flowers in spikes as long 



as the leaves, white 45. C. herbaceum. 



Leaves coriaceous. Flowers in stunted panicles, bright 

 red 46. C. platypetalum. 



1. C. hispidum, Laws. Climbing often to the height of 30 ft. Old 

 branches round, glabrous; younger hispid with red gland-tipped 

 hairs. Leaves 6 in. long, 2Jin. broad, shortly petiolate, narrowly 

 ovate from an abrupt or slightly cordate base, glabrous on both sides. 

 Flowers nearly 1 in. long in large terminal panicles. Bracts ovate, 

 stalked, foliaceous ; bracteoles linear-lanceolate, as long as the flowers. 

 Calyx-tube narrowly-ovoid, 5-angled, hispid ; limb infundibuliform, 

 teeth subulate. Petals oblanceolate ^ in. long. Fruit ? . . . . 



Upper Guinea. Lat. 1°N., Mann! 



2. C. comosum, Don; DC. Prod. iii. 20. Climbing; young branches 

 puberulous. Leaves elliptical or oblong, acute, abrupt or slightly 

 cordate at the base, glabrous, petioles very short and hairy. Flowers 

 J in. long, shortly pedicellate in large spreading panicles ; bracts ovate 

 acute, bracteoles lanceolate acute, springing from the pedicels of the 

 flowers. Calyx-tube lanceolate, limb tubular-campanulate, teeth broadly 

 subulate. Petals J in. long, lanceolate, veins nearly parallel and inos- 



