422 lv. combretace^ (lawson). [Combretum 



culating but sparingly. Fruit very shortly stalked, notched at both 

 ends, wings papery, semitransparent. — Bot. Reg. xiv. t. 1165. Poivrea 

 comosa, Benth., FL Nigrit. 339. C. panieulatum, Vent? DC. Prod, 

 iii. 20. C. intermedium, Don, in Linn. Trans, xv. 433. 



Upper Guinea. Frequent about Sierra Leone, Bagroo river, Mann I 

 A magnificent climber, whose vast panicles of blood-red flowers give a gorgeous ap- 

 pearance to the forests. C. intermedium of Don is a variety with looser racemes and 

 broader bracts. 



3. C. Klotzschii, Welrv. mss. Climbing. Young shoots hispid, 

 with yellowish, glandular hairs. Leaves opposite, petiolate or sub- 

 sessile, elliptical with a subcordate base, acuminate, 4 in.-l ft. long by 

 2-4 in. broad, glabrous above, hispid on the veins beneath with the 

 intermediate spaces glabrous. Calyx -tube narrowed at both ends ; limb 

 funnel-shaped ; teeth elongate-triangular. Petals elliptic -oblong, a 

 little longer than the teeth of the calyx, vinous red. Stamens a little 

 longer than the petals ; style far exserted. Fruit pedicellate, 1 in. 

 long, orbicular, with fragile, "shining, semitransparent wings. — ? Poivrea 

 glutinosa y Klotzsch in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. 79. 



Upper Guinea. Caraaroons river, Mann I 



Lower Guinea. Angola, between 2000-3000_ ft., Dr. Welwitschl 

 Mann's specimens differ from the above description in having somewhat shorter and 

 broader calyx-teeth, and shorter and more triangular petals. 



4. C. confertum, Laws. Twining shrub ; young branches glabrous, 

 bark dark brown. Leaves opposite, 3-5 in. long, 2-2f in. broad, ovate, 

 acuminate, glabrous, petioles nearly 1 in. long, puberulous, bases of the 

 petioles persistent forming spines. Flowers very shortly pedicellate, 

 in dense, dwarfed, axillary panicles. Calyx-tube narrowed above the 

 ovary, limb tubular-campanulate, slightly hairy within above the fleshy 

 disk ; teeth short and broadly triangular. Petals ovate, obtuse at the 

 apex, scarcely longer than calyx-Teeth ; central vein giving off branches 

 at acute angles and uniting near the margin. Stamens far exserted. 

 Fruit ? . . . . — Poivrea conferta, Benth., Fl. Nigrit. 338. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, T. Vogell 

 Lower Guinea. Congo, Smith! 



5. C. oxystachyuta, Welrv. mss. Shrub 3-5 ft., whole plant villous. 

 Leaves 3 in. long, 1 J in. broad, shortly petiolate, opposite or alternate, 

 ovate, acute, bent downwards, very dark-green above. Flowers 6 lines 

 long in conical spikes 3—4 in. long ; calyx-tube covered with fulvous 

 hairs, limb with ashy-brown; teeth acute. Petals lanceolate, rigid, 

 glabrous and red within, hairy on the outside. Fruit shortly pedicel- 

 late, about 1 in. long, 10 lines broad, emarginate at the apex, sub- 

 cordate at the base, occasionally 4-winged, covered with a rusty 

 pubescence. 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Dr. Welwitschl 



6. C. celastroides, Welrv. mss. Much branched, subscandent shrub. 

 Leaves opposite, very shortly petiolate, about 2 in. long and £ in. 



