424 lv. combretace^ (lawson). [Conibretum. 



fibres. Leaves alternate or subopposite, broadly ovate or oval, 1-2 in. 

 long-, pubescent when young' ; petioles persistent, forming- recurved 

 spines. Flowers pedicellate, in short, many-flowered, axillary and ter- 

 minal racemes. Calyx-tube narrowly ovoid, constricted above the 

 ovary • limb tubular-campanulate, pubescent. Petals 5, broadly lan- 

 ceolate, unguiculate. Stamens 10. Fruit pedicellate, 5-winged, emar- 

 ginate, broadly oval, about fin. long*. — Seguiera nudiflora, Reichb. in 

 Sieb. Hb. Seneg. No. 35. C. ovale, R. Br. in Salt. Herb. Abyss. 

 Poivrea aculeata, DC. Prod. iii. 18. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia ! 



North Central. Bornu, E. Vogel ! 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Nubia, Kotschy I White Nile, Petherickf 



10. C. sericeum, Don; DC. Prod. iii. 21. Stem herbaceous or 

 suflruticose, rising- from a woody base. Leaves subopposite, lanceolate, 

 obtuse, covered with a shining- silky pubescence. Flowers collected at 

 the end of the peduncle. Fruit? .... 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Smeathmann! 

 Very similar in appearance and habit to C. herbaceum. 



11. C. acutum, Laws. Shrub about 10 ft. hig-h, climbing ? Young- 

 branches compressed, purple, glabrous. Leaves scarcely petiolate, oval, 

 3-4 in. long, 1^-2 in. broad, coriaceous, glabrous above, puberulous 

 beneath. Flowers small in terminal (and axillary ?) spikes, thick and 

 cloth-like. Calyx-tube 5-angled ; limb tubular-campanulate, with a fleshy 

 lining- at the base within ; teeth acutely triangular, spreading. Petals 

 ovate, concave, puberulous and cloth-Like, white. Fruit ovate, acute, 

 lj-2in. long, 1 in. thick, with 5 sharp woody angles. 



Upper Guinea. Niger, Barter! 



12. C. pentagonum, Laws. Tree ? Young branches round, hairy. 

 Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, oval or obovate, 5-8 in. long, 3-3J 

 in. broad, glabrous above, hairy beneath. Flowers ? . . . . Fruit roundly- 

 oblong, 1 J in. long, 1 in. thick, with 5 rounded angles. 



Mozamb. Distr. Eovuma liver, Dr. Heller! A single specimen. 



13. C. racemosum, Beauv. Fl. Owar. ii. 90, t. 118. Shrub, often 

 climbing • branches puberulous, not spinose. Leaves shortly petiolate, 

 opposite or alternate, 2-4 in. long, lanceolate-elliptical, sometimes 

 shortly and obliquely acuminate, at length glabrous. Flowers in dense 

 capituliform spikes arranged in irregular panicles • bracts large, oval 

 or ovate • bracteoles linear-lanceolate, white. Calyx covered with ash- 

 coloured pubescence ; tube lanceolate, 4-angled ; limb infundibuliform 

 with 4 short cuspidate teeth, glabrous within. Petals obovate, 2 lines 

 long. Stamens atropurpureous. Fruit elliptical, narrowed into the 

 short pedicel, depressed at the apex and surmounted by the persistent 

 base of the style. — C. corymbosum, Schum. et Thonn. PI. Guin. 185. 

 C. leucophyllum, Don, DC. Prod. iii. 21. C. trigonoides, Pen*. • DC. 

 Prod. iii. 20. C. macrocarpum, Beauv. Fl. Owar. ii. 90, t. 118 (fruit). 



