426 lv. combretace2e (lawson). [ Combretum. 



17. C. fuscum, Planch, in Fl. Nigrit. 339. Shrub, climbing-, not 

 spinous j young* branches and flowers covered with rusty or fulvous 

 pubescence. Leaves opposite, petiolate, 4-8 in. long 1 , oblong- or ellip- 

 tical, shortly acuminate, pubescent when young. Flowers cloth-like, 

 in short dense paniculate spikes. Calyx-tube ovoid, limb tubular- 

 campanulate, teeth triangular acute. Petals minute, spathulate, white. 

 Fruit on short slender pedicels f in. long, suborbicular, notched at the 

 apex. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, T. Vogel! Grand Bassa, Ansell! Abbeokuta, 

 Dr. Irving ! 



18. C. cuspidatum, Planch, in Fl. Nigrit. 340. Shrub, climbing, 

 not spinous ; young branches pubescent at first, but soon becoming 

 glabrous. Leaves ovate-elliptical ovate or oblong, cuspidate or acu- 

 minate, rounded at the base, shortly petiolate, 3-6 in. long, 2-3 broad, 

 glabrous, frequently minutely dotted beneath. Flowers in cylindrical 

 paniculate spikes, rachis much flattened or grooved ; scented. Calyx- 

 tube very short, ovOid, limb cup- shaped with a few long hairs within, 

 glabrous on the outside, dark brown; teeth minute. Petals small, 

 nearly orbicular, reflexed, white. Fruit ? . . . 



Upper Guinea. Onitsha, Barter ! Sierra Leone, T. Vogel I Fernando Po, Mann ! 

 river Muni, Mann! 



19. C. mucronatum, Thonn. ; DC. Prod. iii. 20. Shrub 10-12 ft. 

 high, scandent; branches pubescent. Leaves opposite or subver- 

 ticillate, shortly petiolate, oval, 2-4 in. long, shortly acuminate, gla- 

 brous above, pubescent beneath, not lepidote. Flowers small, in 

 axillary and terminal panicles. Bracts -J in. long, foliaceous, ovate, 

 acute, hairy. Calyx-tube elliptical ; limb widely campanulate, glabrous 

 within ; teeth very short forming 4 cuspidate points. Petals minute, 

 very broadly and obtusely ovate from a wedge-shaped base. Fruit 

 sessile, orbicular, with an acute base, about 4 lines in diameter. — C. 

 Smeathmanni, Don in Linn. Trans, xv. 424. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia ! Abbeokuta, Barter I 



20. C. elseagnoides, Klotzsch in Peters' Mossamo. Bot. 73. A small 

 tree, 15-20 ft., branches virgate, pubescent ; bark silvery grey. Leaves 

 opposite, petiolate, about 5 in. long by 1J in. broad, dark chocolate 

 brown, glabrous above, pale and lepidote beneath. Flowers very small ; 

 racemes slender, cylindrical, densely lepidote. Calyx-limb campanu- 

 late and covered with large white circular scales. Petals unguiculate, 

 varying from broadly spathulate to orbicular. Fruit orbicular, emar- 

 ginate at the apex and cordate at the base, 8 lines to 1 in. long. 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 



Mozamb. Distr. Tette, Zambesi, Dr. Kirk ! 



The specimens from the hills of Angola have shorter and broader leaves. This 

 species is^ very closely allied to C. truncatum, from which it differs essentially in the 

 shape of its leaves, and especially in its non-glandular style. 



