Combretum.] lv. combretace^ (lawson). 429 



aggregated scales beneath which are white with a dark centre. Flowers ? 

 Fruit 2 in. by If in., nearly orbicular, generally emarginate at the apex 

 and obtuse at the base, chocolate coloured, pedicels about J in. long. 



Lower Guinea. Hills of Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! Growing at the height of 

 about 3500 ft. 



29. C. apiculatum, Sond. Fl. Capensis, ii. 510. Small tree. Branches 

 round, glabrous. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, elliptic or ellip- 

 tical-oblong, 2J-- 3 in. long, 1J-1J in. broad, reHexed at the apex, 

 glabrous. Flowers in solitary spikes as long as the leaves. Calyx- 

 limb campanulate. Petals minute, obovate, fringed with hairs, yellow. 

 Fruit cordate-ovate, 1— 1J in. long, 9 lines broad, lepidote, golden 

 yellow, pedicels 3-6 lines long. (Description from Sonder.) 



Var. a. Leaves glabrous on both sides, 3-6 in. long. Fruit pedicellate, 1^ in. long, 

 f in. broad, shining and viscid, oblong or broadly elliptical -slightly emarginate. Pedicels 

 nearly 6 lines long. 



Var. /3. Leaves at least when young puberulous. Fruit pedicellate, 1-1^ in. long, 

 | in. broad, broadly elliptical. Pedicels 4-6 lines long. 



Mozamb. Distr. Between Tette and the sea, Zambesi, Dr. Kirk! 



C. apiculatum is a Natal species, the true form of which is not reported from Tropical 

 Africa. I believe the different specimens above described to be only varieties, but as I 

 have seen no flowers, they may, on further investigation, prove distinct. 



30. C. anisopterum, Welw. mss. Tree-like shrub, 6-8 ft. Leaves 

 opposite, shortly petiolate, 1\ in. long by 7 lines broad, ovate or ob- 

 ovate, downy. Flowers in very short densely-flowered spikes, often 

 staminate only, glabrous. Calyx-tube acutely triangular, limb cyathi- 

 form with very obscure teeth. Petals unguiculate, obovate, yellow. 

 Fruit with slender pedicels 4-5 lines long, obovate-elliptical, emargi- 

 nate, shortly tipped with the persistent base of the style. Wings 

 usually 3, sometimes 4, unequal. Nut globular. 



Lower Guinea. Hills of Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! Growing at the height of 

 5000 ft. 



31. C. dipterum, Welw. mss. Tree, 30-60 ft. Leaves alternate, 

 petiolate, 4^- in. long, If in. broad, or 3 in. by 1 J in., ovate, shortly acu- 

 minate, glabrous save on the petioles. Flowers white, in small long- 

 peduncled heads. Calyx-tube broadly lanceolate, attenuate at both 

 ends, clothed with long dense hispid pubescence ; limb cyathiform, with 

 very shallow rounded lobes, glabrous on the outside. Petals unguicu- 

 late, obovate-orbicular, white turning yellow. Fruit in dense heads 

 about 7 lines long, oval, attenuate at the base, notched at the apex, on 

 radiating pedicels about 6 lines long, generally 2, more rarely 

 3 or 4-winged. 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! Growing at the height of 2000 ft. 

 Var. attenuata, Welw. mss., has a smaller fruit with a gradually prolonged apex. 



32. C. Kirkii, Laws. Climbing shrubs ; young branches sparingly 

 lepidote. Leaves opposite, obovate from a cuneate base, 3-4 in. long, 

 1-1J in. broad, petioles \ in. long. Flowers in spikes from the base of 



