432 lv. combretace^ (lawson). [Combretum. 



C. molle, R. Br. in Salt. Herb. Abyss.; Terminalia hirta, Steud. in Hb. Schimp. 

 Abyss. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia! 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 



41. C. Petitianum, Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 266. Leaves opposite, very 

 shortly petiolate, 6-8 in. long", oval- oblong, acute, glabrous above or 

 sparingly lepidote, veins beneath covered with a rust-coloured pubes- 

 cence, intermediate portions glabrous. Flowers in nearly sessile spikes 

 from the axils of the upper leaves. Fruit shortly pedicellate, f in. long, 

 broadly and bluntly elliptical, lepidote within, hairy or shining. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 



Very closely allied to C. reticulatum, from whicb it differs in its opposite, not 

 whorled leaves, and in its rounder, smaller and not shining fruit. It is altogether a 

 less coarse-looking plant. 



42. C. reticulatum, Fresen. in Mus. Senck. ii. 154. Branches rough 

 and tomentose, thicker and smoother at the nodes. Leaves generally 3 

 in a whorl, shortly petiolate, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, pubescent above 

 when young, downy beneath, veins prominent; when falling off leaving 

 deep and unsightly scars. Flowering branches naked. Flowers small, 

 in short pedunculate woolly spikes, which are either fasciculate through 

 the non-development of the primary rachis, or borne in dwarfed pani- 

 cles from the axils of the old leaves. Petals minute, obovate, emar- 

 ginate, very concave. Fruit with pedicels 4 lines long, oblong, sub- 

 cordate, 1-1 J in. long, | in. wide, glabrous or very slightly puberulous, 

 shining. — C. adenogoninm, Steud., Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 266, No. 1799, 

 named C. reticulatum, in Schimp. Hb. Abyss, sect, ter.; No. 622 in Schimp 

 Hb. Abyss, sect, secund. is C. trichanthum. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Madi (7 34.5), Spehe and Grant I 



43. C. glutinosum, Terr, (non Hochst.) in Fl. Seneg. 288, t. 68. 

 Small tree, branching from the base ; s young branches furrowed, com- 

 pressed at the nodes, viscid. Leaves very variable, alternate, or sub- 

 opposite or verticillate, petiolate, broadly lanceolate oblanceolate or 

 elliptic, finely pubescent or glabrous, generally viscid when young. 

 Flowers pubescent, small, sessile, borne on short pedunculate axillary 

 spikes. Calyx-limb broadly campanulate, teeth broadly triangular. Petals 

 small, greenish white, unguiculate, obdeltoid, emarginate or almost orbi- 

 cular. Fruit pedicellate, elliptical, emarginate at the apex, 4-winged. 



Upper Guinea. Nupe, Barter! Senegal! 



North Central. Musgu, E. Vogel! 



Nile Land. Madi (No. 6) Spehe and Grant! 



44. C. argyrotrichum, Welm. mss. Herbaceous, simple, 1-2 ft. 

 high. Leaves opposite, 3-4J in. long by l|-2in. broad, nearly sessile, 

 oblong-lanceolate, covered with silky pubescence on both sides, and 

 coarsely and densely reticulated on the upper surface. Flowers in very 

 short pseudo-capitate spikes on peduncles at least 6 times shorter than 

 the leaves. Petals yellow, broadly obovate, fringed with hairs. Fruit 



