434 lv. combretace2E (lawson). [Cacoucia. 



Leaves opposite, ovate-elliptical, shortly petiolate, obscurely cordate at 

 the base, at length glabrous. Flowers in vast leafy panicles, covered 

 with long silky pubescence ; bracts and bracteoles ovate, acuminate, 

 large, almost hiding the flowers, persistent.. Calyx-tube pentagonal, 

 limb tubular-campanulate, f in. long ; teeth 5, subulate. Disk situated 

 low down a little above the base, and consisting of long silky hairs 

 arranged in tufts ; glabrous below the disk, villous above it. Petals 5, 

 lanceolate from an ovate base, nearly twice as long as the teeth. Sta- 

 mens 10. Fruit samaroid, 5-winged, broadly elliptical, disk linear, 

 wings ample/ thin and fragile, puberulous. 



Upper Guinea. Old Calabar, Thomson and Mann ! 



Lower Guinea. Dr. Welwitsch! 



This species is readily recognised by the silky pubescence of the flowering shoots. 



2. C. paniculata, Laws. Shrub twining to the height of 20 ft. 

 Flowering branches puberulous. Leaves oblong-elliptical, very shortly 

 acuminate, not cordate at the base, shortly petiolate, glabrous. Flowers 

 puberulous, stalked, in gigantic panicles ; tracteoles shorter than the 

 flowers, deciduous. Calyx-tube 5-gonal, limb tubular-campanulate, 

 ljin. long, teeth triangular, base of the limb slightly gibbous and 5- 

 lobed. Disk situated a little above the base of the limb, and consisting 

 of a membrane forming 5 pockets, glabrous below the disk, sparingly 

 pubescent above. Petals 5, obovate, rather acute. Stamens 10. 

 Fruit ? . . . 



Upper Guinea. Onitsha, Barter I Gaboon river, Mann I 



3. C. bracteata, Laws. Shrub, twining 10-15 ft. high ; branches 

 round, puberulous. Leaves ovate, shortly acuminate, cordate at the 

 base, shortly petiolate, glabrous. Flowers in simple racemes, showy ; 

 bracts large, ovate, light yellow. Calyx -tube stalked, almost cylin- 

 drical, 5-angled; limb tubular-campanulate, slightly gibbous and 

 lobed below, nearly 2 in. long, teeth 5, broadly triangular. Disk situ- 

 ated about | in. above the base of the limb, and consisting of a ring of 

 hairs ; part below the disk glabrous, part above puberulous. Petals 5, 

 obovate. Stamens 10. Fruit samaroid, 5-winged, orbicular, If in. 

 long ; disk very narrow, wings ample, very thin and fragile, pube- 

 rulous. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Barter t Mann 1 Cameroon Mountains, Mann I 

 Lower Guinea. Angola, Dr. Welwitsch I 



4. C. coccinea, Aubl. ; DC. Prod. iii. 22. Climbing shrubs, young- 

 branches round, puberulous, or villose. Leaves elliptical or. oblong- 

 elliptical, shortly acuminate, cordate and slightly unequal at the base, 

 very shortly petiolate, glabrous. Flowers in gigantic upright woolly 

 racemes; bracts small. Calyx-tube pentagonal, slightly narrowed 

 above ; limb tubular-campanulate, 1J in. long, densely woolly, teeth 5, 

 subulate, from a broad base ; disk close to the base of the limb, con- 

 sisting of a ring of hairs ; glabrous below the disk, puberulous above it. 



