L. ehizopiioi^k.t:. 109 



petals ; anthers linear or sai^ittate. Ovary 2-4-celled ; ovules 

 2 in each cell ; style nearly as long as the stamens ; stigma 

 2-4-toothed. Fruit crowned by the calyx-lobes, at length 

 perforated by the germinating embryo. Seed exalbuminous. 

 — Fl. Cap. \\. p. 514. 



Trees and shrubs of muddy seashores, in warm countries. — B. gymno- 

 rhiza^ Lam., grows near Natal. 



3. WEIHEA, Spr. 



Calyx free, deeply 4-5-parted, the lobes valval e. Petals 

 4-5, inserted within the calyx-tube, wedge-shaped, palmately 

 multifid-lacerate. Stamens 20-30, inserted below the petals, 

 1-seriate ; filaments subulate ; anthers oblong, erect, 2-celled. 

 Ovary free, sessile, globose, 3-celled ; ovules 2 in each cell, 

 pendulous ; style simple, persistent ; stigma 3-toothed. Berry 

 dry, girt by the persistent calyx, 3-4-celled, at length dehis- 

 cent. Seeds solitary in each cell, albuminous. — Spr. Si/st. ii. 

 594. E,icha?ia, Thouars. Anstrutheria, Gard. in Cede. Journ. 

 iv. p. 344. t. 4 ; Wcilp. Ann. ii. ^. 173. 



African and Asiatic trees or shrubs, not strictly littoral, but growing near 

 the sea. Leaves opposite, witli interpetiolar, deciduous stipules, and axil- 

 lary flowers. Mr. Gerrard has recently sent from Natal a species of this 

 genus, nearly allied to W. Madagascariensis, if it be not the same ; its 

 leaves are ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, denticulate, and flowers axillary, 

 shortly pedicelled, the pedicels 2-bracted at base. Calyx-lobes silky outside ; 

 stamens about 20. 



Oeder LI. COMBRETACEiE, 



Flowers either unisexual or bisexual. Calyx-tube adnate to 

 the ovary, limb 4-5-lobed. Petals inserted "^at the summit of 

 the calyx-tube. Stamens as many or twice as many as the 

 petals. Ovary inferior, 1-celled; ovules few, pendulous; 

 style filiform. Emit a winged or ribbed dry drupe. — Trees or 

 shrubs, wdth simple, entire, exstipulate leaves. Plowers in 

 spikes racemes or heads. 



Flowers without petals ], Tekminalia. 



Flowers with 4-5 petals. 



Calyx short, 4-tootlied. Petals 4. Stamens 8 . . 2. Combeetum, 

 Calyx short, 5-Iobed. Petals 5. Stamens 10 . . , 3. Poiveea. 

 Calyx with a very long, slender tube, 5-toothed. Pe- 

 tals 5. Stamens 10 4. Quisqualis, 



Tribe 1. TEEMmALiE.^. 



1. TERMINALIA, Linn. 



Flowers often polygamous. Calyx-limb deciduous, bell- 

 shaped, 5-cleft; lobes acute. Petals 0. Stamens 10, in a 



