AnisopJiyllea.~\ LVII. RHIZOPHOREJ:. (G. Henslow.) 44$ 



styles 4 ?, minute, densely hairy. FEMALE FL. Calyx-limb partially lined with a disk, 

 lobes each bearing a minute rudimentary stamen ; anthers dehiscing in bud ? Styles 

 4, spreading, subulate, densely hairy. Drupe narrowly pyriform, 3 by l in. 



OKDER LVIII. COITCBRETACEJE. (By C. B. Clarke, F.L.S.) 



Trees, or shrubs often climbers. Leaves alternate subopposite or opposite, 

 sometimes ternate, petioled, entire, simple (in llligera 3-foliolate) ; stipules 0. 

 Floivers bracteolate at base, in the tribe Gyrocarpece cymose ; in the Combretece 

 spicate or racemose (the racemes often panicled) ; not rarely polygamo-moncecious. 

 Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary and produced above it (sometimes to a great 

 length), the limb of 4-5 (rarely 4-7) valvate lobes. Petals 4-5 or (rarely 

 6-7). Stamens 4-5 or 8-10 on the calyx ; in the Gyrocarpece the filaments 

 have staminodes attached at the base, and the anthers dehisce by recurved 

 lateral valves. Ovary altogether inferior 1-celled ; style simple, stigma simple 

 or in llligera sinuate almost lobed ; ovules 1-7 (usually 2-3) pendulous from 

 the apex of the cell. Fruit coriaceous or drupaceous, generally indehiscent, 

 ovate, angular or very commonly winged ; in Calycopteris and Gyrocarpus 

 crowned by the greatly enlarged calyx. Seed 1, without albumen ; cotyledons 

 in Terminalia and others convolute ; in Combretum and others plano-convex. 

 DISTKIB. Species 240, in the tropics of the whole world ; and in S. Africa out- 

 side the tropic. 



SUBORDER I. Combreteae. Calyx-lobes valvate. Stamens without glands 

 or staminodes at their base ; anthers dehiscing by a longitudinal slit. Ovules 2-7, 

 suspended by long funicles. Flowers racemose or spicate. 



* Petals 0. Calyx-limb (except in Calycopteris) deciduous. 



Flowers spiked or racemed. Calyx-limb deciduous 1. TERMINALIA. 



Calyx-limb much accrescent on the fruit 2. CALYCOPTERIS. 



Flowers capitate. Calyx-limb deciduous 3. ANOGEISSUS. 



** Petals 5-4 (except in Combretum apetaluni). 

 f Calyx limb persistent. 



Leaves alternate. Growing with the Mangroves 4. LTTMNITZERA. 



tt Calyx-limb deciduous. 



Calyx-tube above the ovary less than ^ in. long 5. COMBRETUM. 



Calyx-tube above the ovary more than \ in. long 6. QUISQUALIS. 



SUBORDER II. G-yrocarpeae. Calyx-lobes valvate or imbricate. Stamens 

 with glands or staminodes at their base ; anthers opening by recurved lateral 

 valves. Ovule 1, suspended by a short funicle. Flowers cymose. 



Scandent. Leaves 3-foliolate . 7- ILLIGERA. 



Erect tree. Leaves entire or lobed . , 8. GTROCARPUS. 



1. TER1TCINALIA, Linn. 



Large trees. Leaves alternate or subopposite, exstipulate, entire or slightly 

 crenulate, often with glands on the petiole or near the base of the midrib beneath. 

 Flowers small spicate, the racemes spikes sometimes panicled, hermaphrodite 

 or the upper flowers on the racemes males ; a narrow bract at the base of each 



