450 LVIII. COMBRETACEJ;. (C. B. Clarke.) [Calycopteris. 



ii. 428 ; Wall. Cat. 4012 ; Miq. 1. c. ; DC. Prodr. iii. 15. Getonia nitida, Roth 

 Nov. Sp. 217. Combretuin sericeum, Wall, in Herb. Calc. 



On hot hills, alt. 500-2500 ft., abundant throughout the DECCAN and from ASSAM 

 to SINGAPORE. 



A dense shrub 6-12 ft. high, often gregarious, diffuse with drooping branches, not 

 at all scandent, generally rusty villous ; in the variety nitida of Both the upper sur- 

 face of the leaves is glabrous shining. Leaves 2-5 in., not narrowed into the petiole 

 which is - in. Panicles often large and then more or less nodding. Flowers very 

 like those of Terminated and hardly larger. Base of stamens and style pilose or gla- 

 brous. Calyx-lobes in fruit |-1 in. long, broad-lanceolate, becoming more or less 

 papery, sometimes transparent showing conspicuously the veins. Fruit itself less than 

 \ in. long. Kurz, in Journ. As. Soc. 1877 5 pt. ii. 59, divides this shrub into two 

 species, viz. : 



1. C. nutans; leaves pubescent rarely almost glabrous, longer stamens -| as long 

 as the calyx-lobes. 



2. C. floribunda ; leaves glabrous, longer stamens as long as the long bluntish 

 calyx-lobes. 



3. ANOOEISSUS, Wall. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or falsely opposite, petioled, entire. 

 Flowers in dense globose heads, on axillary peduncles much shorter than the 

 leaves. Calyx-tube long attenuated above the ovary, subpersistent ; limb small 

 with 5 lobes, deciduous. Petals 0. Stamens 10 in two series. Ovary inferior, 

 1-celled ; style filiform, simple ; ovules 2 pendulous from the top of the cell. 

 Fruits small, coriaceous, compressed 2-winged, packed horizontally into dense 

 heads. Seed I ; cotyledons convolute. DISTKIB. Species 5 : of which one is 

 Tropical African, the other four Indian. 



1. A. latifolia, Wall. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 1. 15 ; leaves broad elliptic obtuse 

 at both ends, peduncles 1 or more from the same axil often branched, bracteoles 

 inconspicuous, ripe fruits shining glabrous the beak as long as the nucleus or 

 longer. Wall. Cat. 4016; Brand. For. FL 227. Conocarpus latifolia, DC. 

 Prodr. iii. 17 ; Roxb. Sort. Beng. 34 and Fl Ind. ii. 442 ; Royle HI. t. 45 ; 

 W. $ A. Prodr. 316 ; Wight Ic. t. 994 ; Date. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 91 ; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 605. Andersonia altissima, Herb. Madr. 



From the HIMALAYA to CEYLON ; very common, ascending to 3000 ft. Not in the 

 Transgangetic Peninsula. 



Attains 80 ft., but usually occurs as a small tree ; leafless during most of the hot 

 season. Leaves sometimes 5 in. with a petiole in., usually much smaller, sometimes 

 acute, never acuminate. Innovations and peduncles more or less rusty-pubescent. 

 Fruit sometimes f in. (excluding the beak) by in. including the wings, usually 

 smaller, more or less rusty-pubescent when young. 



VAB. glabra ; leaves glabrous beneath. 



VAH. villosa ; leaves small densely rusty villose on both surfaces. Mysore, C. B. 

 Clarice. 



VAB. parvifolia ; leaves small (^ in.) silky pubescent. Central Provinces. Brandis 

 For. Fl. 228. 



2. A. acuminata, Wall. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 16; leaves elliptic or ob- 

 long acute at both ends villous or pubescent beneath, peduncles solitary (rarely 

 clustered) very rarely divided, ripe fruits shining glabrous. Wall. Cat. 4014 ; 

 Brand. For. Fl. 228; Kurz For. Fl. Brit. Burma i. 466. A. hirta, Wall. 

 Cat. 4016. Conocarpus acuminata, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 34 and Fl. Ind. ii. 443 ; 

 W. 8f A. Prodr. 316 ; DC. Prodr. iii. 17 and Mem. Combr. t. 3 j Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. i. pt. i. 605. 



