454 LVIII. COMBRETACEJ;. (C. B. Clarke.) [Combretum. 



petiole ^ in. Fruit ^-| in., glabrous. Herbarium twigs of this species are much 

 like whole plants of C. nanum, but the fruits are hardly half as long. 



** Fi-uit with 5 sharp angles. 



5. C. trifoliatum, Vent. Choir t. 58; leaves lanceolate or elliptic nar- 

 rowed at both ends glabrous, spikes lateral and terminal often compound rusty- 

 villous, calyx-tube hardly constricted above the ovary then urceolate silky. 

 G. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. 439 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Sat. i. pt. i. (810 ; Kurz. 

 For. Fl. Brit. Burma i. 461. 0. lucidum, Blume Bijd. 641. 0. undulatum 

 and 0. elegans. Wall. Cat. 3993, 4003. 0. subalternans, Wall. Cat. 4008? 

 Terminalia lancifolia, Griff. Notul. iv. 685. Embryogonia lucida, Blume Mus. 

 Bot. ii. t. 52. Oacoucia ? trifoliata, DC. Prodr. ii. 22. C. lucida, Hassk. in 

 Flora 1844, p. 607. 



TRANSGANGETIC PENINSULA from PEGU to SINGAPORE, alt. 0-1000 ft., frequent. 

 DISTRIB. Burma, Java. 



A scandent shrub. Leaves 2-4^ in., opposite, not seldom ternate, sometimes sub- 

 alternate, usually shining, the petiole ^-f in. (and sometimes the midrib) pubescent. 

 Bracteoles linear, small, early deciduous. Ovary sessile. Calyx-teeth lanceolate, erect. 

 Petals narrow, little exceeding the calyx. Disc and base of the calyx-tube within 

 covered with long hair. Fruit about l in., and half as broad, shining, black. 



SECT. II. Tetrag'onocarpus. Flowers 4-merous. Fruit with 4 ob- 

 tuse .or acute ridges, the ridges not expanded into thin papery wings. 



6. C. tetralophum, C. B. Clarke; leaves lanceolate glabrous or nearly 

 so, racemes in subtenninal panicles which are ferruginous and covered with 

 scales but only slightly villose, calyx-tube constricted above the ovary then 

 urceolate covered with ferruginous scales, fruit with very acute ridges. 



MALACCA, Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2195)=-Combretum No. 19 of Hk. f. $ T. 

 distrib. DISTRIB. Siam, Borneo. 



A scandent shrub. Leaves 4-5 in., opposite, shining, often with a little rusty hair 

 along the base of the midrib beneath ; young remotely glandular-punctate ; petiole 

 -f in. Bracteolts ^ in., soon deciduous. Constricted part of the calyx-tube nearly 

 as long as the young ovary, the teeth triangular erect covered without by close flat 

 sessile ferruginous glandular scales. Petals narrow, hardly exceeding the calyx-teeth.. 

 Disc and base of the calyx within densely covered by long fulvous hair. Fruit |-1 

 in. and half as broad, shining, black. This species in the fruit and leaves so much 

 resembles C. trifoliatum above that it has been mixed with it as a 4-fid variety : but 

 the flowers are altogether different, and there is not one 5-angled fruit on any of the 

 Kew specimens. 



7. C. tetrag-onocarpum, Kurz For. Fl. Brit. Burma i. 461 ; leaves, 

 elliptic obtuse coriaceous glabrous, spikes robust fulvous-villous axillary solitary 

 and in thin terminal panicles, calyx-tube and ovary rusty-villous, fruit with 

 four thick coriaceous prominent angles. 



Swamp forests of PEGU ; frequent, Kurz. 



A glabrous large scandent shrub. Leaves 3-5 in., younger remotely glandular- 

 punctate ; petiole less than \ in. Flowers small. Calyx-tube short ; limb cup-shaped 

 with 4 short acute teeth, scaly and pubescent without, densely villous within. Petals 

 minute. Fruit 1 in. and more, glabrous, pale brown, elliptic-ovate, the angles thick 

 coriaceous sharp prominent and almost winglike, much narrower than the diameter 

 of the nut. 



The example of this species communicated to Kew by KUM exhibits neither 

 fruit nor flowers ; the character of the species is therefore copied from Mr. Kurz_ 



