456 LVIII. COMBEETACEJI. (C. B. Clarke.) \_Gomlretum. 



A large scandent shrub. Leaves 4-6 in. (always large and generally more than 

 2 in. broad), even on the upper surface glandular-punctate and pubescent on the 

 nerves, only ultimately becoming glabrous ; petiole J-f in. Bracteoles often \ in., 

 linear, subpersistent. Calyx-teeth erect, short, triangular. Petals obovate, much 

 longer than the calyx. Disc and base of calyx within clothed with short hair. Fruit 

 l-l in. long and as broad, puberulous, brilliantly red or dark brown. 



10. C. Wallichii, DC. Prodr. iii. 21 ; leaves opposite elliptic or orbicular 

 acuminate adult glabrous beneath with tufts of yellow hair in the axils of the 

 main nerves, racemes rusty-puberulous undivided axillary solitary and approxi- 

 mated almost panicled in the uppermost axils, calyx shortly constricted above 

 the ovary then funnel-shaped or subcampanulate puberulous without. Wall. 

 Cat. 3999. 



NIPAL; Wallich. Interior of SIKKIM, alt. 4000-5000 ft. (Kulhait), C. B. Clarke. 



A scandent shrub. Leaves 2-4 in., glandular-punctate on both surfaces ; petiole 

 in. Bracteoles minute, fugacious. Calyx-tube filled densely with long hairs exsert 

 from the mouth, teeth short triangular suberect. Petals small, obovate. Fruit f-1 

 by 1J-1 in., rich dark -brown, puberulous. The tufts of hair are seen in all the 

 axils of the nerves beneath of C. Wallichii, in none of C. flagrocarpum ; also the 

 leaves of C. Wallichii are smaller and thinner than those of C. flagrocarpum : the 

 constricted part of the calyx-tube of C. Wallichii is shorter and the flower within 

 densely filled with fulvous hair; the bracteoles are different. As to Combretum 

 Wallichii, Hassk. in Flora 1844, p. 106, and Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. p. 608, which 

 these authors suggest to be allied to C. latifolium or C. Wightianum, it can only be 

 said that as they did not possess the fruit of C. Wallichii it is impossible to guess to 

 what species their remarks refer. 



tt Surface o/ the fruit between the wings glabrous, pubescent, or with sessile 

 glands, but not with elongate scales. 



11. C. squamosum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 231 ; leaves opposite lanceolate 

 to orbicular-elliptic acute adult glabrous, racemes lateral compound and ter- 

 minal glabrous but covered with round flat glandular scales, calyx-tube shortly 

 constricted above the ovary then funnel-shaped. Wall. Cat. 3987 ; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Sat. i. pt. i. 607. G. Don in Tram. Linn. Soc. xv. 438 (but Jlowers not 



' W. $ A. Prodr. 317 ; Kurz For. Fl. Brit. Burma i. 463. 0. lepidotum, 

 esl Bemerk. 142 (see Kurz in Flora 1871, p. 289). 



NORTHERN and EASTERN BENGAL near the foot of the mountains from NIPAL to 

 CHITTAGONG and thence to SINGAPORE ; plentiful. DISTRIB. Malaya to the Philip- 

 pines. 



A large scandent shrub. Leaves 4-6 in. from a broad base, prominently covered 

 with flat circular glandular scales on both surfaces, those on the upper surface some- 

 times ultimately disappear ; upper leaves usually much smaller and narrower, often 

 lanceolate. Axillary racemes usually divided, panicled, but on some branches all 

 undivided ; bracteoles subulate, fugacious, Calyx-teeth short, triangular. Petals ob- 

 ovate, small. Disc and base of calyx-tube within clothed with long fulvous hairs 

 which are not exserted. Fruit |-l in., sometimes broader than high or not ; clothed 

 between the wings with close flat round glands. 



VAR. aureum, Wall. Cat. 3988. C. malulsea, Wall. Cat. 3991 ; same as the type, 

 but turns a rich brown in drying. 



12. C. quadrang-ulare, Kurz in Joum. As Soc. Beng. ]874, pt. ii. 

 188 ; leaves subopposite lanceolate or elliptic attenuated into the petiole, racemes 

 lateral compound and terminal covered with round flat glandular scales, flowers 

 small, calyx-tube above the ovary canipanulate. C. attenuatum, Wall. Cat. 



