458 LVIII. COMBRETACEJ!. (C. B. Clarke.) [Combretum. 



both surfaces ; petiole -f in. Raceme often subterminal and solitary, 6-7 in. with a 

 peduncle 1-2 in. ; bracteoles T 3 g in., linear-spathulate. Calyx-teeth triangular, erect. 

 Petals narrow-obovate, far exceeding the sepals. Disc and base of calyx within 

 covered by long fulvous hairs. 



16. C. ovalifolium, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 28, Fl. Ind. ii. 256; leave* 

 opposite ovate to lanceolate glabrous or nearly so, racemes lateral much divided 

 and terminal, young ovary and calyx without very glandular and slightly pubes- 

 cent, calyx-tube shortly constricted above the ovary then widely campanulate. 

 W. $ A. Pi-odr. 317 ; Wight in Hook. Sot. Misc. iii. p. 86 with a figure ; 

 Dak. 8? Gibs. Bomb. FL 90. 0. Heyneanum, Wall. Cat. 4001. 0. Rox- 

 burghii and 0. albidum, G. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. 429. 0. laxum, Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 230. C. Wightianum, Thw. JEnum. 103 in part. 0. Thwaites- 

 ianum, Heurck $ Mull. Arg. Obs. Bot. 238. 



Throughout the DECCAN PENINSULA, common ; and in CEYLON. 



A large scandent shrub, nearly glabrous. Leaves typically 4^ by 3 in., but often 

 shorter and much .narrower, shining, quite glabrous or more rarely with some brown 

 hair about the base of the midrib beneath ; petiole ^ in. Bracteoles minute ; buds 

 subglobose, obtuse. Calyx-teeth triangular, acute, reflexed. Petals narrowly obovate, 

 scarcely exceeding the calyx. Disc and base of the calyx within with much long 

 hair. Fruit in. long and nearly the same in breadth, dark brown, nearly glabrous. 

 Mr. Thwaites has sent to Kew (under number 1601, named C. Wightianum) two 

 plants, viz., C. ovalifolium Poxb. and C. extensum Eoxb. ; upon which Van Heurck 

 and Mull. Arg. have founded two new species. 



SECT. IV. Quisqualoides. Fruit with 4 membranous wings. Calyx 

 constricted above the ovary and then produced into a cylindrical tube -| in., 

 terminated by a short campanulate 4-fid limb. 



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17. C. extensum, Eoxb. Hort. B&ng. 28, FL Ind. ii. 229; leaves 

 opposite ovate or elliptic acute glabrous or nearly so, racemes lateral rarely 

 divided often elongate and terminal subpaniculate, young ovary (and calyx 

 without) puberulo-pubescent, calyx-teeth triangular acuminate reflexed, buds 

 ovate very acute. Wall. Cat. 3996 ; G. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. 422 ; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 608 ; Kurz For. Fl. Brit. Burma i. 463. 0. rotun- 

 difolium, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 226 ; Wall. Cat. 3995. 0. Wightianum, Wall. 

 Cat. 4007 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 317 ; Wight Ic. t. 227 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 90. 0. Horsfieldii, Miq. I.e. 609; Kurz in Flora 1871, p. 289. 0. platy- 

 phyllum, Heurck 8f Muell. Arg. Obs. Bot. 242 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1874, 

 pt. ii. 188. C. macrostachyum, Wall. Cat. 3997. 0. latifolium, Blume Bijd. 

 641 ; Miq. 1. c. 609. 0. leucanthum, Heurck # Mull. Arg. Obs. Bot. 240. 

 C. formosum, Griff. Notul. iv. 682,/<7e Kurz.Eheede Hort. Mai. vii. t. 23. 



DECCAN PENINSULA. CEYLON. TRANSGANGETIC PENINSULA from SILHET to 

 SINGAPORE. DISTRIB. Malaya. 



A large scandent shrub, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 4-8 (sometimes 10 in.) 

 punctate on both surfaces when young ; petiole usually short but sometimes 1 in. 

 Racemes very thickly covered with flowers, sometimes hort but generally elongate 

 4-6 in. Calyx with a ring of hairs at the base within, but not entirely filled by long 

 hair. Petals narrow-obovate, slightly exceeding the calyx. Fruit \\ in. and nearly 

 as broad, puberulo-glandular or nearly glabrous. 



18. C. sundaicum, Miq. FL Ind. Bat. Suppl. 327 ; leaves opposite ovate 

 or oblong suddenly acuminate mature nearly glabrous, spikes subglobose dense 

 in ample terminal panicles, young ovary and calyx without punctate-glandular 



