Lumnitzera.'] COMBRETACEAE. 467 



2. ANOGEISSUS ACUMINATA, Wall. ; F. B. I. ii. 450 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 t. 16. Conocarpus acuminata, Roxb. ; W. & A. 316. 

 N. Circars, from Ganjam to Godavari, usually on river 

 banks, often cultivated. 



A large deciduous tree with rough dark grey bark and 

 drooping branches. Wood grey, shining, hard, not so good 

 in quality as that of A. latifolia. Yern. Ur. Pasi ; Tel. 

 Panchman, Pansi ; Tarn. Nunnera. 



3. Calycopteris, Lamk. 



A diffuse scandent shrub. Leaves opposite, entire, elliptic or 

 ovate. Flowers in dense axillary racemes, crowded in large 

 panicles towards the ends of the branches. Calyx-tube elongate, 

 5-striate, produced above the ovary; limb 5-lobed, the lobes 

 persistent, recurved or spreading, accrescent Petals 0. Stamens 

 10 in 2 series, short, 5 opposite to 5 alternate with the calyx- 

 lobes ; filaments subulate ; anthers didymous. Ovary inferior, 

 1 -celled ; ovules 3, pendulous ; style subulate ; stigma simple. 

 Fruit narrow, ovoid, 5-ribbed, 1-seeded, surmounted by the 

 enlarged calyx. Seed solitary ; cotyledons convolute. 



CALYCOPTERIS FLOBIBUNDA, Lamk.; F. B. I. ii. 449. Getonia 



floribunda, Roxb. Cor. PL t. 87 ; W. & A. 315. 



N". Circars and Deccan, in deciduous forests or along water- 

 courses up to 2,500 ft. 



A straggling shrub, often climbing, the wood of peculiar 

 structure. Vern. Ur. Kokundia ; Tel. Bandi rnurududu. 



$. Lumnitzera, Willd. 



Littoral glabrous shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, 

 coriaceous, obovate-cuiieate, entire or crenate, clustered towards 

 the ends of the branches. Flowers small, in axillary or terminal 

 racemes ; bracteoles 2, on the calyx-tube. Calyx-tube oblong, 

 produced above the ovary ; lobes 5, persistent. Petals 5, oblong, 

 spreading. Stamens 10, in 2 series, sometimes fewer, those of one 

 series often wholly or partially absent. Ovary 1 -celled, inferior ; 

 ovules 2-5, pendulous ; style subulate ; stigma simple. Fruit 

 woody, elliptic-oblong, crowned by the persistent calyx-lobes. 

 Seed solitary ; cotyledons convolute. 



