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COMBRETACEJi. VIII. CONOCARPUS. IX. LAGUNCULARIA. X. GUIERA. XL COMBRETUM. 



Erect Conocarpus. Clt. 1752. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



2 C. PROCU'MBENS (Jacq. amer. 79. t. 51. f. 2.) stems much 

 branched, procumbent ; leaves obovate, glabrous ; heads pani- 

 cled. ?j . S. Growing along with the last, and lying flat on 

 the ground. C. erecta var. /3, procumbens, D.C. prod. 3. p. 16. 



Procumbent Conocarpus. Clt. 1730. PI. prostrate. 



3 C. ACUTIFOLIA (Willd. in Rcem. et Schultes. syst. 5. p. 

 574.) stems erect ; leaves lanceolate, acute at both ends ; heads 

 of flowers solitary and axillary, or aggregate at the tops of the 

 branches ; branches pubescent. f? . S. Growing along with 

 the two preceding species. 



Acute-leaved Conocarpus. Clt. 1820. Shrub 5 to 8 feet. 



4 C. SERI'CEA (Forst. in herb. Lher.) leaves oblong, acumi- 

 nated at both ends, clothed with silky villi on both surfaces even 

 in the adult state ; heads panicled. 1? . S. Native of South 

 America ? C. erecta var. y sericea, D.C. prod. 3. p. 16. 



Silky Conocarpus. Shrub. 



SECT. II. LEIOCARPJE'A (from Xetoc, leios, smooth, and xapwoe, 

 karpos, a fruit). Fruit loosely imbricated backwards, amply 

 winged on the margins, and ending in a short acumen at the 

 apex. Tube of calyx stretched out a little beyond the ovarium. 

 African species. 



5 C. LEIOCA'RPA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 16.) leaves oval, "landless, 

 glabrous, hardly pubescent on the nerve beneath ; heads axil- 

 lary, pedunculate, solitary ; fruit quite glabrous. ^ . S. Na- 

 tive of Senegal and Gambia. 



Smooth-fruited Conocarpus. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



SECT. III. ANOGEI'SSUS (from ava, ana, upwards, and ytitr- 

 oov, geisson, a tile ; in reference to the scale-like fruit being 

 imbricated upwards in the heads). D. C. prod. 3. p. 16. 

 Fruit imbricated upwards, drawn out into a long acumen at 

 the apex. Tube of calyx drawn out beyond the ovarium, and 

 so slender as to give the limb the appearance of being pedicel- 

 late. Indian species. 



6 C. ACUMINA'TA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 34.) leaves glandless ; 

 heads axillary, pedunculate, solitary ; fruit clothed with adpres- 

 sed villi. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies, where it is called 

 panch-maun. Andersonia acuminata, Roxb. herb. Leaves el- 

 liptic, acute, glabrous above, and clothed with adpressed down 

 beneath. Heads globose, shorter than the leaves. 



Acuminated Conocarpus. Shrub. 



f A species not sufficiently known. 



7 C. LATIFOLIA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 34.) Jj . S. Native 

 of the East Indies. Leaves glandless, quite glabrous, elliptic, 

 apiculated by a mucrone. Heads solitary, globose, on short vel- 

 vety peduncles. Perhaps the same as C. latif olia, Roxb. 



Broad-leaved Conocarpus. Shrub. 



Cult. See Bucida for culture and propagation, p. 657. 



Tribe II. 



COMBRETE/E (plants agreeing with Combretum in the 

 flowers being furnished with petals). Flowers hermaphrodite, 

 with 4-5 petals and 8-10 stamens. 



IX. LAGUNCULARIA (meaning not explained). Gaertn. 

 fruct. 3. p. 209. t. 217. D. C. prod. 3. p. 17. Spenocarpus, 

 Rich. anal. fr. p. 92. Conocarpus species of Lin. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Monogynia. Limb of calyx perma- 

 nent, somewhat campanulate, 5-toothed ; teeth obtuse. Petals 

 5, minute, spreading, caducous. Stamens 10, disposed in two 

 series, inclosed. Style subulate. Stigma capitate. Fruit with 

 5 unequal ribs, coriaceous, crowned by the calyx, valveless, 

 1 -seeded. Cotyledons convolute. Radicle very long. A tree or 

 shrub, with opposite leaves and opposite spikes of bractless 

 flowers. Seed germinating within the nut. 



1 L. RACEMOSA (Gaertn. 1. c.) leaves elliptic, obtuse, gla- 

 brous ; flowers racemose ; calyxes clothed with white tomentum. 

 J? . S. Native of Guiana, Brazil, and the West Indies, in 

 marshes by the sea side. Conocarpus racemosa, Lin. spec. 251. 

 Jacq. amer. 80. t. 53. Swartz, obs. 79. Schousboa commutiita, 

 Spreng. syst. 2. p. 332. Sloane, hist. t. 187. f. 1. 



Racemose- flowered Laguncularia. Clt. 1822. Sh. or tree. 



Cult. See Bucida for culture and propagation, p. 657. 



X. GUIE'RA (Guier is the name of the tree in Senegal). 

 Juss. gen. 320. Lam. ill. t. 360. D. C. prod. 3. p. 17. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Monogynia. Tube of calyx oblong, 

 slender, somewhat cylindrical, with a tubular campanulate 5- 

 toothed limb. Petals 5, oblong-linear, small. Stamens 10, ex- 

 serted ; anthers globose. Ovary oblong. Style 1, filiform. 

 Capsule narrow, pentagonal, 1 -celled, 1-5-seeded. Seeds hang- 

 ing by a thread, oblong. Cotyledons convolute ? A shrub, 

 with opposite ovate entire leaves. Flowers crowded into spicate 

 heads, sessile along the rachis, with large foliaceous bracteas at 

 the base of the head of flowers, and other small ones at the base 

 of the flowers. 



1 G. SENEOALE'NSIS (Lam. ill. t. 360. Poir. suppl. 2. p. 861.) 

 Jj . S. Native of Senegal. Leaves dotted beneath. Heads of 

 flowers girded by a 4-leaved involucrum. Calycine tube or fruit 

 bearded. 



Senegal Guiera. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



Cult. See Bucida for culture and propagation, p. 657. 



XI. COMBRETUM (a name given by Pliny to a climbing 

 plant, but to what plant is not at present known). Loefl. itin. p. 

 308. Lin. gen. no. 457. Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 176. t. 36. G. Don, 

 in Lin. trans. 15. p. 413. D.C. prod. 2. p. 18. jE'tia, Adans. 

 fam. 2. p. 84. Poivrea, Comm. Cristaria, Sonn. voy. ind. 2. 

 t. 140. but not of Cav. 



LIN. SYST. Octo-Decdiidria, Monogynia. Calyx with a 4-5- 

 toothed (f. 89. a.) deciduous limb. Petals 4-5 (f. 89. 6.), inserted 

 at the top of the calyx. Stamens 8-10, exserted. Ovary 2-5- (f. 

 89. e.) -ovulate. Style filiform (f. 89. d.). Fruit 4-5-winged. 

 Seed 1, pendulous. Climbing or erect shrubs, rarely herbs, with 

 entire, opposite or tern, rarely alternate leaves. Spikes solitary 

 or twin, axillary, and terminal, opposite, or 3 or 4 in a whorl, 

 usually disposed in a terminal panicle. Flowers bracteate, almost 

 sessile, rarely pedicellate. Petals scarlet, red, white, rarely 

 orange. 



SECT. I. EUCOMBRE'TUM (from eu, well or good, and combre- 

 tum ; this section contains what are considered the genuine 

 species of the genus). Calyx 4-toothed. Corolla 4-petalled. 

 Stamens 8. Fruit 4-winged. Cotyledons reflexed by a plait in 

 the middle ? 



1. Calyx campanulate. Spikes axillary and terminal. 

 Flowers secund. 



1 C. SECC'NDUM (Jacq. amer. 103. t. 176. f. 30. ed. pict. p. 

 53. t. 260. f. 26. G. Don, in Lin. trans. 15. p. 419.) climbing, 

 glabrous ; branches sub-quadrangular * leaves ovate-lanceolate ; 

 calyxes and ovaries covered with resinous dots ; petals scale- 

 formed, elliptic, mucronate, cucullate. fj . w . S. Native of 

 Guiana and the Island of Trinidad. Lam. ill. t. 282. f. 1. C. 

 elegans, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 109. C. l<ixum, 

 Aubl. guian. 1. p. 251. t. 137. Flowers large, secund. Petals 

 yellow, a little shorter than the calycine teeth. Calyx covered 

 with rusty dots outside. Stamens scarlet, disposed in one series, 

 nearly an inch long. 



(Secund-flowered Combretum. Clt. 1818. Sh. cl. 



2 C. OXYPE'TALUM (G. Don, in Lin. trans. 15. p. 420.) climb- 

 ing, glabrous ; branchlets somewhat quadrangular ; leaves ob- 



