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COMBRETACE.E. XI. COMBRETUM. 



Native of the West India Islands. Lam. ill. t. 282. f. 1. Locfl. 

 itin. p. 308. Flowers small, white. Stamens long, inserted in 

 the bottom of the calyx. 



iooie-flowered Combrctum. Shrub cl. 



20 C. MKXICA'NTM (Humb. et Bonpl. pi. aequin. 2. p. 156. 

 t. 132.) humble, glabrous ; young branches compressed ; leaves 

 elliptic, membranous, rather cordate at the base ; spikes dis- 

 posed in the manner of a panicle, clothed with rusty tomentum, 

 short, many-flowered ; petals somewhat reniform, shorter than 

 the calyx. Ti . S. Native of Mexico, near Acapulco, by the 

 sea-side. Flowers sub-secund, with the petals and stamens 

 white and the anthers yellow. Stamens 3-times the length of 

 the calyx. 



Mexican Combretum. Shrub 6 feet. 



21 C. OBTUSIFOLIUM (Rich, act. soc. hist. nat. par. 1791. p. 

 108.) leaves obovate, obtuse, quite glabrous; peduncles ter- 

 minal and axillary, of many spikes ; branches clothed with rufous 

 pubescence ; calyx pubescent ; stamens hardly exserted. T? . S. 

 Native of Cayenne. Leaves almost elliptic. Very like C. 

 Mexicanum. 



Obtuse-leaved Combretum. Shrub. 



22 C. PULCHE'LLUM (Mart. mss. G. Don, in Lin. trans. 15. 

 p. 428.) climbing, puberulous ; leaves elliptic, oblong, brown- 

 ish beneath ; spikes disposed in the manner of a panicle ; 

 calyxes and peduncles clothed with fuscous villi ; petals rather 

 reniform, reflexed. f? . w . S. Native of Brazil, at the Rio 

 Negro. Flowers small, scarlet. Petals a little longer than the 

 calyx, reflexed. Stamens 3-times the length of the calyx. 



Neat Combretum. Shrub cl. 



23 C. BUGI (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 247. t. 130.) climbing; 

 leaves elliptic, bluntly acuminated, glabrous ; calycine tube cy- 

 lindrical ; spikes disposed in the manner of a panicle, on short 

 peduncles ; petals roundish. J; . ,_,. S. Native of Brazil, on 

 the banks of the Rio St. Francisco, in the western part of the 

 province of Minas Geraes, in the Certao or great desert, where 

 it is called Bugi. Flowers polygamous; calyx downy; petals 

 yellow. 



Bugi Combretum. Shrub cl. 



24 C. RACEMOSUM (Beauv. fl. d'ow. 2. p. 90. t. 118. f. 1.) 

 climbing, glabrous ; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, shining ; panicle 

 of many spikes ; spikes elongated, tufted at the apex ; petals 

 lanceolate, obtuse. J? . w . S. Native of Benin, on the west 

 coast of Africa. Flowers middle-sized, white, on short pedicels. 

 Petals much longer than the calyx. Stamens very long. 



.Racemose-flowered Combretum. Fl.Feb.Jul. Clt.1826. Sh.cl. 



25 C. A'LBIDUM (G. Don, in Lin. trans. 15. p. 429.) climbing, 

 glabrous ; leaves on long petioles, oblong, obtuse, or somewhat 

 orbicular, dotted and green above, and white beneath ; panicle 

 of many spikes ; spikes crowded with flowers ; calyxes pubes- 

 cent ; petals small, fy . w . S. Native of the East Indies. C. 

 laxum, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 88. Stamens very long. 



W toe-leaved Combretum. Shrub cl. 



26 C. NA'NUM (Hamilt. mss. inD. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 219.) 

 humble, erect ; leaves oblong or ovate, obtuse, glabrous ; spikes 

 simple and sometimes branched at the base ; calyxes pubescent; 

 petals ovate, obtuse. Tj . S. Native of Nipaul. Flowers 

 small, white. Stamens very long. 



Dwarf Combretum. Clt. 1825. Shrub A to 1 foot. 



27 C. ROXBU'RGHII (G. Don, in Lin. trans. 15. p. 429.) climb- 

 ing, glabrous ; leaves ovate, obtuse ; panicle composed of many 

 loose-flowered spikes ; rachis and calyxes pubescent. tj . w . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Leaves pubescent when young. 



Roxburgh's Combretum. Shrub cl. 



28 C. ODORA'TUM (Pav. mss. in herb. Lamb. G. Don, in 

 Lin. trans. 15. p. 430.) climbing ; branchlets puberulous; leaves 

 oblong or obovate-oblong, rounded, and somewhat emarginate 



at the apex, coriaceous, glabrous ; panicle composed of many- 

 spikes ; spikes crowded with flowers ; petals reniform. Tj . w . S. 

 Native of Guayaquil. Flowers red or scarlet. Stamens 3-times 

 the length of the calyx. 



Sweet-scented Combretum. Shrub cl. 



29 C. GLUTINOSUM (Perr. in litt. D. C. prod. 3. p. 21.) un- 

 armed, erect, arboreous, glabrous ; leaves somewhat verticillate, 

 ovate, petiolate, coriaceous, mucronate ; racemes branched at 

 the base or twin, elongated, bractless. (j . S. Native of Sene- 

 gal. Flowers yellow, on different branches from the leaf-bearing 

 ones. Branches as well as the young leaves clammy. 



Clammy Combretum. Shrub. 



30 C. PYRAMIDA'TUM (Desv. in Hamilt. prod. fl. ind. occ. p. 

 35.) branches complanate, rather greyish ; leaves obovate, some- 

 what emarginate, mucronulate ; capsule pyramidal, with acute 

 angles, not winged. Tj . S. Native of Guiana. The rest un- 

 known. 



Pyramidal-capsuled Combretum. Shrub. 



31 C. PU'BERUM (Rich, in act. soc. hist. nat. par. 1791. p. 

 108.) climbing, glabrous ; leaves oblong, coriaceous, rather cor- 

 date at the base, shining above ; panicle terminal, composed of 

 many spikes ; branches, rachis, and calyxes clothed with rusty 

 down ; stamens short ; bracteas setaceous. Tj . w . S. Native 

 of Cayenne. Flowers small. 



Domiy Combretum. Shrub cl. 



32 C. GLA'BRUM (D. C. prod. 3. p. 19.) climbing, glabrous ; 

 leaves elliptic, acuminated ; spikes disposed in a terminal pa- 

 nicle ; bracteas setaceous. 1? . w . S. Native of French Guiana. 



Glabrous Combretum. Shrub cl. 



6. Calyx turbinately campanulate. Spikes axillary, never 

 terminal. 



33 C. TOMENTOSUM (G. Don. in edinb. phil. journ. 1824. p. 

 346. and in Lin. trans. 15. p. 430.) climbing, clothed with fus- 

 cous tomentum ; leaves oval, mucronate, smoothish above in the 

 adult state ; spikes loose-flowered ; petals oval, obtuse, a little 

 shorter than the calyx ; stamens short. Jj . w . S. Native of 

 Sierra Leone. Flowers small, white. 



Tomentose Combretum. Shrub cl. 



34 C. MICRA'NTHUM (G. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 1824. 

 p. 347.) erect ; branches pubescent ; leaves oblong, bluntly mu- 

 cronate, glabrous in the adult state ; spikes slender ; petals linear- 

 cuneated, 4-times the length of the calycine teeth ; stamens not 

 much exserted. fj . S. Native of Sierra Leone. C. parvi- 

 florum, Rchb. in Sieb. pi. exsic. seneg. no. 35. hort. bot. t. 62. 

 Flowers small, red or scarlet, on short pedicels. Stamens very 

 little longer than the petals. 



Small-Jlonered Combretum. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



35 C. MOLLE (R. Br. in append, to Salt. trav. G. Don, in Lin. 

 trans. 15. p. 431.) climbing, villous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 acuminated, cordate at the base ; spikes elongated ; calycine 

 teeth very short ; petals small ; stamens twice the length of the 

 calyx. Tj . w . S. Native of Abyssinia. 



Soft Combretum. 1 Shrub cl. , 



36 C. LATIFOLIUM (G. Don, in Lin. trans. 15. p. 432.) climb- 

 ing, glabrous ; leaves ample, coriaceous, oblong, acuminated, 

 sometimes rounded; spikes short, crowded with flowers; calyxes 

 pubescent ; petals obovate, obtuse ; stamens twice the length 

 of the calyx. Vj . w . S. Native of the East Indies. C. macro- 

 phy'llum, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 88. ? Flowers small, red. 



Broad-leaved Combretum. Shrub cl. 



37 C. CHINE'NSE (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 28. G. Don, in Lin. 

 trans. 15. p. 432.) climbing, and covered with rusty scales or 

 dots ; leaves elliptic, acute at both ends, green above ; spikes 

 loose-flowered ; petals small ; stamens but little exserted. 



T; . w . G. Native of China. Flowers middle-sized, scarlet ? 



