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COMBRETACEyE. XI. COMBRETUM. XII. CHRYSOSTACHYS. XIII. CACOUCIA. 



in edinb. phil. journ. 1824. p. 340. and Lin. trans. 15. p. 421.) 

 climbing, hairy ; leaves oblong ; spikes short, axillary, and ter- 

 minal ; calyx pubescent ; petals obovate, obtuse ; stamens long. 

 Jj . w . S. Native of Sierra Leone, in the low lands. Hook, 

 bot. mag. t. 2944. C. Afzelianum, G. Don, in Lin. trans. 15. p. 

 437. Flowers large, scarlet, secund. Anthers yellow, (f. 89.) 

 Great-flowered Combretum. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1824. Sh.cl. 



S. Calyx turlinately-campanulate. Spikes numerous, ter- 

 minal, disposed in the manner of a panicle. 



53 C. DECA'NDRUM (Roxb. cor. 1. p. 43. t. 59.) climbing, 

 clothed with fuscous down ; leaves oblong, acuminated, floral 

 ones yellowish ; panicle composed of numerous close-flowered 

 spikes ; petals ovate, mucronate ; stamens short. J? . w . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. C. Roxburgh!!, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 

 331. Poivrea Roxburgh!!, D. C. prod. 3. p. 18. Flowers small, 

 ivhite, shorter than the bracteas. 



Decandrous Combretum. Fl. Feb. Jul. Clt. 1826. Sh.cl. 



51 C. SQUAMOSUM (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 88. G. Don, in Lin. 

 trans. 15. p. 438.) climbing, lepidotted ; leaves ovate, acumin- 

 ated, coriaceous, rusty beneath and on the calyxes ; panicle of 

 many spikes ; spikes loose-flowered ; petals small ; stamens 

 short. Jj . w . S. Native of the East Indies. Flowers small, 

 inconspicuous. 



Scaly Combretum. Shrub cl. 



55 C. ACHLEA'TUM (Vent, choix. no. 58. in a note) erect, 

 bushy, spinose; spines a little hooked, solitary, under the 

 leaves ; leaves almost opposite, ovate, pubescent, on short pe- 

 tioles, and are as well as the calyxes and branches pubescent ; 

 racemes short ; flowers pedicellate ; bracteas oblong-linear, 

 [j . S. Native of Senegal. Guiera nudirlora, Rchb. in Sieb. 

 pi. exsic. seneg. no. 35. C. seciindum, Mirb. elem. t. 44. f. 5. ? 

 but not of Jacq. Poivrea aculeata, D. C. prod. 3. p. 18. Flowers 

 white. Petals hairy. 



Prickly Combretum. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



4. Calyx turbinately campanulate. Spikes axillary, never 

 terminal. 



56 C. SERI'CEUM (G. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 1824. p. 347. 

 and in Lin. trans. 15. p. 21.) suffruticose, erect; leaves nearly 

 opposite, lanceolate, bluntish, clothed with silky villi beneath ; 

 spikes dense-flowered ; rachis, ovaries, and calyxes clothed with 

 villous tomentum ; petals about equal in length to the calyx ; 

 stamens short. Jj . S. Native of Sierra Leone. Flowers white, 

 on short pedicels. 



Silky Combretum. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



t Species not sufficiently known. 



57 C. FERRUGINEUM (G. Don, in Lin. trans. 15. p. 440.) 

 leaves on short petioles, lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous, atte- 

 nuated at the base, rusty beneath ; spikes axillary and terminal. 

 (7 . S. Native of South America. 



Rusty Combretum. Shrub. 



58 C. CORDA'TUM (G. Don, in Lin. trans. p^0.) leaves on 

 short petioles, large, roundish-cordate, pubescent when young ; 

 panicle terminal, composed of spikes. ^ . S. Native of His- 

 paniola. Flowers small. 



Cordate-leaved Combretum. Shrub. 



t Species only knonn by name from Roxburgh's Hortus Ben- 

 galensis. 



1 C. ovalifdlium (Roxb. 1. c. p. 28.). ^ w S. Native of 

 Coromandel. 



2 C. acuminatum (Roxb. 1. c.). fy . w . S. Native of Bengal. 



3 C. costatum (Roxb. 1. c.). fj . w . S. Native of the East 

 Indies. 



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4 C. rotundifolium (Roxb. I. c. p. 88.). I? . w . S. Native 

 of Bengal. 



Cult. As few plants surpass the Combreta in the elegance 

 and brilliancy of their blossoms, so their species have become 

 great favourites with collectors. A few, as the C. pitrpureum, C. 

 comosum, and C. grandijlbrum, are the greatest ornaments of our 

 stoves; but some of the species, not yet introduced to our gar- 

 dens, outvie them in beauty. All of them thrive well in a 

 mixture of loam and peat, and young cuttings root readily if 

 planted in a pot of sand ; placed in a moist heat, with a hand- 

 glass over them. The climbing species are well fitted for train- 

 ing up the rafters, or covering trellis-work in a stove. 



XII. CHRYSO'STACHYS (xpixroe, clirysos, gold, and errx'''_, 

 stachijs, a spike ; in reference to the dense spikes of golden 

 yellow flowers). Pohl. pi. bras. 2. p. C5. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Monogynia. Calyx campanulate, ob- 

 soletely 5-toothed ; teeth short, bluntish. Petals 5, alternating 

 with the teeth of the calyx, roundish and bluntly emarginate, un- 

 guiculate at the base. Stamens 10, very long, rather flexuous, 



inserted in the base of the calyx. Ovary ovate A climbing 



shrub, with opposite, coriaceous, entire leaves. Spikes dense, 

 terminal, and axillary, panicled, opposite, bracteate. Flowers 

 small, golden yellow. 



1 C. OVATIFOLIA (Pohl. pi. bras. 2. p. 66. 1. 143.) leaves ovate- 

 elliptic, glabrous ; ovaries and rachis of the spike clothed with 

 yellow down. (7 . w . S. Native of Brazil, in the northern part 

 of the province of Goyaz. 



Ovate-leaved Chrysostachys. Shrub cl. 



Cult. This is a fine stove climber. Its culture and propa- 

 gation are the same as that for Combretum, which see. 



XIII. CACOIPCIA (Guiana name of C. coccinea). Aubl. 

 guian. 1. p. 450. t. 179. Juss. gen. 320. Lam. ill. t. 359. 

 D. C. prod. 3. p. 22. SchousboAi, Willd. spec. p. 578. Ham- 

 bergera, Scop. int. Hambergia, Neck. elem. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria and Dodcciindriti, Monogynia. Limb 

 of calyx tubularly campanulafe, acutely 5-toothed, deciduous. 

 Petals 5, alternating with the'calycine teeth, and larger than them. 

 Stamens 10-14, inserted in the base of the limb of the calyx, fili- 

 form, long. Ovary, according to Kunth, containing 3 pendulous 

 ovula. Style filiform, acute. Berry or drupe ovate, quadran- 

 gular, acute at both ends, not crowned by the calyx, pulpy in- 

 side, 1-2-seeded. Cotyledons thick and fleshy. Climbing shrubs, 

 with alternate and opposite leaves, sometimes the lower ones 

 are verticillate ; they are ovate, acuminated, standing on short 

 petioles. Flowers scarlet, alternate, bracteate at the base, dis- 

 posed in long terminal spikes. 



1 C. COCC;'NEA (Aubl. 1. c.) fruit ovoid, acute at both ends, 

 somewhat pentagonal. Jj . ^,. S. Native of Guiana, on the 

 banks of the river Sinemari. Schousbce'a coccinea, Willd. 1. c. 

 Flowers scarlet. 



Scarlet-fiovtered Cacoucia. Shrub cl. 



2 C. CHINE'NSIS (Adr. Juss. ined. ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 22.) 

 fruit acutely pentagonal. T; . w . S. Native of China, where it 

 is called Koinze. Pet. gazoph. t. 37. f. 8.. ex Juss. Fruit one 

 half smaller than those of the first species, bearing 2 seeds near 

 the apex. Spermaderm blackish, membranous. Cotyledons 

 large, fleshy. 



China Cacoucia. Shrub cl. 



3 C. ? TRIFOLIA'TA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 22.) fruit oblong, 5- 

 winged ; wings stiff. T? . w . S. Native of Java. Combretum 

 trifoliatum, Vent, choix. t. 58. Cacoucia lucidum, Blum, bijdr. 

 p. G41. Leaves opposite or 3 in a whorl, oval-oblong, gla- 

 brous. Panicle of many spikes. Flowers greenish, decandrous. 

 Bracteas linear. Fruit sometimes 6-winged, according to Blum. 



