M?'. G. Don's Review of the Genus Combretum. 427 



axillares et terminales, tripollicares. Flores exigui, albi, 

 brevissimè pedicellati. Cahjx 4-clentatus, acutus. Corolld 

 4-petala : pcfalis subrotiuidis, obtusis, concavis, paten- 

 tissimis, calyce brevioribus. Stamina 8, longissimè ex- 

 serta, fundo calycis inserta. Capsula 4-alata, breve pedi- 

 cellata. 



17. C. mexicanum, humile, glabrum ; ramiilis novellis compres- 

 sis, foliis ellipticis membranaceis basi subcordatis, pani- 

 culâ polystachyâ, spicis ferrugineo-tomentosis brevibus 

 multitloris, petalis subreniformibus calyce brevioribus. 



C. mexicanum. Ilumb. et Bonpl. PL JEquin. ii. p. 156. 

 /f. 132. Kuntli Nov. Gen. et Sp. PL yi. p. \U. Si/n.in. 

 p. 398. 



Habitat in locis maritimis prope Acapulca Mexicanorum. 

 {Humb. et Bonpl.) f? . 



Frutex sesquiorgyalis ; ramulis novellis compressiusculis, glabris, 

 fusco-cinereis. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, elliptica, 

 acuminata, basin versus parùm angustata, obtusa v. cordata, 

 membranacea, glabra, supra nitida, 4 vel 4^^ poUices longa, 

 sesqui- vel bi-pollicem lata. Petioli fuscescenti-tomen- 

 tosi. Panicula polystachya, ferrugineo-tomentosa : spicis 

 oppositis, brevissimis, multitloris, cylindraceis, fere unciali- 

 bus, patentibus. Bracteœ lanceolatœ, tomentosas, ad basin 

 angustata?. Flores densissimi, sessiles, subsecundi, brac- 

 teolis subulatis ovario longioribus deciduis basi muniti. 

 Calyx turbinato-campanulatus, externe ferrugineo-tomen- 

 tosus, 4-dentatus : dentibus ovatis, acutis. Corolla 4-petala : 

 petalis subreniformibus, concavis, albis, calyce brevioribus. 

 Stamina 8, calyce tripk\ longiora, albida. Antherœ bilobee, 

 tlavae. Stylus stamina superans. Capsula 4-alata, sessilis. 



18. C.pul- 



