^■^ 39. COMBRETACE^. ' [Atwgt'issus; 



small, deciduous. Petals 0. Stamens 10 in 2 series. Ovary inferior, 

 l-celled ; ovules 2, pendulous from the top of the cell. Fruit 

 small, 2-winged, in dense, globose heads. 



A. iatifolia, Wall. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t, 15 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 450 ; Brandis 

 For. Fl. 227; Couocarptrs Iatifolia, DC. ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb Fl. 9L 

 iJindaJ, K. ; dhaura, M. ; dalria, Vern. Tbronghout the presidency, 

 usually ill dry forests. Fl. May-June. Fr. Nov.-¥eb. Yields a useful 

 timber. 



LUMNIT2ERA, Willd. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves fleshy, simple, alternate. Calyx-tube 

 elongate, bracteolate ; limb bell-shaped, 5-lobed, persistent. Petals* 

 5, spreading. Stamens 5-10; anthers cordate. Ovary l-celled;- 

 ovnles 2-5, pendulous. Fruit woody, obtusely angular, 1-seeded. 



L. racemosa, Willd. ; DC. Prod. III. 22; Fl. Br. I. 2. 452 ; Dalz. & Gibs- 

 Bomb, Fl. 00 ; Bedd. M. Sylv. 10.3. Brandis For. Fl. 221 . South Konkac, 

 along salt water creeks and back waters. Fl. McL., Apl. 



COMBRETUM, Li™. 

 Shrubs, usually climbing. Leaves opposite, seldom alternate, 

 simple. Flowers polygamo-disecious, bracteolate. Calyx-tube 

 adnate to the ovary, limb 4-5-divided,, segments valvate. Petals 

 4-5 or 0. Stamens as many or twice as many as calyx-segments 

 Ovary inferior, l-celled; ovules 2-5, pendulous. Fruit 4-5-winged 

 or angled. 



Tube of calyx equ.illing the ovary. Fruit with 4 papery 



wings ... ... ... ... .. ... ... C. ovalifolium^ 



Tube of calyx 2-3 times as long as the ovary. Fruit 



with 4 nierabranoHS wings ... ... ... ... C. extensum. 



C. ovalifolium, Koxb. Fl. Ind. 2. 256 ; Fl. Br. I. 2.458 ; Dalz. & Gibs- 

 Bomb. Fl. !>0. Zellonsey, viadhel, Vern. Throughout the presidency in 

 deciduous forests. Fl. Ftb. Fr. May. 



C. extensTim, Roxb. Fl. Ind 2. 229 ; Fl. Br. L 2.458 ; C. Wi<fnfiavum, 

 Wall. ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 458. Pilolm, Vern. Throughout the 

 moist forests of the Konkan and North Kcinara. Fl. Feb. Fr. May. 



QUISQUALIS, Linn. 



Kambling shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers axillary, in short 

 spikes. Calyx-tube long produced. Petals 5. Stamens 10. Ovary 1- 

 celled. Fruit 6-angled, dry. 



Q. indica, Linn. Sp. PI. 556 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 459 ; Brandis For. Fl. 220 : 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl, Snppl. 33. Rangoon creeper. Cultivated in 

 gardens throughout the presidency. Fl. May, Sept. 



GYROCARPUS, Jacq. 

 A large tree. Leaves alternate, long petioled. Flowers small, uni- 

 sexual, males numerous. Male fl. Calyx 4-7-divided. Petals 0. Sta- 

 mens 4-7, with alternate clavate staminodcs ; anthers opening by lateral 



