

COMBRETACE.E. 



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I. 



COMBRETUM elegans. f Tab. CXXIX. 







C. inerme, scandens; foliis oppositis, ellipticis, acutis, acuminatis ? integerrimis , supra 

 puberulis, subtus lutescenti-tomentosis ; spicis simplicibus _, breviter pedunculatis 5 tubo 

 calycino cylindraceo. 



Caulis gracilis, super arbores scandens. Rami teretes, tomento brevi lutescente vestiti. Folia oppo- 

 sita rariusalterna, elliptica, basi et apice angustata, saepe subcordata, acuminata, acuta, integer- 

 riraa, supra puberula, subtus magis minus dense lutescenti-tomentosa , eglandulosa, 2^-5 poll. longa, 

 i6-32 1. lata; nervis subtus prominentibus r petiolus 2-4 1. longus, semiteres, lutescenti-tomentosus. 

 Flores polygami , spicati, sessiles, basi bractea lineari-subulata, tubum calycinum asquante, lutes- 

 centi-tomentosa suffulti, suaveolentes ; spicae axillares terminalesque , simplices, breviter peduncula- 

 tae, 2-3rpoll- longae, pedunculo communi rachique lutescenti-tomentosis. Calyx 3 1. longus, utraque 

 facie villosus, pilis lutescentibus ; tubo cylindraceo, apice constricto; limbo campanulato, 4""^do; 

 dentibus ovato-acutis, patulis. Petala calycem paululum superantia, unguiculata, lanceolata, acuta, 

 lutescentia, villosa. Stamina calyce triente duplove longiora, glabra : filamenta filiformia, apice su- 

 bulata : antherse medio dorso affixae, mobiles, ellipticae, Jbasi emarginatse, lutese. Discus basim limbi 

 calycini induens. Stylus staminibus paulo brevior, subulatus, glaber. Stigma terminale, parvulum. 

 0vARiDM4-ovulatum; ovulis cylindraceis, e summo ovario pendulis. Fructus haud suppetit. 



Inpaludosis prope pagum Contendas (Laruotte) necnon prope preedium Lagrador in parte deserta 

 occidentalique provinciae Minas Geraes dicta Certad. Floret Septembri. 



Expl tab. CXXIX. — i. Flos auctus. 

 • 3. Staraen a dorso visum. 



2. Ejusdem valde aucti sectio verticalis, ut insertio et situs partiuni pateant 



2. COMBRETUM Bugi. f Tab. CXXX 



C. inerme ; foliis oppositis, ellipticis, obtuse acuminatis, integerrimis , glabris; spicis 

 ramosis, breviter pedunculatis ; tubo calycino cylinclraceo. 



Nom. vulg. Bugi. 



RAMiinferne teretes, glabrati, superne sulcati tomentoque brevissimo lutescente vestiti. Folia op- 

 posita, elliptica, basi seepe subcordata, breviter obtuseque acuminata, integerrima, coriacea, glabra 

 nisi subtus ad nervum medium pr^esertim in axillis nervorum lateralium pube rara inspersa , eglan- 

 dulosa, 2-3 poll. longa, 12-22 1. lata; nervis subtiis prominentibus : petiolus 2-2y 1. longus, supra 



