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opposite, sometimes ternate, petioled, entire, simple (in Illigera 3-folio- 

 late) ; stipules 0. Flowers bracteolate at the base, in the tribe Gyrocar- 

 pese cymose ; in the Combretese spicate or racemose (the racemes often 

 panicled) ; often polygamo -monoecious. Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary 

 and produced above it (sometimes to a great length), the limb of 4-5 

 (rarely 4-7) valvate lobes. Petals 4-5 or 0, (rarely 6-7). Stamens 4-5 

 or 8-10, inserted on the calyx ; (in the Gyrocarpese the filaments with 

 staminodes attached at the base, and the anthers dehiscing by recurved 

 lateral valves). Ovary inferior, 1-celled; style simple ; stigma simple or 

 in Illigera sinuate, almost lobed ; ovules 1-7 (usually 2-3), pendulous 

 from the apex of the cell. Fruit coriaceous or drupaceous, generally 

 indehiscent, ovate, angular or very commonly winged ; in Calycopteris 

 and Gyrocarpus crowned by the greatly enlarged calyx. Seed 1, with- 

 out albumen ; cotyledons in Terminalia and others convolute ; in Com- 

 bretum and others plano-convex. Distrib. Species about 320, in the 

 tropics of the whole world ; and in S. Africa outside the tropics. 

 Sub-Order I. Combretese. Calyx-lobes valvate ; stamens 

 without basal glands or staminodes ; the anthers with longi- 

 tudinal dehiscence. Ovules 2-7, suspended by long funicles. 

 Flowers in spikes or racemes : — 

 Flowers apetalous : — 



Limb of the calyx deciduous ... ... ... 1. Terminalia. 



Limb of the calyx accrescent .., ... 2. Calycoptkris. 



Flowers with 4 or 5 petals (except in Combretum ape- 

 talum) : — 



Limb of the calyx persistent, leaves alternate ... 3. Lumnitzera. 



Limb of the calyx deciduous, leaves opposite : — 



Calyx-tube prolonged above the ovary for less than 



•5 in. ... ... ... ... 4. Combretum. 



Calyx-tube prolonged above the ovary for from '75- 



2*5 in — ... ... ... ... 5. Quisqualis. 



Sub-Order II. Gyrocarpe^:. Calyx-lobes valvate or imbri- 

 cate ; stamens with glands or staminodes at their bases ; 

 anthers dehiscing by up-tnrned valves. Ovule 1, suspended 

 by a short f unicle. Flowers cymose : — 



Scandent ; leaves 3-foliolate ... ... ... 6. Illigera. 



Trees; leaves entire ... ... ... ... 7. Gyrocarpus. 



1. Terminalia, Linn. 



Large trees. Leaves alternate or subopposite, exstipulate, entire or 

 slightly crenulate, often with glands on the petiole or near the base of 

 the midrib beneath. Flowers small, spicate, (the spikes sometimes pani- 

 cled), hermaphrodite, the upper flowers on the racemes often males and 

 the lower hermaphrodite ; a narrow deciduous bract at the base of each 

 flower. Calyx-tube produced above the ovary, having a campanulate 



