452 COMBRETACER. Gynotroches. 
sometimes barren; stigma radiately lobed; berry 14-2 lin. thick, 
several-seeded, almost globular. 
Has.— Upper Tenasserim. 
COMBRETACEA. 
Flowers hermaphrodite, rarely polygamously dioecious or uni- 
sexual. Calyx-tube terete or angular, more or less narrowed above 
the ovary, the limb usually bell-shaped, 4-5- rarely more-toothed, 
-lobed or -parted, valvate or very rarely imbricate, persistent or 
deciduous. Petals none, or as many as calyx-lobes, usually small, 
imbricate or valvate. Stamens as many or twice as many as calyx- 
with an entire terminal stigma. Fruit various, dry or drupaceous, 
indehiscent or very rarely dehiscing, winged or not. Seed solitary, 
dulous. Albumen none; cotyledons convolute or folded, very 
rarely flat; radicle short, superior.—Trees or shrubs, often climb- 
ing, with alternate or opposite, rarely whorled, simple or rarely 3- 
foliolate leaves. Stipules none. Fowers usually small, in axill 
or terminal inflorescences. Bracts usually small; bractlets some- 
times larger, often wanting. 
ingent properties prevail in the order, and hence the bark 
of several species is used for tanning purposes and the fruits for 
dyeing black. Some of the trees, like Zerminalia, yield valuable 
timber, while the kernels of Terminalia catappa are eaten like 
almonds. All the Burmese species are woody, and, therefore, find 
a place here. 
% Stamens usually without glands or staminodes at base ; 
anthers opening by longitudinal slits, Ovules 2 or 
more. Flowers in r spikes or heads. 
ee © Calyx-limb deciduous. 
____- X& Calyx-tube short, more or less constricted but not 
