AB 4 COMBRETACER. { Combretum. 
young shoots and branchlets minutely lepidote ; leaves crowded by 
3-4 and usually whorled, from obovate-oblong to oblong and oblong- 
lanceolate, on a short but slender minutely lepidote petiole, apiculate, 
blunt, or sometimes almost retuse, entire, 3-5 in. long, almost cori- 
aceous, above sprinkled with minute scales , glabrous beneath ; 
flowers small, white, supported by a subulate minutely scaly re- 
curved brac t, formin, g simple, solitary minutely rusty ogee wikis 
in the a of the leaves, or by suppression of the leaves the spikes 
sometimes appearing panicled ; calyx Pabrilar beli-ahisped. minuets 
and densely mney lephtole, the limb 4-lobed, inside at the throat 
much rusty-hirsute ; petals obovate, twice as long as the calyx- 
lobes ; fruit about 1} i in. long and nearly as 3 ares shes 
glabrous, 4-winged, the chartaceous wings re t both ends, 
broader than the diameter of the nut. 
Has.—Not uncommon in the tropical forests of Martaban east of pe aig 
up to 3,000 ft. elevation ; Chittagong.—Fr. March-Apr.—s : 1—SS.=—. 
10. C. dasystach Kz.—An evergreen large woody climber, 
maneh ceemming | the former species, but all parts more or se pubes- 
3 leaves ite or more usually by threes, from elliptically - 
ee ee on a very short thick ta es or rusty-pu 
petiole, acuminate, entire, 3-4 in. long, membranous, above eprinkled 
ith minute white ae ” beneath (along the ee densely) pubes- 
es 
in the tropical forests of the eastern a. of the 
Peon ¥, Soul and i er ag = Tounghoo, especially along choungs.— 
Fl. March- Ap i ee 
1g. ree ay scandent shrub (?) resembling C. 
ovalifolium, Roxb, the young shoots shortly rusty pubescent ; leaves 
small, from ov: land broadly oblong to almost orbicular, opposite 
and ackals. 2 on a slender petiole 3 to 4 lin. long, blunt or almost 
retuse and mucronate, entire, chartaceous, 14-2 im. long, glabrous 
minutely dotted above ; ‘flowers .. a spikes puberulous, solitary, 
n slender, axillary an and terminal short panicles ; fruits rather 
small, $-3 in. long, glabrous, 5-and 4-winged, the wings charta- 
is, semi-oval, r than the diameter of the nut. 
Ave. SS 
