Amsophyllea.] lvii. EHizoPHOEEa. (G. Henslow.) 443 



styles 4 ?, minute densely hairy. Female Fl. Cah/a-Umb partially lined -with a disk, 

 lobes each bearing a minute rudimentary stamen; anthers dehiscing in bud? Styles 

 i, spreading, subulate, densely hairy. Drupe narrowly pyriform, 3 by 1 J in. 



Oebee LVni. CODKBRETACES:. (By 0. B. Olarke, F.L.S.) 



■Trees, or shrulDS often climbers. Leaves alternate subopposite or opposite,, 

 sometimes ternate, petioled, entire, simple (in i/%e?-a 3-foliolate) ; stipules 0. 

 Flowers bracteolate at 'base, in the tribe Oyrocarpece cymose ; in the Comhreteo^ 

 spicate or racemose (the racemes often panicled) ; not rarely polygamo-moncecious. 

 Cdyx-tube adnate to the ovary and produced above it (sometimes to a great 

 length), the limb of 4-5 (rarely 4^7) valvate lobes. Pef,ds 4^5 or (rarely 

 6-7). Stamens 4^5 or 8-10 on the calyx ; in the Gyroearpece the filaments 

 have staminodes attached at the base, and the anthers dehisce by recurved 

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

 or in Mligera sinuate almost lobed ; ovules 1-7 (usually 2-3) pendulous from 

 the apex of the cell. Frwit coriaceous or drupaceous, generally indehiscent, 

 ovate, angular or very commonly winged ; in Calycopteris and Oyrocarpm 

 crowned by the greatly enlarged calyx. Seed 1, without albumen ; cotyledons. 

 in Termmcdia and others convolute ; in Comh-etum and others plano-convex. — 

 DlSTEiB. Species 240, in the tropics of the whole world ; and in S. Africa out- 

 side the tropic. 



Sttbobbee I. Combretese. Cdyx-lobes valvate. Stamens without glands 

 or staminodes at their base ; anthers dehiscing by a longitudinal slit. Ovules 2-7, 

 suspended by long funicles. Flowers racemose or spicate. 



* Petals 0. Calyx-limb (except in Calycopteris) dedduous. 



Flowers spiked or racemed. Calyx-limb deciduous 1. Tbrminaxu. 



Calyx-limb much accrescent on the fruit 2. Calycopteris.. 



Flowers capitate. Calyx-limb deciduous 3. Anooeissus. 



** Petals 5-4 (except in Combretum apetalum). 



f Calyx Umb persistent. 



Leaves alternate. Growing with the Mangroves 4. LTTMNiTZBttA. 



tt Ccdyx-Unib deciduous. 



Calyx-tube above the ovary less than J in. long 5. Combeetum. 



Calyx-tube above the ovary more than ^ in. long 6. QnsacALis. 



Sttborder II. GyrocarpesB. Calyx-lobes valvate or imbricate. Stamem- 

 with glands or staminodes at their base ; anthers opening by recurved lateral 

 valves. Ovtile 1, suspended by a short funicle. Flowers cymose. 



Scandent. Leaves 3-foliolate 7. Illioeka. 



Erect tree. Leaves entire or lobed 8. Gtrocaepus. 



1. TERI«XlfAXiXA,X^nn. 



Large trees. Leaves alternate or subopposite, eistipulate, entire or slightly- 

 crenulate, often with glands on the petiole or near the base of the midrib beneath. 

 Flowers small spicate, the racemes spikes sometimes panicled, hermaphrodite- 

 or the upper flowers on the racemes males ; a narrow bract at the base of each 



