Corribretum.] lviii. combeetace^. (C. B. Clarke.) 453 



An exceedingly large shrub with many branches pendent and subscandent,' con- 

 spicuous in flower by the floral leaves (bracts) becoipitig cream-white. Leaves oppo- 

 site, 4-5 in., somewhat hairy when young, when old glabrous or rarely with tufts of 

 hairs in the axils of the nerves beneath ; petiole J in. Sacemes numerous, very villouB, 

 in large terminal quasi-panicles, the leaves thereon 2-3 in , becoming petaloid at the 

 time of flowering ; bracteoles linear, ^ in., somewhat persistent. Ovary sessile. Calyx 

 segments lanceolate-subulate, suberect. Petals oblong, glabrous, hardly exceeding the 

 calyx or twice as long as the calyx (Kurz). Disc covered with short hairs. Fmit 

 |-1^ in., oblong or elliptic, subquadrate, nearly smooth. 



2. C. pilosum, Moxb. Hm-t. Beng. 28, Fl. Ind. ii. 231 ; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate adult more or less hairy beneath, panicles terminal the racemes 

 densely fulvous-villous and congested, young ovary fulvous-viUous, calyx shortly 

 constricted above the ovary then funnel-shaped hairy within and vvithout. 

 G. Bon in Traru. Linn. Soc. xv. 434; Wall Cat. 4005; Kwrz For. Fl. Brit. 

 Burma i. 462. 0. Isetum. and spinescens, Wall. Cat. 4004, 4006. 0. insigne, 

 Seurck 8f Muell. Arg. Obi. Bat. 247 {from description only). 



East Bbngai. ; alt. 0-1000 ft., from Silhbt to Meegui frequent. 



A large scandent shrub without thorns, the innovations densely rusty-villous. 

 Leaves opposite, 4-8 in., usually when adult with some rvisty hair at least on the 

 lower surface (but some of Griffith's specimens are quite glabrous) ; petiole ^-^ in. 

 Bracteoles \ in., narrow-lanceolate, somewhat persistent. Ovary sessile. Cdlyx-txibe 

 upwards 5-fluted, the segments triangular acute erect. Petals narrow-obovate, far 

 exceeding the calyx, with rusty silky hairs on their backs. Bisc low in the funnel of 

 the calyx with short hair. Fruit 1 in., eUiptie or circular, usually pubescent, some- 

 times glabrous. 



Var. 2. spinescens; with stout spines at the base of the branchlets, otherwise 

 does not differ. Irrawaddy bank; WaZZ. Cai. 4006. Cachar, Sjse«a». 



Here perhaps belongs the very doubtful species described by Kurz in Forest 

 Fl. Brit. Burma, i. 462 under the name C. ovale, B. Br., which is said to differ from 

 C^ifosam by having the innovations puberulous instead of pubescent. The fruit is 

 unknown. It can hardly be C ovale, E. Br. which considerably differs as see under 

 C. aculeatum, Vent, im, Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iil 423. 



3. C. apetalum, Wall. Cat. 3990 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate adult nearly 

 glabrous, panicles terminal large much divided the ultimate racemes long 

 slender distant, young ovary densely pubescent almost tomentose, calyx-tube 

 hardly constricted. above the ovary then urceolate pubescent within and withr 

 out. Kurz For. Fl. Brit. Burrria i. 460. 0. virgatum, Wall. Cat. 3992. 



Pegu ; WaZlich, MacUlland, Kwrz. — Distbib. Burma. 



A scandent shrub or (ex Kurz) a weak tree 15-20 ft. high. Leaves 1-4 in., sub- 

 opposite, the petiole ^-\ in., and midrib beneath usually grey puberulous, sometimes 

 long fulvous hair near the base of the main nerves beneath. Racemes long, undu- 

 lating, very narrow, the flowers though numerous being very small ; bracteoles ^ in., 

 linear, exceeding the young ovaries. Ovary sessile. Calyx-^xeth. lanceolate, erect. 

 Petals 0. Disc covered by short hairs. Fruit | in., elliptic, nearly circular, glabrous, 

 surface between the wings covered vdth close sessile circular glands. 



4. C. pyrifoUum, Kwz For. Fl. Brit. Burma i. 464 ; leaves small ovate 

 to broad-oblong and suborbicular glabrous, spikes puberulous in slender axil- 

 lary or short terminal panicles, fruits 6- or occasionally 4-vringed. Pentaptera 

 pyrifolia. Wall. Cat. 3985. 



Pegu; Kwrz. — Distbib. Burma. 



A scandent shrub, with the habit of Comhretmn ovalifolmm, the innovations rusty 

 puberulous. Leaves 1^-2 in., opposite or alternate, punctate on the upper surface, 



