454 LTiii. cOMBEETACEJi. (0. B. Clarke.) [_Oomhretum. 



petiole f in. Fmii i-f in., glabrous. — Herbarium twigs of this species are much 

 like whole plants of 6. nanum, hvit the fruits are hardly half as long. 



** Fruit with 5 sharp angles. 



6. C. trifoliatum, Vent. Choix t. 58; leaves lanceolate or elliptic nar- 

 rowed at both ends glabrous, spikes lateral and terminal often compound rusty- 

 villous, calyx-tube hardly constricted above the ovary then urceolate siU^. 

 G. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. 439 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 610 ; Kwm 

 For. Fl. Brit. Burma i. 461. 0. lucidum, Blume Bijd. 641. 0. undulatum 

 and 0. elegans. Wall. Cat. 3993, 4003. 0. subaltemans, Wall. Cat. 4008? 

 Terminalia lancifolia, Oriff. Notul. iv. 685. Embryogonia lucida, Blume Mas. 

 Bat. ii. t. 52. Oacoucia .'' trifoliata, DC. Prodr. ii. 22. 0. lucida, Hassh. in 

 Flora 1844, p. 607. 



Teansgangetic Peninsuia from Pegu to SmoAPOEB, alt. 0-1000 ft., frequent. — ■ 

 DiSTBiB. Burma, Java. 



A scandent shrub. Leaves 2-4^ in., opposite, not seldom ternate, sometimes sub- 

 alternate, usually shining, the petiole |^-f in. (and sometimes the midrib) pubescent.- 

 Sraeteoles linear, small, early deciduous. Ovwry sessile. CaZya-teeth lanceolate, erect. 

 Petals narrow, little exceeding the calyx. 3iso and base of the ealyx-tube within 

 covered with long hair. Fruit about 1^, in., and half as broad, shining, black. 



Sect. II. Tetrag'onocarpus. Flowei-s 4-merous. FHiit with 4 ob- 

 tuse or acute ridges, the ridges not expanded into thin papery wings. 



6. C. tetralophum, C. B. Clarke ; leaves lanceolate glabrous or nearly 

 so, racemes in subterminal panicles which are ferruginous and covered with 

 scales but only slightly villose, calyx-tube constricted above the ovary then 

 urceolate covered with ferruginous scales, fruit with very acute ridges. 



Malacca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2195)=Combretum No. 19 of Hk. /. ^ T. 

 distrib. — Distrib. Siam, Borneo. 



A scandent shrub. Leaves 4-5 in., opposite, shining, often with a little rusty hair 

 along the base of the midrib beneath ; young remotely glandular-punctate ; petiole 

 ^— I in. Bracteolts ^ in., soon deciduous. Constricted part of the eah/x-txCae nearly 

 as long as the young ovary, the teeth triangular erect covered without by close flat 

 sessile ferruginous glandular scales. Petals narrow, hardly exceeding the calyx-teeth.. 

 Disc and base of the calyx within densely covered by long fulvous hair. Fruit |-1 

 in. and half as broad, shining, black. — This species in the fruit and leaves so much 

 resembles 0. trifoliatum above that it has been mixed with it as a i-fld variety : but 

 the flowers are altogether different, and there is not one 5-angled fruit on any of the 

 Kew specimens. 



7. C. tetragonocarpum, Xum For. Fl. Brit. Burma i. 461 ; leaves^ 

 elliptic obtuse coriaceous glabrous, spikes robust fulvous-viUous axillary solitary 

 and in thin terminal panicles, calyx-tube and ovary rusty-villous, fruit with 

 four thick coriaceous prominent angles. 



Swamp forests of Pegu ; frequent, Kv/rz. 



A glabrous large scandent shrub. Leaves 3-5 in., younger remotely glandular- 

 punctate ; petiole less than \ in. Flowers small. Galyx-fahe short; limb cup-shaped 

 with 4 short acute teeth, scaly and pubescent without, densely villous within. Petals 

 minute. Fruit 1 in. and more, glabrous, pale broWn, elliptic-ovate, the angles thick 

 coriaceous sharp prominent and almost winglike, much narrower than the diameter- 

 of the nut. 



The example of this species communicated to Kew by Kurz exhibits neither 

 fruit nor flowers ; the character of the species is therefore copied from Mr. Kurz.. 



