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Spec. Cuan. Shrub: leaves cuneate-obovate, attenuated at the 
base into a very short petiole, obtusely crenated, glabrous, thick 
‘and somewhat fleshy: spikes short, axillary : five stamens alter- 
nately longer, about the length of the petals: drupe ovate-oblong 
bluntly angled crowned swith. the thick persistent ealyx : nut nears 
oblong, angled,.1-seeded: flowers white. 
Peninsula. Banks of' salt-water creeks in South Coneans and 
Malabar. Soonderbunds. Flowering in July and August. 
GENUS V. POIVREA. 
Decandria Monogynin. Sex: Syst - 
Deriv. Named in honor of M. Poivre, former Intendant of the 
Mauritius. 
Gen. Cuar. Usually climbing shrubs: leaves opposite or alter- 
nate, entire: spikes axillary and terminal: bracts solitary, under 
the flowers: calyx 5-lobed, deciduous: petals 5: ovary 2-3-ovul- 
ed: style filiform, protruded, acute: fruit oval or oblong or 5-wing- 
ed: seed solitary, 5-angled. 
(1) P. Roxsurcui. (Dec.} 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 317.—Dee. prod. TIE. p. 18. 
Syn. Combretum Roxburghii, Spr.—C. decandrum, Roxb. ft. 
Ind. Il. p. 282. 
Engrav. Roxb. Cor. I. t. 59. 
Srrc. Cuar. Unarmed, scandent: young parts villous: leaves 
opposite, oval-oblong, acuminated: spikes panicled: bracts lanceo- 
Jate: calyx turbinately campanulate: petals ovate, mucronate : 
stamens short: fruit 5-winged : flowers small, pale-greenish.. 
Mountains of Coromandel. Silhet. Flowering in the colg 
season, 
(2) P. prtosa. (W. 5 ALD) 
Fdent. W. & A. prod. I. p. 317. annot. 
Syn. Combretum pilosum, Roxb. fi. Ind. HL. p. 231. 
Srec.Cuar. Scandent: leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate: spikes 
panicled, terminal, dense and hairy, every part clothed with much 
ferruginous hair : "practs linear-lanceolate : ealyx hairy: petals lan- 
ceolate, much longer than the segments of the calyx, clothed out- 
side with appressed fulvous hairs: stamens much longer than the 
petals: fruit 5-angled, hairy: seed 5-winged, villous: flowers small, 
‘greenish-yellow. 
Khasia mountains. Assam. Flowering in February and March. 
