COMBRETACEM. 281 



ceptacle far produced beyond germen attenuate ; sepals patent or 

 recurved. Stamens 10, germen ovules 4, 5, etc. of Combretum. 

 Fruit oblong coriaceous, acutely 5-gonal, 5-alate; seed 5-gonal. 

 Embryo exalbuminous ; cotyledons 2 (or rarely 3), thick flesby, flat 

 or concave -within, convex or sulcate without. — Climbing shrubs ; 

 branches sarmentose ; leaves opposite or subopposite entire ; flowers ^ 

 in spikes, sometimes compound, axillary and terminal. (Trop. Asia 

 and Africa}) 



3. Lumnitzera W.^ — Flowers (nearly of Combretum) herma- 

 phrodite; receptacle oblong, attenuate on both sides, externally 

 increased to middle by 2 lateral adnate bracteoles, produced some- 

 what beyond germen and finally dilated. Sepals 5, equal or unequal, 

 imbricate, persistent. Petals 5, oblong patent. Stamens* 10 and 

 germen o{ Combretum; ovules 2-6;^ funicle elongate. Fruit oblong, 

 ovoidly attenuate, or subfusiform compressed woody, laterally obtuse 

 angled to remains of bracteoles, crowned with persistent calyx. 

 Seed linear ; ^ cotyledons of exalbuminous embryo convolute. — Trees 

 and shrubs ; leaves alternate, inserted at summit of twigs, subsessile, 

 obovate-cuneate, thick coriaceous enervate, entire or crenate; flowers''' 

 in short axillary and terminal racemes. (All tropical shores of old 

 world.^) 



4. Laguncularia Gjsrtn. r.'' — Flowers polygamous (nearly of 

 Lumnitzera) ; receptacle (in male flower short) turbinate rather 

 terete not produced beyond germen, laterally increased by 2 small 

 adnate bracteoles. Calyx urceolate, 5-fid, persistent. Petals 6, 

 small, caducous. Stamens 10; filaments short incurved; anthers 

 cordate enclosed or slightly exserted. Germen internally adnate to 



' White or red, changeable. ^ Anthers in younger tud and at anthesis in- 



2 Spec. 3, 4, Humph. Serb. Amhoin. v. 71, t. trorae. Filaments in bud incnrTO-cohduplioate. 

 38. — BuEM. Fl. Ind. t. 28, fig. 2 — P.-Beauv. ° Dissepiments in earliest stage distinct more 

 M. Ow. et Ben. i. 55, t. 34. — Bl. Bijdr. 641. — or less prominent. 



EoxB. Fl. Ind. ii. 426. — Presl. Bpim. 216. — ^ Often sterile ; fruit hence Tacant, 



Wight and Abn. Prodr. i. 318. — Wight, III. t. ^ White coccineus or (?) yellow. 



92. — Hakv. and Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 512. — Laws. s Spec. 4, 5, Wight and Aen. Prodr.'}. 316. — 



Oliv. Fl. Trap. Afr. ii. 435. — Hook. Bot. Mag. Presl. Pel. Scenic, ii. 25. — Gaudioh. Freycin. 



t. 2033.— .Sof. Peg. t. 492.— W alp. Pep. ii. 68; Voy. Bot. t. 104, 105 {Laguncularia).— Bestii. 



V. 663 ; Ann. iii, 860. Fl. Austral, ii. 603.— Laws. Fl. Trap. Afr. ii. 



3 N. Sehz. Ges. Nat. Fr. Perl. iv. 186.— DC. 418— Walp. Pep. 63; An,,, i. 289; iv. 672. 

 Prodr. iii. 22.— Endl. Gen. n. 6084.— B. H. Gm. ' Fruct. iii. 209, t. 217.— DC. Prodr. iii. 17.-- 

 687, n. 7. — Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. ibl. —Pyrranthus Spach, Suit. & Bvffon, iv. 304. — Endl. Gen. n. 

 Jack, Mai. Misc. ex Soak. Comp. i. 156.— Pete- 6083.— B. H. Gen. 688, n. ^.—Sphenocarpus L. 

 loma EoxE. Fl. Ind. ii. 372 (not Sw.).—Fm?Ma C. Eioh. Anal. Fruit. 92.—Sorau Adans. Fam. 

 Dbnnst. Sort. Malab. vi. 37 (ex Endl.). des Fl. ii. 80. 



