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COMBRETACEAE, 



Calyx-tube not produced above the ovary. Petals none. Stamens 10. — 

 1. Terminalia. 



Calyx-tube produced above the ovary. Petals 5. Stamens 10 or 



fewer. 

 Bracteoles smaU. Ovules 2 to .5. Maritime shrubs. — 2. Lumnitzera. 

 Bracteoles enlarged and forming wings to the fruiting calyx. Ovule 

 10 to 12. Silkjr or tomentose shrubs. — 3. Maeropteranthes. 



1. TERMINALIA, Linn. 1767. 



(Aristoteha, Comm., 1784 ; Badamia, Gaertn., 1791 ; Bueeras, P. Br., 

 1756 ; Buchenavia, Eichl., 1866 ; Bucida, Linn., 1759 ; Catappa, Gaertn., 

 1791; Chicharronia, A. Eieh., 1845; Chuncoa, Pav., 1789; Fatrea, Juas., 

 1804; Gimbernatea, Ruiz, and Pav., 1794; Hudsonia, Robins, 1814; 

 Kniphofia, Scop., 1777 ; Myrobalanus, Gaertn., 1791 ; Pamea, Aubl., 1775 ; 

 Pentaptera, Roxb., 1814; Eesinaria, Comm., 1784; Tanibouca, Aubl., 1775; 

 Vicentia, Allem., 1844.) 



Section I. Catappa. — ^Fruit with 2 longitudinal membranous or 

 coriaceous wings, or rarely in the first 3 species, with a third narrow wing or 

 prominent nerve. 



Fruit, including the wings, much broader than long. 



Fruit, including the wings, three times as long as broad ; wings quite 

 distinct. Leaves velvety-pubescent underneath. — 14. T. platy- 

 ptera. 

 Fruit, including the wings, not twice as broad as long; wings often 

 confluent above and below. Leaves nearly glabrous. Spike 

 slender, interrupted. 



Leaves obovate, much reticulate. Fruit Agings scarcely con- 

 fluent. — 16. T. volucris. 

 Leaves obovate, much reticulate. Fruit wings scarcely con- 

 confluent. — 11. T. oblongata. 

 Fruit, including the wings, rather longer than broad and quite surrounded 

 by the confluent wings. 



Leaves lanceolate or oblong, silky-pubescent. Spikes elongated, 



dense. Fruits under %in. long.— 2. T. bursarina. 

 Leaves lanceolate or oblong, mostly silky-pubescent. Spikes 

 short, dense. Fruits % to above lin. long. — 3. T. circumalata. 

 Leaves obovate, glabrous. Spikes short, dense. Fruits % to above 

 lin. long. — 14. T. pterocarya. 



Section II. Myrobalanus. — Fruit globular or more frequently ovoid, 

 terete or slightly compressed, or surrounded by a prominent acute angle, but 

 not distinctly winged. 



Leaves very obtuse, usually broad. Flowers rather small; stamens not 

 above 3 lines long. 



Leaves quite glabrous. 



Leaves large, narrowed into a short petiole. — 9. T. melano- 



carpa. 

 Leaves large, with a short, broad, flat petiole. Calyx tomentose. 



Drupe ovoid, without any angle. — 8. T. latipes. 

 Leaves large, with a petiole of 2 to Sin. Drupe acuminate, with 

 2 slightly prominent angles. — 5. T. edulis. 



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