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Combretum, Linn. 



Combretum bracteatum, Engl. & Diets, in Engl. Monogr. Afr. Ptlan. 

 Combretaceae (1899) p. 100. 



\ Cacoucia paniculata, Laws. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 434.] 



Climbing shrub bearing long racemes of flowers. Leaves with 

 short articulate petioles, in opposite pairs, oblong or ovate-oblong, 

 tapering at the apex, rounded at the base, 3£-5J in. long 2-1-J in. 

 broad, glabrous, of a thin leathery texture. Branches dark, glabrous, 

 covered, when young, with a rusty pubescence. Racemes up to 19-J 

 in. long; inflorescence covered with rusty pubescence. Bracts 

 prominent, ovate, LJ in. long. Flowers large, about 2J in. long, 

 lower receptacle narrow, angular, upper broadly cylindrical. Fruits 

 shortly stalked, truncate at the base, slightly emarginate at the apex, 

 very shortly pubescent. Body of the fruit 1J in. loug, very narrow, 

 wings broad making the fruit almost orbicular. 



Ill — Hook. Ic. PI. t. 2548 {Cacoucia splendens), t. 2549 {Cacoucia 

 platyptera) ; Engl. Monogr. Afr. Pflan. Combretaceae (1899) t. 29, f. B. 



Vernac. name. — Ogan dudu (Lagos, MacGregor, Dawodu). 



Lagos (MacGregor, No. 191, 1902) ; Old Calabar (Holland, No. 12, 

 1897). 



Used medicinally, Lagos, (MacGregor, I.e.), the leaves in decoction 

 as a tonic and febrifuge (Millson, Kew Bull. 1891, p. 210). 



A handsome decorative plant. Welwitsch describes it as the most 

 beautiful member of the family in Angola (Hiern. Cat. Welw. Afr. 

 PI. ii. p. 354, Campylochiton platypterus). 



Combretum glutinosum, Perr. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 432. 



Ill— -Guillem. Perr. Rich. Fl. Senegamb. t. 68. 



Vernac. names. — Dalo (Katagum, Dalziel) ; Ratt (Senegambia, 

 Guillemin & Perrotet, Engle7*) ; Diamba or Simba Bali (French 

 Guinea, Pobeguin). 



Nupe ; Zungeru ; Katagum ; Msugu. Throughout W, Africa, 

 and extending to Central Africa. 



Yields a dye, used by the natives of Senegambia (Guillem. Perr. 

 Rich. I.e. p. 289), where the alkaline ash is used for fixing the Indigo 

 blue in dyeing cotton (Engl, Monogr. Afr. Pflan. Combretaceae, 

 p. 49). 



The root and bark yield a yellow dye ; an infusion of the leaves is 

 used as a cure for colds and a decoction for washing wounds, French 

 Guinea (Pobeguin, L.'Agric. prat, pays chauds, xi. 1911, p. 392). 



Combretum Hartmannianum, Schweinf. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 431. 



Ill— Schweinfurth, PL Nilot. tt. 14, 15, and Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. t. 3. 



Vernac, names. — Zindi (Katagum, Dalziel) ; Subaris-wad — Black 

 Subar (Arabic, Muriel). 



Katagum (Dalziel, No. 221, Herb. Kew). 



This species is believed to yield part of the gum sold in the 

 country as " Mumuye " gum (Dalziel, Kew. Bull. 1910, p. 13G). 



Combretum leonense, Engl & Diets, in Engl. Afr. Pflan. Combre- 

 taceae (1899), p. 51. 



Leaves in whorls of three. Young branches slender, covered with 

 velvety tomentum. Leaves, in the dried state, of a peculiar light 

 green colour, ovate, acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the base into 

 a petiole % in. long ; leathery in texture, glabrous on the upper 

 surface tomentose and strongly veined on the lower, 4| in. long, 



