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LVII, COMBRETACE.E. 
[: Terminalia . 
or obovate-oblong, short cuspidate, narrowed to the oblique base, 
glabrous; nerves 7 to 9 pairs, 6 to 9 in. long, 275 to 4 m.wde, 
petioles 2-25 to 275 in. long. Spikes solitary, puberulous. Flowers 
•2 in. across, sessile. Calyx pubescent outside, villous inside, 
lobes triangular. Ovary villous. Fruit ellipsoid 175 in. long, 
■s to 75 in. wide with two large coriaceous, puberulous striate 
wings; 175 in. across. Hab. Open country in the north. Perils, 
Kanga and Chupeng (Ridley). Distrib . Andamans and Burma. 
(8) T. triptera Stapf, Kew Bulletin 1895, p. 103. 
Medium-sized tree, glabrous with slender branches. Leaves 
sub-coriaceous elliptic or oblong acuminate glaucous above; nerves 
6 to 8 pairs, 1*5 to 2-5 in. long, 1 to 175 in. wide; petioles -2 in. 
long. Spikes *5 to 1 in. long in a terminal panicle, slender puberu¬ 
lous. Flowers *1 in. wide. Calyx-tube ovoid; lobes 4 sub-acute 
villous inside. Fruit oblong, 3-winged, 1 in. long, *5 in. wide. 
Hab. Lankawi and Terutau isles (Curtis). 
2. CALYCOPTERIS, Lam. 
A diffuse drooping shrub. Leaves opposite, petioled elliptic or 
ovate acuminate. Racemes dense crowded at the ends of branches 
so as to form a panicle. Flowers small greenish yellow. Calyx- 
tube 5-striate produced above ovary, 5-lobed. Petals o. Stamens 
10 5 upper between sepals, 5 lower alternate and lower down on 
tube. Ovary i-celled, inferior; ovules 3. Fruit narrow-ovoid 
i-seeded surmounted by the sepals as long lanceolate spreading 
wings. Species 1, Indo-Malaya. . 
(1) C. floribunda Lam. Diet. Supp . 11. 4 J > 537 * C larke, 
in Hook, fil F.B.I. ii. 4491 King, Lc. 333 - ~ 
Leaves sub-coriaceous, tomentose on both sides, nerves 5 to o 
pairs, 2-5 to 4 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide; petioles *2 to *3 in long. 
Inflorescence usually 6 to 12 in. long, in fruit 12 in. across. Flowers 
•35 in. across, sessile. Fruit *35 in. long, 5-angled; wings 75 o 
1 in. long, *2 in. across. Hab. Penang, near the Waterfall (Curtis, 
Wallich). 
“ Singapore, Lobb," must be an error. He no doubt collected it in 
Penang. 
3 . LUMNITZERA, Willd. 
Tidal swamp and seacoast trees. Leaves clustered towards the 
branch-ends obovate or oblanceolate, tip rounded, base narrowed 
at both ends; lobes 5, persistent. Petals 5, oblong. Stamens 5 to 
10 in 2 series. Ovary inferior i-celled; style subulate simple. 
Fruit woody elliptic, *5 to 1 in. long, woody i-seeded. Species 2; 
coasts from Africa to Polynesia. 
Racemes elongating lax; flowers white 
Racemes dense; flowers scarlet . 
(1) L. racemosa 
(2) L. coccinea 
