Lumnitzera.] lvii. combretace^e. 
707 
(1) L. racemosa Willd. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Neue Schr. iv. 187; 
Clarke , in Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 452 ; King, l.c. 334. 
Shrub or small tree. Leaves oblanceolate or oval obtuse 1 to 
3 in. long, 75 to 1*5 in. wide; petioles 7 in. long. Racemes 
elongating lax 2 in. long. Flowers *3 in. long. Petals small white. 
Stamens 5 to 10, white. Hab. Tidal swamps and sea-shores, but 
much less common than L. coccinea. Malacca, Tanjong Kling to 
Kelantan, Kamposa, Dislrib. Mascarene islands to Polynesia. 
(2) L. coccinea W. and A. Prodr. 316; King, l.c . 334. 
Pyrranthus littoreus Jack, Mai. Misc. ii. 57. 
A large tree 40 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves oblanceolate obtuse, 
coriaceous 2 to 3 in. long, 75 in. wide; petioles -4 in. long. Racemes 
short, single dense terminal, 1*5 in. long, not lengthening in fruit. 
Flowers -5 in. long. Petals '25 in. long and stamens 5 to xo, twice 
as long, all scarlet, Hab. Sea-shores in sandy or tidal-mud spots. 
Singapore, common, Kranji, etc. Johor, Tana Runto. Pahang, 
Rumpin River. Tringganu, Cherating River. Selangor, Klang 
(Foxworthy). Province Wellesley, Juru River. Penang, Telok 
Bahang (Curtis). Dislrib. Malaya, Australia, Polynesia. Native 
names: Api-Api; Teruntum. Use: Timber valued, for axles 
especially. 
4 . COMBRETUM, Linn. 
Climbing shrubs. Leaves entire, opposite rarely alternate. 
Flowers in spikes or panicles, small. Calyx-tube constrict above 
the ovary, urceolate or tubular, lobes 4 to 5. Petals 4 to 5 on 
the calyx limb. Stamens twice as many insert in 2 series. Ovary 
inferior, i-celled; style 1, simple; ovules 2 to 5. Fruit with 
4 (or 5) angles or wings dry. Seed 1. Species 160, all tropics. 
Flowers 5-merous; fruit 5-angled .... 
Flowers 4-merous; fruit 4-angled. 
Leaves thin, lanceolate; fruit short *75 to 1 in. 
long, oblong blunt; flowers small 
Leaves coriaceous ovate; fruit 2 in. long, narrowed 
both ends; flowers large .... 
Flowers 4-merous; fruit 4-winged. 
Calyx-tube elongate; flowers not scaly; buds 
acute. 
Racemes globose ...... 
Racemes elongate ...... 
Calyx-tube short; buds globose, acute; flowers 
scaly. 
Racemes elongate, lax ..... 
Calyx-tube short; buds not pointed. 
Flowers scaly; leaves not cordate petioled. 
Fruit not compressed, faces equal; wings 
thin ....... 
Fruit ovate; short, thick wings . 
Flowers not scaly; leaves cordate hardly petioled. 
Leaves glabrous; panicle wide spreading slender . 
Leaves hairy beneath; branches hairy; panicles 
short, dense • , . . . 
(1) C. trifoliatum 
(2) C. tetralophum 
(3) C. acuminatum 
(4) C. sundaicum . 
(5) C. extensum 
(6) C. chinense 
(7) C. squamosum 
(8) C. Wrayi 
(9) C. nigrescens 
(10) C. Scortechinii 
