SAMYDEyE. I. Samyda. II. Casearia. 



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Holhj-Ieavcd Casearia. Shrub. 



2 C, coMocLABiFOLTA (Vciit. 1. c- in a note) flowers 5 

 leaves roundish, with spiny angles, quite smooth. ^ . S. 

 tive of St. Domingo. 



Comocladia-lcaved Casearia. Shrub. 



§2. 



-cleft ; 

 Na- 



beneath. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, Bigelovia Brasiliensis, 

 Spreng. neu. entd. Flowers white. 

 Sello's Samyda. Shrub 6 feet ? 



Sect. II. Guidonia (named by Plumier in honour of Guido 

 Crescentius Fagon, physician to Louis XIV. to whom Linnaeus ^^ Octanthcra {okt.. acta, eight, and ar0,pa, anthcra, an 



dedicated another genus ff^.^'^^^' ^^fj^^' V ^' V \ r 1 i '-anther). D. C prod. 2. p. 49. Fertile stamens 8. Sterile 

 prod. 2. p. 48. Samyda? dubiae, Kunth. Calyx almost divukd ^ ^ ^ 



to the base. Stamens 8, rarely 10. Flowers small. Inter- 

 mediate between Samyda and Casearia. 



Flowers octandrous, 



14 S, MULTiFLORA (Cav. icon. 1. p. 48. t. 67.) flowers 4-parted ; 

 pedicels axillary, aggregate ; leaves oblong, tapering to both 

 ends, toothed, downy beneath. 

 Flowers whitish. 



ones 8. Leaves quite entire^ or a little serrated. 



3 C. coRiVcEA (Vent, choix. t. 45.) flowers 7-8-anthered, 

 5-cleft; pedicels numerous, axillary, 1 -flowered; leaves obo- 



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Native of Batavia. 



Tj. S. Native of St. Dommgo, 



Flowers small. 



CormceoM^-leaved Casearia. Shrub. 



4 C. glomeha'ta (Roxb. hort. beng. 33. ?) flowers 5-cleft ; 

 pedicels very numerous, in fascicles, 1 -flowered, very short; 

 leaves oval-oblong? acuminated, smooth, a little serrated. ^2 . S. 



Flowers small. There is a specimen of 



Native of Bengal. 



Many-flowered Samyda. Shrub 4 feet. 



15 S.? macrophy'lla (Wllld. spec. 2. p. 625.) flowers 5- 

 cleft ? revolute ; corymbs terminal ; leaves ovate, acute, smooth, 

 obscurely crenated, villous in the axillae of the veins beneath. 

 T; . S. Native of the East Indies. Flowers greenish. Anthers 

 brown. 



Long-leaved ^dixuydidi. Clt. 1820. Shrub 6 feet. 



* * Flowers decandrous and octandrous. 



16 S. ni'tida (Lin. spec. 557.) flowers octandrous and de- 

 candrous, 5-parted ; pedicels axillary, crowded, 1 -flowered ; 

 leaves cordate, smooth, somewhat serrated. T2 • S. Native of 



Jamaica, in the low lands. Lam. ill. t. 355. f, 2. — P. Browne, jjeneath the leaves; leaves elliptical, acute, serrated, smooth on 

 jam. 217. t. 23. f. 3. Flowers white and red. There are small ^^^^j^ surfaces. ^2 • S. Native of the West Indies and the 

 teeth between the stamens, therefore it comes near to Casearia. shores of Guiana. Iroucana Guianensis, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 329. 



this plant in the Lambertian Herbarium, named C. Anavinga. 

 Glomcrated-AowcYcd Casearia. Shrub. 



5 C. ova'ta (Willd. spec. 2. p. 629.) flowers 6-8.anthered ? 

 4-cleft; pedicels 1-flowered, axillary, usually solitary ; leaves 

 ovate, acuminated, a little serrated. \2 . S. Native of the East 

 Indies. C. Anavinga, Pers. ench. 1. p. 485. Anavinga, Rheed. 

 mal. 4. t. 49. Anavinga ovata, Lam. diet, 1. p. 148. 



OvateAeaycd Casearia. Shrub. 



6 C. RAMiFLORA (Vahl. symb. 2. p. 50.) flowers 8-anthered, 

 5-cleft ; pedicels 1-flowered, rising in fascicles along the branches 



P. Browne calls this shrub the Larger Clovcn-herry-hush. 

 AS/iiwiwo-.leaved Samyda. Clt. 1793. Shrub 6 feet. 



17 S. spine'scens (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p 

 decandrous and octandrous, 5-parted, almost sessile, nearly ter- 

 minal ; leaves lanceolate-ovate, bluntly crenated, smooth ; 

 branches spreading, spinescent. ^2 . S. Native of St. Domingo, 



1. 127. Athense'a, Schreb. gen. no. 661. Flowers white. Cap- 

 sules green with a tinge of violet. Seed covered with a scarlet, 

 762.) flowers pulpy, viscid membrane. The bark, leaves, and fruit have a 



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It IS called Caffe Diable or 

 Clt. 1824. Shrub 4 feet. 



where it flowers in December and January. Flowers pale, in j q j^itida (Jacq. amer. 132. act. helv. 8. p. 58. with a 



short, dense, downy clusters or spikes. figure) flowers 8-anthered, 5-parted ; cymes stalked, axillary ; 



S pine scent ^SLva'ydiS.. Shrub 12 feet. leaves ovate, crenated, smooth, shining above. ^. S. Native 



18 S. pube'scens (Hamilt. prod. fl. ind. occ. p. 37.) leaves of Carthan;ena, among bushes. Samyda crenata, Poir. diet. 6. 



ovate-oblong, tapering to both ends, remotely-serrated above 



qiiite entire at the base, toraentosely-pubescent ; flowers sub- 

 alternate, axillary. T; . S. Native of St. Domingo. 



Pubescent Samyda. Shrub. 



Cult. See end of order for culture and propagation. 



IL CASEARIA (in honour of J. Casearius, who assisted 

 Rbeede in the Hortus Malabaricus). Jacq. amer. 132. Lin. 

 gen. no. 541. D. C. prod. 2. p. 48.— Anavinga, Lam. diet. 1. 

 147. ill. t. 355. — Iroucana and Pitumba, Aubl. guian. 



p. 400. Flowers whitish. Pulp of fruit scarlet or purple. 



~ * Shrub 12 feet. 



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Athenaea and Casearia, Schreb. 

 Casearia and Anavinga, Gaert. 



ShiyiingAeiixed Casearia. 



8 C. coRYMEosA (II. B. ct Kuuth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 366.) 

 flowers 8-anthered, bluntly 5-cleft ; corymbs axillary, solitary, 

 stalked, many-flowered, one-half shorter than the leaves ; leaves 

 oblong, acuminated, acutish at the base, sharply toothed, smooth, 

 full of pellucid dots, "k • S. Native of South America, on 

 the banks of the river Magdalena, near Mompox and Honda. 



Calyx white inside. 



Corymhose-Rowercd Casearia. Shrub 10 feet. 



9 C. HiRTA (Swartz. fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 756.) flowers 8-an- 

 fil. — Lindleya, Kunth, malv. thered, 4-parted ; pedicels crowded, 1-flowered; leaves ovate, 



— Melistaurum, Forst. gen. 



p. 10. but not of H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. serrated, hairy beneath. ^ . S. Native of Jamaica, in tliu 



List. SYST. Hcxa-Dodecdndria, Monogijnla. Stamens 12-30, Jqw lantls. Samyda tomentosa, Swartz. prod. C8. Flowers 



monadelphous at the base, alternate ones bearing anthers, sterile 

 ones awl-shaped or spatulate, usually villous or fringed. This 

 genus ought probably to be divided into several genera, but the 

 number of parts is not sufficient. 



§ 1. Hexantherce (from tl, hex, six, and avBriga, anthera, 

 an anther). D. C. prod. 2. p. 18. Fertile stamens 6. Sterile 

 ones 6. Leaves coarsely spiny-toothed. 



1 C. iLiciFoLiA (Vent, choix. t. 44.) flowers 5-cleft; leaves 

 ovate, with spiny angles, coriaceous, downy beneath. Tj . S, 

 Native of St. Domingo. 



white inside but green outside. Filaments yellow. 



i/a/ry-leaved Casearia. Shrub 7 feet. 



10 C. si'iKosA (Willd. spec. 2. p. 626.) flowers 8-anthered. 

 5-partcd ; pedicels l-flowcrcd, crowded, axillary ; leaves ovate, 



^ ' X - - . • TO Native of St. Do- 



serrated, smooth ; branches spiny 



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mmsoand""the island of Cuba,%vhere it is called ./la. Samyda 

 spintsa, Lin. spec. 557. C. aculeata, Jacq. amer. 133. Ihe 



spines ire strong and straight, they are only abortive indurated 

 hrdndios, as in CSrasus spinosa. Flowers white. Fruit greenish- 



purple. 



Spiny Casearia. Shrub 7 feet. 



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