SAMYDE^. II. Casearia. 



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ated, serrulated, full of pellucid dots, smoothish; flowers pu- above and villous beneath. T2 



bescent, umbellate ; umbels sessile ; fertile stamens 10, 3-times Domingo, on the mountains. Flowers whitish. 



shorter than the calyx ; style trifid. 



Native of Jamaica and St. 



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Native of Brazil, 



Fruit trigonal. 



in the province of Minas Geraes, where it is called Lingua de 

 Fia, and of the province of Goyaz, where it is called Cha de 



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upper surface, but smooth on both surfaces in the adult leaves. 



frade 



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Native of Porto-Rico. 



A decoction of the leaves of this plant is used in the Hairy 



Clt. 1825. Shrub 6 feet. 



interior of Brazil in inflammatory diseases and malignant fevers. SQ C, fra'gilis (Vent, choix. no, 47. in a note,) flowers 10- 



anthered, 5-parted, smooth; pedicels axillary, few, 1 -flowered; 



Lingua Casearia. 



Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



Native of Guinea. Flowers small, 



28 C. Commersonia'na (St. Hil. fl, bras. 2. p. 235.) branches leaves ovate-lanceolate, thickish, smooth, quite entire. Tj 

 smooth ; leaves oblong-elliptic, narrowed at the base and apex, Native of the East Indies, and the Mauritius. Clasta friigilis, 

 bluntly acuminated, obsoletely crenate-serrated, smoothish, dot- Comm. ind. Flowers whitish inside. 



less ; flowers pubescently-tomentose, umbellate ; umbels sessile ; Brittle Casearia. Shrub 6 feet. 



fertile stamens 10, nearly equal in length to the calyx ; style 37 C. Guinee'nsis ; flowers 5-cleft, 10-anthered; leaves 



tnfid. T?.S. Native of Brazil near Rio Janeiro. Calyx white ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, serrated, 3-nerved at the base, 

 inside. 



Commerson's Casearia. Slirub 4 to 6 feet. 



29 C. STIPULA Ris (Vent, choix. t. 46.) flowers 10-anthered, 

 5-parted, somewhat canescent ; style undivided ; pedicels dis- 

 posed in a stalked, axillary umbel ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 taper-pointed, smooth, and shining above, but clothed with hoary 

 tonientum beneath, sharply serrated, full of pellucid dots ; 

 branches clothed with white tomentum, T? . S. Native of Guiana, 

 Porto-Rico, St. Domingo, and Brazil. Sam^da arborea. Rich, 

 act. soc. hist. nat. par. 1792. C. inc^na, Bert. ined. Stipulas 5-parted; pedicels axillary, crowded, 1 -flowered ; leaves ellip- 



very villous, as well as the branches ; peduncles many-flowered, 



crowded, axillary. T2 



green. 



Guinea Casearia. 



Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



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10-anthered; pedicels axillary, 1 -flowered; leaves" cordate-ob- 

 long, serrulated, downy beneath. Pj . S. 



Native of Java. 



Grewia-leaved Casearia. Shrub. 



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linear, very long, deciduous. Flowers whitish. tic-lanceolate, a little serrated, bluntish, young ones pubescent 



Stipular Casearia. Shrub 4 to 8 feet. beneath. ^2 • S. Native of the East Indies. Anavinga lan- 



30 C. zizYPHoiDEs (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p.362.) ceolata, Lam. diet. 1. p. 146. ill. t. 355. f. 1. Flowers whitish, 

 flowers 10-anthered, 5-cleft ; leaves ovate-oblong, taper-pointed, Elliptical-\ea\ed Casearia. Shrub 6 feet, 



rounded at the base, crenate-serrulated, smooth ; pedicels axil- 

 lary, crowded in an umbel. 



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40 C. oBLfQUA(Spreng. syst. 2. p. 355.) flowers 10-anthered, 



Native of South America, 5-cleft, subsessile, axillary, solitary, very small ; leaves oblong- 



between Cumana and Caraccas, near the city of New Barcelona. 

 Calyx white inside. 



Ziztjphus'like Casearia. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



31 C. CELTiDiFOLiA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. et spec, amer. 

 5. p. 362.) flowers 10-anthered, 5-cleft; leaves oblong, taper- 

 pointed, acute at the base, smooth, dentately-crenulate, teeth thered, polygamous, 5-parted; lobes concave, obtuse, spread- 

 niucronate, middle nerve puberulous beneath ; umbels axillary, ing ; sterile stamens awl-shaped, pilose at the apex ; style very 

 ^ "^ ' ' " - -- short, h . G. Native of New Caledonia. Melistfiurum dis- 



lanceolate, triple -nerved, acuminated, unequal-sided, serrulated, 

 smooth on both surfaces, shining above, and full of pellucid 

 dots, fj . S. Native of Brazil. Flowers whitish. 

 Oblique-leaved Casearia. Shrub. 



Melista'urum (D. C. prod. 2. p. 51.) 



niany-flowered, on short stalks. Tj . S. Native of South Ame- 

 rica, on the banks of the river Orinoco, near Angustura and 

 v>harichana. - ^ ' - ■ - - 



Calyx white inside. 

 Celtis-leaved Casearia. 



32 C. PRUNIFO^LIA 



Tree 20 feet. 



tichum, Forst. gen. t. 72. Samyda polyandra, Willd. spec. 2. 

 p. 626. The name is derived from [leXi, honey, and aav(ior, a 

 stake; the nectary bearing some resemblance to a fence of that 



) kind. 



Mel 



Shrub 6 feet. 



nowers 10-anthered, 5-parted; pedicels in glomerate, axillary ........... v. ^». .^ ^ ^ ^ 



iff^i^^^!^ ;^l^€!aves oblong, taper-pointed, acute at the base, obso- 42 C. Samy'da(D. C. prod. 2. p. 51.) flowers 10-anthered; 



sterile filaments fringed ; style very short ; calyxes 5-parted ; 

 capsule 3-furrowed. T? . S. Native of Porto Rico. Anavinga 

 Samyda, Gaert. fil. 3. p. 240. t. 224. This is probably iden- 



letely toothletted, smooth, membranous, without dots. Tj 



Native of South America, in the province of Bracamora. Calyx 

 white inside. 



Plum-leaved Casearia. Tree 20 feet. 



tical with one of the Decantherous species described above. 



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4.ftA^\ a* ^^^^^s (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 362. t. Samyda-like Casearia. Shrub 6 feet. 



480.) flowers 10-anthered, 5-parted ; pedicels crowded in axil- 

 lary umbels; leaves elliptical-oblong, taper-pointed, rounded at 

 "6 base, toothed, smoothish above, but covered beneath with 

 y "^^"* ^* S. Native of Caraccas, in shady valleys, 

 near Araguen. Flowers whitish. 



twelve, and a> -^^^pu, 



Soft 



Shrub. 



c]^ft ?' ^^^^^'scENs (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 231.) branches 

 lothed with rufescent tomentum ; leaves elliptical, short, acu- 



anther). D. C. prod. 2.^. 51. Fertile stamens 12- 

 15, with an equal number of sterile ones. 



43 C. TiNiFoLiA (Vent, choix. t. 47.) flowers 12-anthered, 

 sterile filaments awl-shaped ; calyx 5-parted, spreading; pedicels 

 solitary, axillary, 1 -flowered; leaves obovate, smooth, quite 



entire, evidently full of pellucid dots. 



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|">nated, serrulated, smooth above, but clothed with rufescent Flowers the size of those of ^^awyf/a serrw/a/a, white, 

 wmentum beneath, full of pellucid dots ; flowers puberulous, 

 mbellate; umbels sessile; fertile stamens 10, one-half shorter 

 than the calyx ; style undivided. 



Native of Java. 



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TinuS'leaved Casearia. Shrub. 



44 C. adama'ntum (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 230. t. 125.) 

 Native of Brazil, in branches smooth above, but covered with rusty tomentum below ; 



piuvmce ot Mmas Geraes, in that part caUed Minas Novas. 

 fescenl Casearia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet, 

 the ^ • ^"^^^''^A (Swartz. fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 755.)flowers 10-an- 

 ^^ red, 5-parted, pubescently- villous ; pedicels crowded, lateral, 

 • owered; leaves ovate, taper-pointed, serrate- toothed, hairy 



leaves 



pell 



dots; flowers umbellate; umbels sessile; fertile stamens 12, a 

 little shorter than the calyx ; style undivided. ^ . S. Native 



Minas 



Diamantes 



