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SAMYDE.E. II. Casearia. III. CnxExocrvAXER. HOM ALINED. 



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4. 



Adamant Casearia. Shrub 5 feet. 



45 C. Javite'nsis (H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 5. p 



Headed-^o\\erQ({ Chaetocrater. Tree 18 feet. ' : 



Cult. All the genera of this order will thrive in a mixture 

 of loam and peat, with a little sand ; and cuttings will strike 



trifid; calyx 5-parted, reflexed; pedicels axillary, umbcllately- root readily if planted in a pot of sand, plunged in a mo- 

 crowded, 1 "flowered ; leaves elliptical-oblong, acuminated, re- derate heat, with a hand-glass placed over them. The plants 



motely-toothed, smooth, shining, w^ithout dots. 



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of Cayenne and New Guiana. Lindleya glabra, Kunth. Flowers vation. 

 greenish -yellow. Perhaps a species of Chcetocrater. 



Native of the first section of Samyda are the most worthy of culti- 



Javita Casearia. Tree 20 feet. 



■f Species not sufficiently knoyvn* 



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Hum in important characters). R. Brown, cong. p. 19. D. C 



46 C. viRiDiFLoRA (D. C. prod. 2, p. 51.) leaves ovate-ellip- prod. 





p. 53. 



tical, smooth, somewhat coriaceous, rather crenulated ; flowers 

 almost sessile, fascicled, axillary. Tj , S. Native of the East 

 Indies. Samyda viridiflora, Poir. diet, 6. p. 493. Flowers 

 greenish. 



Green-Jlowered Casearia. Clt. 1820. Shrub 6 feet. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Tube of calyx short, obconical 

 usually, or perhaps always, adhering to the ovary ; limb partei 

 into pairs of lobes, from the number of 10 (f. 12. «.) to 30, 

 outer lobes calyciform, larger than the inner ones (f. 12. a.), 



47 C. denta'ta (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. incd. D. C. somewhat valvate in aestivation betw^een themselves, alternate or 



prod, 2. p. 51.) flowers decandrous, 5-parted ; pedicels axillary. 



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disposed in a similar 



toothed, with the petioles and nerves pubescent. Pj • S. Native 

 of Mexico. This is probably identical with C. hirsuta. 

 Toothed-leaved Casearia. Shrub 6 feet. 



very short, 1 -flowered 3 or 4 together; leaves oval bluntish, ,^ode to the outer ones in estivation, all spreading when in 



flower. Petals wanting, but with sessile glands at the base 

 (rarely in the middle) of the inner lobes of the calyx, and per- 

 48 C. du'bia (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon, ined, D. C. prod. hajys on the outer ones also. Stamens rising from the apex of 

 2. p. 51.) flowers decandrous, 5-parted; peduncles axillary, in the tube of the calyx between the glands, opposite the outer 

 corymbose racemes, the length of the leaves ; leaves ovate-Ian- jobes of the calyx, sometimes equal in number with the lobes ^ 



of the calyx, but usually 3 or 7 times that number disposed 



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in fascicles, therefore multiple the number of the calycine 



ceolate, serrated, acute, smooth. T2 . S. Native of Mexico. 

 Doubtful Casearia. Shrub. 



ft Species only known by name, without any description being lobes. Anthers S-celled, didymous, opening by a double chink. 



Ovary conical, 1 -celled, containing numerous ovula, usually 



given. 



49 C. Vare'ca (Roxb. hort, beng. p. 33.) h 



of Silhet, in the East Indies. Its Bengal name is Tittacheera. 

 f^arcca Casearia. Shrub. 

 50 C. gla'bra (Roxb, 1. c.) Tj . S. 



Native adhering to the calyx at the base, but in part free. Styles 34 



Native of the Mo- 



luccas. 



Smooth Casearia. Shrub. 



simple, filiform or awl-shaped. Pericarp capsular, or somewhat 

 baccate, 1 -celled. Placentas parietal, the same number as the 

 styles, many-seeded. Seeds small, ovate, or angular. Embryo 

 inclosed in a fleshy albumen. — Shrubs or trees, natives of the 



51 C. TOMENTosA (Roxb. 1. c.) T2 . S. Native of the East warmer regions of the world. Leaves alternate, stalked, simple 

 Indies, among the Circars, where it is called Garu^oodoo. 



Downy Casearia. Shrub G feet. 



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Native of the East 



feather-nerved, toothed or quite entire. Stipulas deciduous, or 

 probably for the most part wanting. Flowers spicate, racemose 



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Indies, among the Circars, where it is called Kundajungira. 

 Esculent Casearia. Shrub 6 feet. 

 Cult. See end of order for culture and propagation. 



or panicled. This order agrees with Rosdcece in the insertion 



of 



III. CHiETOCRATER (from xa^rT?, chaite, a head of hair, 

 and t^parr^py crater, a cup ; in allusion to the stamens being 

 joined at the base into a cup-shaped tube). Ruiz et Pav, prod. 

 fl. per. 61. t. 36. syst. p. 106. D. C. prod. 2. p. 52.— Crateria, 

 Pers. ench. 1. p. 485. 



the stamens, but in the structure of the fruit it comes near to 

 BixmecB and Flacourtianece. From the absence of the petals. 

 and the insertion of the stamens, as well as in the structure of 



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the fruit, it comes nearest to Samy'dece. Probably 

 should be referred to this order. 



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LiN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx 5-parted. Sta- IHoma'lium. Tube of calyx obconical, with a 12 (f. 12- "•; 



mens 20, joined at the base into a cup-shaped tube, 10 of which -14-parted limb disposed in a double series, inner lobes narrowest 



bear anthers, and are shorter than the rest, the 10 sterile ones <JfoT«cr,c ;„ f„ • i i i • r . r i. . ^ -u . ^f A( 



.are bristle-formfid nnd hnirv. f^u^rr... fi Stamens m fascicles, placed m front of the outer lobes of tn 



calyx, each fascicle containing 3-6 stamens. Styles 3, fihforni' 



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are bristle-formed and hairy. Stigmas 3. 



1 C. FAScicuLATUM (Ruiz ct Pav. fl. per. syst. 107.) leave 

 oblong, serrated, acuminated ; flowers in fascicles. Tj , S. Na- 



2 Napimoga. 



Horn 



tive of Peru, in the groves of Chinchao, Crateria fasciculata, destitute of glands at the base of the inner lobes of the calyx. 

 Pers. ench. 1. p. 485. Bark rather bitter, furnishing a cream 3 Aza^ra. Calyx 4.5-parted. Stamens numerous, insertcii 



'"^FL'^/c/.J-floweredCh^tocr Tree 24 feet. in the bottom of the calyx. Styles 3, joined. 



2 C. capitVtum (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. syst. 108.) leaves ob- . ^^ne^i>a. Calyx S-lO-parted, in a double series. Stame - 



long, serrated, taper-pointed, full of dots ; flowers capitate. Tj . indefinite in fascicles. Style simple. Stigma trigonal, sulcata* 



S. Native of Peru, in the groves of Cuchero. Crateria capi- Berry 1 -celled. Placentas 4, fleshy, adhering lengthwise to tb* 



rata, Pers. ench. 1. p. 485. parietes, many-seeded. 



