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cannot become very large.— The pedicels are much longer in this species than in any 

 or the others ; and the pubescence of the leaves beneath diflFers from all except that 

 ^ t. grewi^folia. A <?a5e^zr«a collected by Griffith in fruit in Assam may be this, 

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- C. ASTYiA, Turcz. in Bull Soc. hnp.Mosc. 1863, 608; branchlets pubescent, leaves 

 gla^ous, sterile stamens densely white-hirsute, style 0. 



East Indies; Roxburgh {fids Turcz.). 



Leaves lanceolate, somewhat long but obtusely acuminate, margin reA'olute entire, 

 p"'^».»ot punctate ; petiole short. Pedicels 3 or few. Calyx-tube top-shaped, con- 

 trac^ in the middle, segments reflexed. — A very distinct species in the structure of 

 Its flowers, forming the type of a separate subgenus. — Not seen: the forecroinK is 

 taken from Turczaninow. . 



Casearia ?coriacea, Wall. Cat. 7196, is Ch^tocarpus casfanocarpus, Thwaites 



Casearia ? acuminata, Wall, Cat 7198, has opposite leaves and is remote from 

 the genus and order. 



Casearia Plucida, Wall. Cat. 7199, is a Euphorbiaceous plant, possibly the male 

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cui'ely serrate, epunctate ; stipules minute, deciduous. ' Flowers small, very 

 ??^jy sessile, in long racemes which are simple or panicled. Calyx inferior, 

 ^ivided nearly to the base ; lobes 5, rounded, imbricate. Petals 0. Stamens 10 

 n ^ ^ ^ alternating with as maliy 2-lobed hairy scales and 6 inserted in the 



otches of those scales. Ovary superior, 1-ceIled ; styles 3, short, with capi- 

 stigmas;. ovules few, placentas 8, parietal. Capsule subglobose, 3- 

 (\tx ' /N ^^^^ few, subglobose, with red fleshy aril.— Distrib. 



f.!^ Ceylon, two in the Philippines. 



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 ^ceolate acuminate nearly entire, panicle terminal. .Ben/A. m Joum. Li 

 ^: T. Suppl, 89 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 209. Casearia paniculata, Gardn. 



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Q. ^^^^ger branches and panicle pubescent. Leaves 2-4: by 1-1 J in., narrowed at 



® base ; DfttiolA 1 i'« "O^-yfi^U lo-^ *.Q/*ompa A— fl in FIjYuifi.r A wh\t& tinned Tirith re»i. 



; petiole J in. Panicle laxj^ racemes 4-6 in. i^^^w^r^ white tinged with re*l, 



^de cup-shaped bract, 

 coriaceous. Seeds 1-4, subglobose. 



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^le /"PP^^*^^ by a single cup-shaped bract. 

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ohrubs or trees. Xeaz;^^ alternate, crenate or subentire, petioled or sessile, 

 g^Y P^"^*^tulate. Flowers hairy, small, in slender axillary and sub-tenuinal 

 W j^^ panicled racemes: bract at the base of the pedicel often prominent 

 l^jr ^^^cous. Calyx'tvhe funnel-shaped, adnate to the base of the ovary; 

 iio^ V ' narrow, persistent. Petals h~7, inserted in the throat of the calyx , 

 j^^r-oblong, persistent. DwA tom6ntose- „ 5^aw^5,8olitary or in fascicles of 

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