RUBIACEAE 1257 
6. CASASIA A. Rich. Unarmed shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades Ten. 
n in axillary cymes. Sepals 5, aien or narrow. Corolla with a stout 
and 5 relatively d lobes. Stam 
E Pace adnate to the lower part of e 
corolla-tube: anthers elongate, linear-sagit- 
tate, included. Berry thick. Seeds angled. 
—About 8 species, West Indian. 
1. C. clusiifolia (Jaeq.) Urban. Shrub or 
small tree, the bark pale: leaves clustered 
at 
vat m. long: nt 
sepals su runi corolla white; tube 16-20 
mm. long; lobes acuminate, shorter than the 
: mai obovoid em. lo 
ocks, 
near the coast, S pen. Fla. and Florida Keys —(W. I.)—All year. 
7. RANDIA [Houst.] L. Armed shrubs or trees. Leaves relatively few: 
blades leathery. Flowers axillary. ed 4—5, short. Corolla with a short 
nd 5 often very broad lobes. Stam 
r 5: filaments adnate to near the top P 
M corolla- ie anthers ellipsoid or linear, 
partly exserted or included. Berry globular 
r elongate.—About 100 species, tropical 
l. R. aculeata L. Sh ub 0.3-3 m. tall: 
leaves 1.5-5 cm. long; blades nds to 
n elliptie, or aui pie 
angu ular to ovate, about 1 mm. 
long, seam c ME ad 
nds 
OF. I. p year. | 2 
8. CATESBAEA L. Armed shrubs. Leaves very numerous: blades leath- 
ery. un axillary. Sepals 4, short. — with a long tube and 4 short 
lobes. Stamens 4: filaments panei to. the | B 
base of the corolla-tube: anthers narrow or 
linear. Berry thiek.—A bout 8 species, West 
Indian. o 
. C. parviflora Sw. Shrub 1-3 m. tall: 
leaves 5-15 mm. long; blades spatulate, 
obovate or suborbieular, lustrous: sepals = 
angular to triangular- ‘lanceolate, B " d 
Se K white; tube campan 
ong; lobes deltoid, audi. pud a 
globose, 6-18 mm. long, blue or black.— 
m and usd 
(W. I.)—All year.—Fires and stor s hav 
greatly depleted the zb dl. A limited 
growth of this shrub. The most extensive 
