LX. SAMYDACEH (MASTERS). 493 
Petals twice as many as the sepals. Stamens very numerous, 
Filaments pilose ee fr oe a ae 4, DISSOMERIAS 
** Ovary more or less adherent. 
Petals flat, as many as the sepals-). i. *s Gs ie Hee. Soot 
Fetalshooded. . . . . 6. Byrsanruus. 
1. CASEARIA, Jacq.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 796. 
Flower-tube short ; sepals 4—6, imbricate. Petals wanting. Sta- 
minal tube short, emerging from near the base of the flower-tube, 
divided at its upper margin into 10 fertile stamens and as many barren 
staminodes. Ovary free, ovoid; style simple, short; stigmas capitate ; 
ovules numerous. Capsule 3—4-valved, valves bearing the seeds in the 
middle. Seeds oblong, with a fleshy aril; albumen fleshy; embryo 
straight ; cotyledons flat; radicle terete-—Trees or shrubs. Leaves 
distichous, alternate, simple, coriaceous, often marked with linear or 
circular translucent spots. Stipules minute. Flowers tufted, small. 
A large genus, pretty uniformly represented in the Tropical regions of both hemi- 
spheres and in Australia. The African species are few in number, and hitherto un- 
described. 
Flowers in stalked glomerules. . . . . . . . + = + « 1, C stipitata. 
lowers in sessile glomerules. 
eaves distinctly oblique at the base. 
Leaves lanceolate. Staminodes roundish, short 
Leaves oblong. Staminodes ribbon-like, as long as the fila- : 
ments . . . . . 8. C prismatocarpa. 
Leaves not oblique at the base, or but slightly so. 
Pedicels longer than the bracts. Ovary longer than the 
bo 
. C. gladiiformis. 
stamens Le ee ee eC Manns. 
Prdicels scarcely longer than the bracts. ©vary shorter : 
than the stamens + fs. bay shee 2 ce be C2 Barters. 
1. C. stipitata, Mast. A small tree (20 ft.), the younger branches 
puberulous. Leaves olabrous, subcoriaceous, or with a few weak hairs 
along the nerves on the lower fuce, oblong, entire, rounded or obtuse 
at the base, shortly acuminate, 5-6 in. long, 2-24 in. wide. Petioles 
very short. Flowers numerous, in dense, stalked axillary clusters ; 
Stipes shorter than the petiole. Sepals leathery. Stamiodes flat, 
tibbon-shaped, pilose, nearly equalling the glabrous fertile stamens 
In length; anthers small, ovate, pointed. Ovary 3-lobed ; style short ; 
Stigma capitate. 
Upper Guinea. Aboh, Niger, Barter! 
a gladiiformis, Mast. A tree with greyish bark. Leaves 
subcoriaceous, glabrous, with circular and linear pellucid spots, lan- 
ceolate, tapering at both ends, oblique at the base, sometimes acumi- 
Rate at the apex, 5—6 in. long, 2 in. wide. Petiole scarcely an inch in 
ength. Flowers numerous in dense, sessile clusters in the axils of the 
fallen leaves ; flower-buds subglobose, slightly villose, as also are the 
short pedicels. Sepals oblong, obtuse, concave, membranous at the 
wéreins. Staminal tube dividing about half-way up into 10 short 
fertile and as many’sterile stamens ; fertile filaments glabrous, anthers 
