494 LX. SAMYDACEEH (MASTERS). [ Casearia. 
oblong-acute, apiculate; staminodes short, sub-orbicular, downy. 
Ovary oblong, slightly villose ; style short; stigma capitate. 
Mozamb. Distr. Shupanga, Zambesi, Dr. Kirk! 
3. C. prismatocarpa, Must. A tree with smooth, cylindrical, 
purplish branches. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, not dotted, oblong, 
acute, rounded and oblique at the base, entire or obsoletely toothed at 
the margin; sometimes revolute, 5—-6in. long, 2din. wide. Petiole 
less than din. long. Flowers numerous, pedicellate, pedicels slightly 
villose, arranged in dense, sessile, axillary clusters. Sepals coriaceous, 
thin at the edges, oblong-obtuse, hooded. Staminal tube shorter than 
the calyx, dividing above the middle into 10 fertile and as many 
sterile stamens, the latter ribbon-like, pilose, as long as the fertile fila- 
ments. Ovary oblong; style short; stigma capitate. Fruit coriaceous, 
indehiscent, 1-celled, oblong, acute, somewhat five-lobed, 5 or 6 times 
longer than the persistent deflexed calyx. 
Upper Guinea. Gaboon river and Muni river, lat. 1° N., Mann! 
4. ©, Mannii, Must. A shrub or small tree (20 ft.), with smooth 
or wrinkled ash-coloured bark, and obliquely ascending slender 
branches. Leaves membranous, glabrous, dotted with circular trans- 
lugent spots, oblong, entire, acuminate, 4—5in. long, 14—2 in. wide, 
tapering at the base into a very short petiole. Flowers stalked ; pedi- 
cels short, in few-flowered sessile axillary clusters; flower-buds ovoid. 
Sepals coriaceous, ovate, obtuse, distinct to the base or nearly so, ulti- 
mately reflexed. Staminal tube very shallow, speedily dividing into 
10 fertile glabrous filaments and 10 ribbon-like pilose staminodes as 
long as the filaments ; anthers ovoid, pointed. Ovary oblong, obscurely 
5-lobed, glabrous unless at the apex, exceeding the stamens in length; 
style short; stigma capitate. Fruit oblong, acute, sometimes pytr 
form, coriaceous, 14-23 in. long, less than 1 in. wide, tapering at Me 
base into a pseudo-stipes which is girt by the persistent reflexed 
perianth ; seeds ovoid with a scarlet arillus. 
Upper Guinea. Princes Island, Mann! Barter! 
5. C. Barteri, Vast. A shrub or tree with terete or subangular, 
smooth, purplish branches. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, oblong, tape? 
ing at the base into a short petiole, acute or acuminate, impunctate, 
5—Gin. long, 2in. wide. Pedicels glabrous, arranged in sessile clusters 
in the axils of the fallen leaves, and invested by small bracts. Sepals 
coriaceous, oblong, hooded, fin. long. Staminal tube dividing above 
into 10 fertile stamens and 10 hairy oblong obtuse staminodes half the 
length of the fertile filaments. Ovary sessile, oblong, smooth ; sty les 
very short; stigma capitate. ; 
Upper Guinea. Onitsche, Niger, Barter! Ambas Bay, Mann! 
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C. guineensis, Don, Gard. Dict. ii. 53. ‘‘ Flowers 5-cleft, 10- 
anthered ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, serrated, 3-nerved at the 
