214 CALYCIFLOR^. 



globose, 3-gonal, S-valved, 1-celled; valves thick, coriaceous. 

 Seeds numerous, angulose, in an orange- coloured filamentose 

 pulp. 



2. Samyda vlllosa. T^illous Samyda. 



Flowers 10-antherous, peduncles axillary solitary 

 1-flowered, leaves oblong acute subserrated oblique at 

 the base silky villous beneath. 



Swartz. Fl. Ind. Occ. 758. 



HAB. Mountains. 



FTj. Spring. 



An erect shrub : branches terete, pubescent ; branchlets vil- 

 lous. Leaves silky above, ferrugineo-hirsute along tlie nerves 

 beneath. Flowers rather large, white. Calyx 3-fid to the 

 middle, externally pubescent. Ovary pubescent : style thick: 

 stigma capitate. Capsule large, ovate, fleshy, greenish, pubes- 

 cent, 1-celled, S-'i-valved. Seeds many, ovate, shining: arillus 

 scarlet or pale red. — Swartz. 



II. Casearia. 



Stamens 12-30, monadelphous at the base, alter- 

 nately antheriferous, alternately sterile, subulate or 

 spathulate, in general villous or ciliated. — De Cand. 



Named, by Jacquin in honour of John Casearius, a clergy- 

 man of the Dutch Church in Cochin-China, and a contributor to 

 the Hortus Malabaricus. 



1. Casearia nitida, Shining Casearia. 



Flowers 8-antherous 5-partite, peduncles axillary 

 cymose, leaves ovate subcordate subentire glabrous. 



Samyda foliis nitidis, Isevissime crenatis,' rudimentis mollibus 

 rubentibus, racemis tenuioribus alaribus, Browne, 217. t. 23. f. 

 3 S. nitida, Linn. Sp. Plant. 557 ? 



HAB. Liguanea, 



FL. March. 



A shrub, about 6 feet in height : branches terete, glabrous. 

 Leaves alternate, petiolate, ovate, subcordate, obtuse, obsoletely 

 crenulated, nerved and veined, very glabrous, shining, mem- 

 branaceous, pellucido-punctulated. Cyme axillary, shorter than 

 the leaf: pedicels filiform. Flowers of the same size, and bear- 

 ing some resemblance to those of the Hawthorn. Sepals 5, 

 obtuse. Filaments 1 6, each alternate one club-shaped, red and 

 puberulous towards the apex, more than half the length of the 

 anther-bearing filaments. Ovary conical : style erect : stigma 

 obtuse. 



