IIOMALINE^. 217 



A shrubby tree, about 8 feet in lieight : branches subterete, 

 towards their extremities angulose, minutely puberulous. 

 Leaves alternate, shortly petiolate, oblongo-lanceolate, acumin- 

 ate, obtuse, sharply serrated, nerved and veined, subglabrous, 

 2 inches long, and ^ of an inch broad. Common peduncle about 

 a line in length. Flowers numerous, crowded, axillary, on 

 pedicels about 2 lines in length, eacl^ furnished with a minute 

 scariose bractea at the base. Calyx 5-partite ; divisions obtuse. 

 Stamens 10, shorter than the sepals, alternating with 10 abor- 

 tive villous filaments. Ovary globose, puberulous at the apex : 

 style erect: stigma capitate. Capsule small, 3-valved, 5- 

 seeded. 



6. * Casearia hirsuta. Hirsute Casearia. 



Flowers lO-antherous 5-partite pubescenti-villous, 

 peduncles lateral crowded 1-flowered, leaves ovate 

 acuminate dentato-serrated hairy above villous be- 

 neath. 



Swarlz, Fl. Ind. Occ. 753. 



HAB. Mountains. 



FL. ? 



A shrub : branches pubescent. Leaves large, soft. Peduncles 

 lateral, below the leaves, crowded, 1-flowered. Calycine 

 divisions ovato-lanceolate, villous, whitish. Sterile filaments 

 villous. Style 3-quetrous : stigma capitate. Capsule ovate, 

 acuminate, 3-gonal, 3-valved. — Swartz. 



ORDER LIX. HOMALINE^. 



Calyx 10-30-partite. Petals C- Glandules at 

 the base of the inner calycine lobes, sessile. Stamens 

 between the glandules, opposite to the inner calycine 

 lobes, rarely solitary, generally in fasciculi of 3' or Q\ 

 Ovary half inferior, 1 -celled : styles 3-5. Fruit 

 berried or capsular. Seeds small, with the embryo 

 in the middle of a fleshy albumen. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, with deciduous stipules. 

 Natives of the Tropics. Possessed of no known properties. 



I. HOMALIUM. 



Calycine tube adhering to the ovary, obconical 



