SAMYDACEiE. 



Nat. syst. cd. 2. p. 64. 



CASEARIA. 



Calyx permanent, 4-6-lobed, imbricated. Petals 0. A disk 

 lining the base of the calyx. Stamens 16-30, sub-monadel- 

 phous, perigynous, half antheriferous, half sterile and scale-like. 

 Ovary with 3 parietal placentas, tapering into a simple style, 

 with a 3-lobed stigma. Capsule between leathery and fleshy, 

 3-valved. Seeds surrounded by a lacerated aril. — Leaves alter- 

 nate, stipulate. Flowers axillary, clustered, corymbose, or soli- 

 tary. Flowers whitish green, rarely pink. 



214. C. ulmifolia DC. prodr. ii. 49. Aug. de St. H.fi. bras, 

 merid. ii. 238. — Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes. 

 (Marmeleiro do Mato.) 



Twigs nearly smooth. Leaves oblong, acuminate, finely serrate, 

 rather downy. Flowers in short-stalked umbels, somewhat downy. 

 Fertile stamens 10, rather shorter than the calyx. Styles undivided. — 

 Believed by the Brazilians to be a valuable remedy against the bite of 

 serpents ; the leaves are applied to the wound, and an infusion of them 

 is also taken internally. 



215. C. Lingua Aug. de St. H. jl. bras, merid. ii. 236. — 

 Brazil. (Cha de frade, Lingua de fin.) 



Twigs downy. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, rounded at the base, acu- 

 minate, serrulate, smoothish. Flowers downy, in sessile umbels 

 Fertile stamens 10, thrice as short as the calyx. Style trifid. — A 

 decoction of the leaves administered internally in inflammatory com- 

 plaints and malignant fevers. 



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