418 DECANDRiA MONOGYNiA. Casearta. 



CASEARIA. Schreh. gen. n. 756. 



Calyx five-leaved. Coroi none. Nectarial filaments 

 eight, or ten, distinct, and alternate, with the same number 

 of stamina. Germ superior, one-celled, many-seeded, at- 

 tachment parietal. Capsule berried, three-valved, one- 

 celled. Seeds nidulent. Embryo in some centripetal, in 

 others centrifugal, and between those directions, with a 

 perisperm. 



1. C. vareca. R. 



Shrubby. Leaves linear-oblong, and lanceolate, very 

 finely serrulate. Flowers axillary, crowded, octandrous. 

 Stamina and nectaries on the bowl of the one-leaved ca- 

 lyx. 



Vareca. Gcert. sem. 1. p, 290. t. 60. 



Tetahehera the vernacular name in Silhet, where it is 

 indigenous ; it flowers in May, and the seed ripens in Sep- 

 tember and October. Young shoots strdiight rather an- 

 gular, and somewhat hairy. Leaves alternate, bifarious, 

 short-petioled, linear-oblong, and lanceolate, very fine- 

 ly, and acutely serrulate, a little hairy underneath ;frora 

 three to six inches long, and from one to two broad. Sti- 

 pules cordate, villous. Peduncles axillary, crowded, short, 

 one-flowered, the insertions embraced by many, small, 

 scariose bractes. F lowers smdiW, of a greenish grey colour. 

 Calyx one-leavedjbowl shaped, the border divided into five 

 orbicular segments. Nectarial scales broad, short, and 

 hairy, inserted alternately with the filaments, into the mid- 

 dle of the tube of the calyx. Filaments eight, short, slightly 

 united to the nectarial scales. Anthers cordate. Germ 

 superior, ovate, one-ceiled, containing several ovula at- 

 tached to three equi-distant portions of the middle of 

 the ovarium. Style short. Stigma capitate. Capsule su- 

 perior, oval, the size of a french bean, smooth, one-celled. 



