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LXII. SAMYDACE^. 



[Casearia. 



much shorter, clubbed, woolly hairy. Pistil conic, pubescent ; 

 style stout. Stigma large, capitate. Hab. Johor, Pulau Tinggi 

 (Burkill). Disirib. Borneo, PhiHppines. 



(7) C. coriacea Vent. Choix des Planles, 45 ; Koorders 

 Boomsorten Java, 345. 



Small tree 20 to 25 ft. tall, 2 to 3 in. through. Branches 

 flexuous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong or elliptic-acuminate, 

 base narrowed shortly ; nerves 5 to 6 pairs, slender, reticulations 

 rather conspicuous when dry, 5 to 6 in. long, 2 to 2-75 in. wide ; 



Fig. 67. — Casearia flexula. 



petioles -3 in. long. Heads small, not lengthening. Bracts ovate 

 acute. Flowers white, -15 in. across. Petals ovate sub-acute. 

 Staminodes shorter than filaments, hairy at tip. Fruit oblong, 

 1-5 in. long, reddish yellow. Hab. Forests chiefly in the hills; 

 rare. Singapore (Wallich 7197, 2). Perak, Thaiping Hills 4000 

 to 4600 ft. altitude (Kunstler) ; Bujong Malacca. Disirib. Java. 



(8) C. flexula Ridl. C. flexuosa Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. 

 vii. 41 [not of Craib). 



Branches flexuous with pale bark. Leaves thinly coriaceous 

 lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, acute ; nerves 4 pairs, 3 to 

 3-5 in, long, I to 1-25 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long. Heads dense; 



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