SAMYDE/E. II. CASEAIUA. 



ated, serrulated, full of pellucid dots, smoothish ; flowers pu- 

 bescent, umbellate ; umbels sessile ; fertile stamens 10, 3-times 

 shorter than the calyx; style trifid. (?. S. Native of Brazil, 

 in the province of Minas Geraes, where it is called Lingua de 

 l-'ia, and of the province of Goyaz, where it is called Cha de 

 fradc. A decoction of the leaves of this plant is used in the 

 interior of Brazil in inflammatory diseases and malignant fevers. 

 Lingua Casearia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



28 C. COMMERSONIA'NA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 9. 3 5.) branches 

 smooth ; leaves oblong-elliptic, narrowed at the base and apex, 

 bluntly acuminated, obsoletely crenate-serrated, smoothish, dot- 

 less ; flowers pubescently-tomentose, umbellate ; umbels sessile ; 

 fertile stamens 10, nearly equal in length to the calyx ; style 

 trifid. Tj . S. Native of Brazil near Rio Janeiro. Calyx white 

 inside. 



Commerson's Casearia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



29 C. STII-ULA'RIS (Vent, choix. t. 46.) flowers 10-anthered, 

 5-parted, somewhat canescent ; style undivided ; pedicels dis- 

 posed in a stalked, axillary umbel ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 taper-pointed, smooth, and shining above, but clothed with hoary 

 tomentum beneath, sharply serrated, full of pellucid dots ; 

 branches clothed with white tomentum. I ? . S. Native of Guiana, 

 Porto-Rico, St. Domingo, and Brazil. Samyda arborea, Rich, 

 act. soc. hist. nat. par. 1792. C. incana, Bert. ined. Stipulas 

 linear, very long, deciduous. Flowers whitish. 



Stipular Casearia. Shrub 4 to 8 feet. 



30 C. ZIZYPHOIDES (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p.362.) 

 flowers 10-anthered, 5-cleft ; leaves ovate-oblong, taper-pointed, 

 rounded at the base, crenate-serrulated, smooth ; pedicels axil- 

 lary, crowded in an umbel. I? . S. Native of South America, 

 between Cumana and Caraccas, near the city of New Barcelona. 

 Calyx white inside. 



Zizyphus-like Casearia. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



31 C. CELTIDIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. et spec. amer. 

 5. p. 362.) flowers 10-anthered, 5-cleft ; leaves oblong, taper- 

 pointed, acute at the base, smooth, dentately-crenulate, teeth 

 mucronate, middle nerve puberulous beneath ; umbels axillary, 

 many-flowered, on short stalks. (7 . S. Native of South Ame- 

 rica, on the banks of the river Orinoco, near Angustura and 

 Charichana. Calyx white inside. 



Ccltis-leavcd Casearia. Tree 20 feet. 



32 C. PRUNIFO'LIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 1. c.) 

 flowers 10-anthered, 5-parted ; pedicels in glomerate, axillary 

 fascicles ; leaves oblong, taper-pointed, acute at the base, obso- 

 letely toothletted, smooth, membranous, without dots. Tj . S. 

 Native of South America, in the province of Braeamora. Calyx 

 white inside. 



Plum-leaved Casearia. Tree 20 feet. 



33 C. MOLLIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 3G2. t. 

 480.) flowers 10-anthered, 5-parted ; pedicels crowded in axil- 

 lary umbels ; leaves elliptical-oblong, taper-pointed, rounded at 

 the base, toothed, smoothish above, but covered beneath with 

 rusty down. Jj . S. Native of Caraccas, in shady valleys, 

 near Araguen. Flowers whitish. 



Soft Casearia. Shrub. 



34 C. RUFE'SCENS (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 231.)' branches 

 clothed with rufescent tomentum ; leaves elliptical, short, acu- 

 minated, serrulated, smooth above, but clothed with rufescent 

 tomentum beneath, full of pellucid dots ; flowers puberulous, 

 umbellate; umbels sessile ; fertile stamens 10, one-half shorter 

 than the calyx ; style undivided. Pj . S. Native of Brazil, in 

 the province of Minas Geraes, in that part called Minas Novas. 



Rufescent Casearia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



35 C. HIRSU'TA (Swartz. fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 755.)flowers 10-an- 

 thered, 5-parted, pubescently-villons; pedicels crowded, lateral, 

 1-flowered ; leaves ovate, taper-pointed, serrate- toothed, hairy 



above and villous beneath. T? . S. Native of Jamaica and St. 

 Domingo, on the mountains. Flowers whitish. Fruit trigonal. 



I'tir. /3, glabrttta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 50.) leaves smooth on the 

 upper surface, but smooth on both surfaces in the adult leaves. 

 I?. S. Native of Porto-Rico. 



//a?Y?/-leaved Casearia. Clt. 1825. Shrub 6 feet. 



3(j C. FRA'GIUS (Vent, choix. no. 47. in a note,) flowers 10- 

 anthered, 5-parted, smooth; pedicels axillary, few, 1-flowered; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, thickish, smooth, quite entire. 1? . S. 

 Native of the East Indies, and the Mauritius. Clasta fragilis, 

 Comm. ind. Flowers whitish inside. 



Brittle Casearia. Shrub 6 feet. 



37 C. GUINEE'NSIS ; flowers 5-cleft, 10-anthered; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, serrated, 3-nerved at the base, 

 very villous, as well as the branches ; peduncles many-flowered, 

 crowded, axillary. T? . S. Native of Guinea. Flowers small, 

 green. 



Guinea Casearia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



38 C. GREWLEFOLIA (Vent, choix. no. 48. in a note,,) flowers 

 10-anthered; pedicels axillary, 1-flowered; leaves cordate-ob- 

 long, serrulated, downy beneath. ^ . S. Native of Java. 



(! rcma-leaved Casearia. Shrub. 



39 C. ELLI'PTICA (Willd. spec. 2. p. 628.) flowers 10-anthered, 

 5-parted ; pedicels axillary, crowded, 1-flowered ; leaves ellip- 

 tic-lanceolate, a little serrated, bluntish, young ones pubescent 

 beneath. Pj . S. Native of the East Indies. Anavinga lan- 

 ceolata, Lam. diet. 1. p. 146. ill. t. 355. f. 1. Flowers whitish. 



Elliptical-lcavcA Casearia. Shrub 6 feet. 



40 C. OBLI'QUA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 355.) flowers 10-anthered, 

 5-cleft, subsessile, axillary, solitary, very small ; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, triple -nerved, acuminated, unequal-sided, serrulated, 

 smooth on both surfaces, shining above, and full of pellucid 

 dots. fj . S. Native of Brazil. Flowers whitish. 



Oblique-leaved Casearia. Shrub. 



41 C. MELISTA'URUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 51.) flowers 10-an- 

 thered, polygamous, 5-parted; lobes concave, obtuse, spread- 

 ing ; sterile stamens awl-shaped, pilose at the apex ; style very 

 short. t? . G. Native of New Caledonia. Melistaurum dis- 

 tichum, Forst. gen. t. 72. Samyda polyandra, Willd. spec. 2. 

 p. 626. The name is derived from [tt\t, honey, and <raupoc, a 

 stake ; the nectary bearing some resemblance to a fence of that 

 kind. 



Melistaurum Casearia. Shrub 6 feet. 



42 C. SAMYDA(D. C. prod. 2. p. 51.) flowers 10-anthered; 

 sterile filaments fringed ; style very short ; calyxes 5-parted ; 

 capsule 3-furrowed. T? . S. Native of Porto Rico. Anavinga 

 Samyda, Gaert. fil. 3. p. 240. t. 224. This is probably iden- 

 tical with one of the Decantherous species described above. 



Samyda-like Casearia. Shrub 6 feet. 



4. Dodecanthera (from Cwcit/ca, dodeca, twelve, and 

 anthera, an anther). D. C. prod. 2. p. 51. Fertile stamens 12- 

 15, with an equal number of sterile ones. 



43 C. TINIFOLIA (Vent, choix. t. 47.) flowers 12-anthered, 

 sterile filaments awl-shaped ; calyx 5-parted, spreading ; pedicels 

 solitary, axillary, 1-flowered ; leaves obovate, smooth, quite 

 entire, evidently full of pellucid dots. T? . S. Native of Java. 

 F'lowers the size of those of Samyda serrulata, white. 



Tinus-leaved Casearia. Shrub. 



44 C. ADAMA'NTUM (St. Hil. fl. bras. 2. p. 230. t. 125.) 

 branches smooth above, but covered with rusty tomentum below ; 

 leaves obovate, short-acuminated, serrulated, full of pellucid 

 dots; flowers umbellate; umbels sessile; fertile stamens 12, a 

 little shorter than the calyx ; style undivided. T; . S. Native 

 of Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, in that part called 

 Distrito dos Diamantes. 



