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SAMYDE^E. II. CASEARIA. III. CH^TOCRATER. HOMALINEJE. 



Adamant Casearia. Shrub 5 feet. 



45 C. JAVITE'NSIS {H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 ;366. t. 479.) flowers 15-anthered; sterile filaments hairy; style 

 trifid ; calyx 5-parted, reflexed ; pedicels axillary, umbellately- 

 crowded, 1 -flowered ; leaves elliptical-oblong, acuminated, re- 

 motely-toothed, smooth, shining, without dots. fj . S. Native 

 of Cayenne and New Guiana. Lindleya glabra, Kunth. Flowers 

 greenish -yellow. Perhaps a species of Chcetocrater. 



Javita Casearia. Tree 20 feet. 



f Species not sufficiently known. 



46 C. VIRIDIFLORA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 51.) leaves ovate-ellip- 

 tical, smooth, somewhat coriaceous, rather crenulated ; flowers 

 almost sessile, fascicled, axillary, fj . S. Native of the East 

 Indies. Samyda viridiflora, Poir. diet. 6. p. 493. Flowers 

 greenish. 



Green-flowered Casearia. Clt. 1820. Shrub 6 feet. 



47 C. DENTA'TA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 51.) flowers decandrous, 5-parted ; pedicels axillary, 

 very short, 1-flowered, 3 or 4 together; leaves oval, bluntish, 

 toothed, with the petioles and nerves pubescent. Pj S. Native 

 of Mexico. This is probably identical with C. hirsuta. 



Z'oo/Aerf-leaved Casearia. Shrub 6 feet. 



48 C. DU'BIA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. prod. 

 2. p. 51.) flowers decandrous, 5-parted; peduncles axillary, in 

 corymbose racemes, the length of the leaves ; leaves ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, serrated, acute, smooth. Tj . S. Native of Mexico. 



Doubtful Casearia. Shrub. 



t t Species only known by name, without any description being 

 given. 



49 C. VARE'CA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 33.) ?j . S. Native 

 of Silhet, in the East Indies. Its Bengal name is Tittacheera. 



Vareca Casearia. Shrub. 



50 C. GLA'BRA (Roxb. 1. c.) Tj . S. Native of the Mo- 

 luccas. 



Smooth Casearia. Shrub. 



51 C. TOMENTOSA (Roxb. 1. c.) Jj . S. Native of the East 

 Indies, among the Circars, where it is called Garugoodoo. 



Downy Casearia. Shrub feet. 



52 C. ESCULE'NTA (Roxb. 1. c.) *j . S. Native of the East 

 Indies, among the Circars, where it is called Kundajungira. 



Esculent Casearia. Shrub 6 feet. 



Cult. See end of order for culture and propagation. 



III. CHvETOCRATER (from x <rr,, chaite, a head of hair, 

 and cparijp, crater, a cup ; in allusion to the stamens being 

 joined at the base into a cup-shaped tube). Ruiz et Pav. prod, 

 fl. per. fil. t. 36. syst. p. 106. D. C. prod. 2. p. 52. Crateria, 

 Pers. ench. 1. p. 485. 



LIN. SYST. Alonadelphia, Decandria. Calyx 5-parted. Sta- 

 mens 20, joined at the base into a cup-shaped tube, 10 of which 

 bear anthers, and are shorter than the rest, the 10 sterile ones 

 are bristle-formed and hairy. Stigmas 3. 



1 C. FASC'ICULA'TUM (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. syst. 107.) leaves 

 oblong, serrated, acuminated ; flowers in fascicles. fj . S. Na- 

 tive of Peru, in the groves of Chinchao, Crateria fasciculata, 

 Pers. ench. 1. p. 485. Bark rather bitter, furnishing a cream 

 colour. 



Fascicled-fiowered Chaetocrater. Tree 24 feet. 



2 C. CAPITA'TUM (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. syst. 108.) leaves ob- 

 long, serrated, taper-pointed, full of dots ; flowers capitate, fj . 

 S. Native of Peru, in the groves of Ciichero. Crateria capi- 

 rata, Pers. ench. 1. p. 485. 



7/e/ec/-floweml ChaHocrater. Tree 18 feet. 



Cult. All the genera of this order will thrive in a mixture 

 of loam and peat, with a little sand ; and cuttings will strike 

 root readily if planted in a pot of sand, plunged in a mo- 

 derate heat, with a hand-glass placed over them. The plants 

 of the first section of Samyda are the most worthy of culti- 

 vation. 



ORDER LXX. HOMALI'NE/E (plants agreeing with Homii- 

 lium in important characters). R. Brown, cong. p. 19. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 53. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Tube of calyx short, obconical, 

 usually, or perhaps always, adhering to the ovary ; limb parted 

 into pairs of lobes, from the number of 10 (f. 12. a.) to 30, 

 outer lobes calyciform, larger than the inner ones (f. 12. .), 

 somewhat valvate in aestivation between themselves, alternate or 

 inner ones smaller (f. 12. .), petaloid, disposed in a similar 

 mode to the outer ones in aestivation, all spreading when in 

 flower. Petals wanting, but with sessile glands at the base 

 (rarely in the middle) of the inner lobes of the calyx, and per- 

 haps on the outer ones also. Stamens rising from the apex of 

 the tube of the calyx between the glands, opposite the outer 

 lobes of the calyx, sometimes equal in number with the lobes 

 of the calyx, but usually 3 or 7 times that number disposed 

 in fascicles, therefore multiple the number of the calycine 

 lobes. Anthers 2-celled, didymous, opening by a double chink. 

 Ovary conical, 1-celled, containing numerous ovula, usually 

 adhering to the calyx at the base, but in part free. Styles 3-5, 

 simple, filiform or awl-shaped. Pericarp capsular, or somewhat 

 baccate, 1-celled. Placentas parietal, the same number as the 

 styles, many-seeded. Seeds small, ovate, or angular. Embryo 

 inclosed in a fleshy albumen. Shrubs or trees, natives of the 

 warmer regions of the world. Leaves alternate, stalked, simple, 

 feather-nerved, toothed or quite entire. Stipulas deciduous, or 

 probably for the most part wanting. Flowers spicate, racemose 

 or panicled. This order agrees with Rosacece in the insertion of 

 the stamens, but in the structure of the fruit it comes near to 

 Bixinece and Flacourtianece. From the absence of the petals, 

 and the insertion of the stamens, as well as in the structure of 

 the fruit, it comes nearest to Samy*dece. Probably Mauneia 

 should be referred to this order. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



1 HOMA'LIUM. Tube of calyx obconical, with a 12 (f. 12. a.} 

 -14-parted limb disposed in a double series, inner lobes narrowest. 

 Stamens in fascicles, placed in front of the outer lobes of the 

 calyx, each fascicle containing 3-6 stamens. Styles 3, filiform. 



2 NAPIMOGA. The character the same as in flomalium, but 

 destitute of glands at the base of the inner lobes of the calyx. 



3 AZA'RA. Calyx 4-5-parted. Stamens numerous, inserted 

 in the bottom of the calyx. Styles 3, joined. 



4 PINE'DA. Calyx 8-10-parted, in a double series. Stamens 

 indefinite in fascicles. Style simple. Stigma trigonal, sulcate. 

 Berry 1 -celled. Placentas 4, fleshy, adhering lengthwise to the 

 parietes, many-seeded. 



