SAMYDACE^. 



Nat. syst. ed. 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 placentae, 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.fl. bras, 

 merid. ii. 233. 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. fl. 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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