100 • 4?'. SAMYDACE.E.^ [Oasearie9, 



capitate or 3-fid at tlie apex, or styles 2-5 ; ovufesou- usually 2-5^. 

 parietal placentas. Fruit loeulicidally 2-5-valved ; seeds several^, 

 usually drilled. 



Petals 0, llcAvers in axillary fascicles ... .,.• Caseaki.Vi 



Petals present, flowers iu axillary or terminal racemes ... Homalium. 



CASEARIA, Jac(i, 



Shrubs or small trees.. Loaves afternate,.disticlious, often sNg-litly" 

 serrate and transparently clotted. Calyx-tube short, limb 4-5'-lobed, 

 Petals 0. Stamens 6-15, or rarely more, alternatinf^ with as many 

 scales or staminodes. Ovary superior, 1-celled ; stigma capitate or 

 shortly 8-lobed ; ovules many, parietal. Fruit fleshy, opening, into- 

 valves ; seeds often with a red arilLuSi 



Trees. Leaves glaljrous.- 



I'edicels glabrous. 



<':ilyx puuescent. Carpefe irsnally 3, Leaves thin ...d fjraveolcnfi. 



< 'alyx glabrous. Carpels usually 2. Leaves thick ...C. esculenta. 



Shrub. Pedicels pubescent. Leaves coriaceous ...C. riibesceiis. 



Tree. Leaves tomentose... ... ... ...C. tomentoaci. 



C. graveolens, Dalz. in Hook. Jour. Bot IV. 107 ; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 Bomb. Fl. 11 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 5:>2 ; Brandis For. Fl. 243. Bohkara, M, 

 In the South Konkan, in open situations on the gha'ts; Fl. R.S. 



C. esGulenta, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 4-22 ; Fl. Br. L 2. 592; Bedd. Fl. Sjlv.. 

 119. 0. Zocyij/airt, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 11. C. varians, Thw. Bedd.. 

 Fl. Sylv. t. 208. Mori, M. Thi-oughout the moist fore.sts of the Konkan 

 and North Kdnara, cemmon on the hills near Karvvar. Fl. June. Fr. 

 Aug., Sept. 



C. rubescens, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FT. 11 ;.Fl.Br. I. 2. 593. On the 

 ghats to the south. Dalz. In the forests near the Nilkund ghat of 

 Noi'th Kanara. Fl.'O. S. Fr H.S. The leaves in the North Kanara plant 

 are sometimes very large up to 10 in. long. 



■ C. tomentosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II.. 421 ; Bnindis For. Fl. 243; Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. 119; C. Anavinya, Dalz.- & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. W. Bairi^ chillam^ 

 Vern. Throughout tlie presidency in. deciduous forests, common. FL. 

 Jan., May. Fr. R.S. 



HOMALIUM, Jn^'i- 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, crenate. Flowers hairy, in? 

 slender, simple or panicled racemes ; pedicels bracteate at the base. 

 Calj'x-tube adnate to the base of the ovary ; lobes 5-7,^ narrow, 

 persistent. Petals 5-7, inserted on the throat of the calyx, persistent. 

 Disc tomentose. Stamens 1 or 1-7, fascicled, opjx>sito the petals, 

 with alternating glands. Ovary ^ superior, I-celled ; styles 2-5, 

 filiform. Ovules many or several, placentas parietal. Capsule ^. 

 superior, coriaceous, 2-5-valvGd at the apex. Seeds few, angular oa' 

 ©blong. . ,* 



