78 SAMYDACE-E MORINGACE.E. 



ORDER XLI.— SAM YDACE^. Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 64. 



Shrubs or trees, of 3 genera, containing, to judge from DC. pr.. 

 Wall. Cat. and Rept. and Royl. ill., 60 species : 1 from New Caledonia ; 

 1 from Mauritius ; 37 from S. America, Mexico and the W. Indies ; 

 and 21 from the E. Indies. Of the latter, 18 belong to Casearia, and 3 

 are by R. Br. in Wall. Cat. put down as SamidecB. They inhabit chiefly 

 the Himalayas, the Circars, the Khassya Mountains, Assam, and Penang. 

 1 has been found in the Moluccas, and 3 in Java. — Properties unim- 

 portant. 

 Casearia, Jacq. {DC. pr. 2, p. 48.) 



1. Vareca, Roxb. (/. ind. 2, p. 418— Vareca, Gartn.fr. 1,^60.) B 

 Khassya Mountains, Goalpara. Fl. small, greenish-yellow, May ; fr. 

 Sept. and Oct. 



2. glomerata, Roxb. (o. c. j). 419.) B Silhet. Fl. small, greenish-yel- 

 low.— In H. C. G. fl. Dec. ; fr. March. {Roxb.) 



3. Canziala, Wall. (Samyda Canziala, Buck, in Wall. Cat. — C. ovata, 

 Roxb.fl. ind. 2, p. 420. excl. syn. Rheed ; — not Willd.) 5 Goalpara. 

 Fl. small, greenish, March. 



4. glabra, Roxb. {fl. ind. 2, p. 421.) L. b Moluccas. Fl. small, green- 

 ish. In H. C. G. fl. nearly throughout the year. {Roxb.) 



5. tomentosa, Roxb. {/I. ind. 2, p. 421.) 5 Circars, Kemaon, Deyra- 

 Dhoon. Fl. small, greenish, yellow, H. S. ; fr, R. S. 



6. lanuginosa, Buch. Goalpara. 



* Samyda rosea, Sims. ; B. M. 16. t. 550. B St. Domingo. 



ORDER XLII.— MORINGACE^. Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 65. 



THE HORSE-RADISH-TREE TRIBE. 



The only genus belonging to this order is : — 

 MoRiNGA, Burm. {DC. pr. 2, p. 478 ;— fF. and A. pr. I, p. 178.) 



l.pterygosperma, Giirtn. {DC. I. c; — W. and A. I. c. ; — Wight, ill. 1, 

 t. 77 ; — /. Grah. Cat. B.pl.p. 43. — Hyperanthera Moringa, Vahl.; — 

 Roxb.fl. ind. 2, p. Z^;— Rheed. 6, t. \\ ■,—Rumph. 1, /. 74.) »ff«^1 

 Sujina. Horse-radish-tree, b Both Peninsulas of India. Bengal, 

 (Serampore,) Hindoosthan, &c. up to the Himalayas. — Domesticated 

 in equatorial America. Fl. middle-sized, smelling of honey, Jan. Feb. 

 and March ; fr. H. S. — Root a substitute for Horse-radish, used me- 

 dicinally by the Natives. — Bark, wounded, exudes a quantity of gum. 

 Leaves, flowers and immature capsules eaten by the Natives in their 

 curries, the latter forming, according to Dr. Gibson, a good substitute 



