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lobes imbricate, obtuse, persistent. Petals 0. Stamens doable the number 

 of the calyx-lobes or thereabout, united in a tube with staminodes 

 alternating with the free portion of the filaments ; staminal tube hypo- 

 gynous, sometimes very short so that the filaments are nearly or quite 

 free. Ovary free, ovoid, 1 -celled, style simple, stigma capitate or 3-fid; 

 ovules many, parietal. Fruit succulent, globose or ovoid, ellipsoid 

 (when dry somewhat 3-angular or 6-ribbed), 3-rarely 2-valved. Seeds 

 many, angular or obovoid, with a fleshy usually coloured aril ; embryo 

 straight. Distrib. Species 140, in the warmer parts of the whole globe, 

 most plentiful in America. 



Leaves pubescent on the lower surface, glabrescent on the 

 upper : — 



Leaves narrowed or rounded, but never cordate or trun- 

 cate, at the base ; glomeruli few-flowered ... ... 1. G. Lobbiana. 



Leaves cordate or truncate at the base ; glomeruli many- 

 flowered ... ... ... ... ... 2. C grewitefolia. 



Leaves glabrous on both surfaces : — 



Fruit not exceeding 1 in. in length and usually much 

 shorter : — 



Leaves broadly elliptic, shortly acuminate, thinly mem- 

 branous ; calyx-teeth 4 ... ... ... 3. C albicans. 



Leaves elliptic-oblong, thinly coriaceous or membran- 

 ous, main nerves 10-12 pairs ; stamens 10 ... 4. C andamanica. 

 Leaves elliptic-oblong to elliptic-lanceolate, main nerves 



6-8 pairs ; stamens 8 ... ... ... 5. G. esculenta. 



Fruit large, fleshy, l'5-2 in. long; leaves narrowly 

 oblong ; coriaceous. 

 Flowers in glomeruli : — 



Leaves tapering slightly to base and apex ; fruit 

 apiculate ... ... ... ... 6. G. Eunstleri. 



Leaves acute at the apex, sub-acute at the base ; 



fruit not apiculate ... ... ... 7. G.Glarhei. 



Flowers solitary or in fascicles of 2, axillary ... 8. G. macrocarpa. 



1. Casearia Lobbiana, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. (1858), 

 XXXI, Pt. I, 463. A slender tree 15-20 feet high ; young branches 

 slender, densely tawny-pubescent. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 

 shortly acuminate, the base rounded or narrowed ; upper surface 

 glabrescent, the midrib and nerves pubescent ; lower surface sparsely 

 pubescent, densely so on the midrib and nerves; main nerves 8-10 

 pairs, curving upwards, length 2-5 in., breadth *75-2*25 in. ; petioles 

 •2-3 in., tomentose, slender. Flowers few together in the leaf-axils, on 

 very short pedicels, glabrescent. Calyx-teeth triangular, acute, reflexed. 

 Staminodes villous, rather shorter than the stamens. Fruit almost 

 sessile and nearly globose, orange-yellow when ripe, '5 in. long and *4 

 in. in diam. Clarke in Hook. fil. Flor. Br. Ind. II, 594. 



