ge On ge ag a ee ee ee er 
ITO Re gear Og ch a tial gee ee a res At ae 
Casearia. } - - SAMYDACE. 529 
A small order of no particular uses. The timber of some spe- 
cies of Homatlium is very close-grained and hard. 
Petals none ; stamens 6-15 ; ovary superior «  « Casearia. 
Petals 4-12 ; stamens as many or more; ovary inferior ° + Homalium. 
CASEARIA, L. 
Calyx-tube short or reagent SA pct the limb 4-5-lobed. 
Petals none. Stamens 6- 15, or rarely more, pd a with as 
somewhat tea ie and opening into sales, or more fleshy and 
its wager Seeds - often with a bright-red érillng .—Trees or 
diameter ; ae Sos nd aie glabrous - C. canziala, 
Young — calyx, pedicels, and often also the nerves B under 
side of the serrulate leaves, puberulous; flowers only a line 
in diameter C. glomerata, 
xx Stamens and staminodes 8 each, united ‘at the base 
ae hens A a broad disk round the ovary 
Alt picts alata Beers and pedicels, more or hee tat cutie ve 
pu 
* * Fila ments short, onl only as ‘long ¢ as the an thers. 
All parts, also the flowers and sey to more or less aca es a! 
ee 
. C. tomentosa. 
- C. vareca. 
antes’ Wall ik es (405041525 4.3 —4), leaf. 
ae in Ti. s. all parts. ibe glabrous ; bark 4 an in. thick, dry, 
wers 
than 2 lines in diameter, too A, on = lin. long glabrous pedi- 
c 
or somewhat longer, oblong, 1-celled, 2-valved, containing 3 to 6 
= veloped in a red arillus. 
—Frequent all over Pegu an na Martaban, especially in the lower mixed 
oa Fl. Apr.-May ; Fr. May-June.—s+1—SS.=All. 
RemarKs.—Wood eis, pale brown. 
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