22 BIXINE^. 



number of flower-parts. — Hab. Autigua!, Dominica '., Imr.; [Cubal to Brazil \, and Mexico! 

 to Peru !]. 



Sect. 2. Banara. — Ovafy incompletely 5-8-/ocular, hy the placentas protruding and co- 

 vered with ovules. Stipules minute ; leaves sparingly dotted, furnished with infimdi- 

 hular glands on the serratures : one or two larger glands usually obsenjable on the 

 petiole near its top, 



6. T. glandulosus, Domb. Leaves ovate-oUoiig or oblong, pointleted, serrate, 

 pubescent beneath : petiole tbicliish; panicle formed of racemes ; segments of calyx 3 (-4), 

 ovate, pointed or bluntish, tomentose ; petals as many, ovate or oblong, blunt, tomentose. — 

 Poepp. Nov. Gen. t. 285. — Kuhlia mollis, Paepp. Banara, Tul. — A sbrub, exceedingly varia- 

 ble in tbe down, the shape of the leaves, the form and size of its serratures, and the length 

 of the petiole, the proportion of the calyx -tube, the form of its segments, the number of 

 placentas and stigma-lobe's, and the berry mucronate or depressed. — Branches usually 

 hoary-pubescent ; leaves 3"~5" long : veins prominent beneath ; lateral racemes of the panicle 

 short, terminal rather long ; calyx 3'" long, equalling the corolla, which is nearly of the 

 same texture, both whitish-green, with yellow anthers. — Our Trinidad specimens are re- 

 markable for their less membranaceous leaves, hoary-pubescent beneath, and their less pro- 

 found (sometimes obsolete) serratures ; but I cannot detect any specific character between 

 the three forms of Banara, distinguished by Tulasne as species, the synonyms of which I 

 have given elsewhere. — Hab. Trinidad !, Pd., dr., in woods, Northport, Arima; [Panama ! 

 I o Peru ! and Guiana !]. 



Tribe IV. SAMYBEM. — Pericarp usually dehiscent. Stamens perigynous. 

 Pedicels articulated at or above the base, y, k V 



6. THIODIA, Benn. ^>^ Y* ^ 

 (Lightfootia, Sw. Zuelania, Ach. Bich.) 



Calyx 4-5-pnrtite, corolline : segments imbricate, marcescent. Petals 0. Stamens in- 

 definite, alternating with glandular stamiuodes, inserted upon a short perigynous disc. Ovary 

 unilocular, with 3-4 placentas : stigma peltate, subsessile. Pericarp baccate, dehiscent. — 

 Trees or shrubs : leaves oblong, serrate or crenate : stipules minute ; flowers axillary or 

 lateral, fascicled. 



This genus is a connecting link between Lcetia and Casearia, from the former of which 

 it is chiefly distinguished by the broad stigma and the sterile filaments, the perigynous 

 insertion being only a slight difference of degree, higher developed in Samyda. 



7. T. Isetioides, Gr. Leaves oblong, subcordate or rounded at the base, subentire, 

 subpubescent beneath; fascicles many-flowered: pedicels pubescent; calyx 5(-4)-partite, 

 pubescent externally ; anthers oblong, mucronate, recurved ; fruit globose, pubescent, many- 

 seeded. — Bich. Out. t. 13 et 10. — Laetia Gruidonia, Sw. et Maqf. {exclus. syn. P. Br.). 

 Samyda icosandra, Sto. {Ft. p. 1962). Zuelania Isetioides, Bich. Z. icosandra, Clos. Lsetia 

 longifolia, Bich.: the fruit-bearing plant.— A tree, 15'-20' high; leaves 3"-5" long, annually 

 deciduous : petiole pubescent, 3"'-5"' long; sepals white, roundish, 3"'-4"' long; stamiuodes 

 oblong-linear, half the length of the stamens ; stigma round, convex, persistent ; fruit size 

 of a nutmeg, obtusely subtrigonal. — Hab. Jamaica !, Alex., March, on the central and 

 western lulls ; [Cubal; Panama!]. 



8. T. serrata, Ikdl. Leaves ovate-oblong, serrate, glabrous ; fascicles 3-6-flowered ; 

 calyx 4-partite ; anthers roundish ; fruit ovoid-roundish, small, S-6-seeded. — Lightfootia, 

 Sw. ! Prockia, W. — A shrub ; leaves shortly acuminate : serratures blunt and incurved, 

 glandular ; flowers polygamous, whitish ; berry the size of a currant.— Hab. Moutserrat !, 

 on the Sulfur mountain, Byan. 



7. CASEARIA, Jacq. 



Calyx 5(-4)-partite (rarely 5-fid), corolline, marcescent: segments imbricate. Petals 0. 

 Stamens definite, distinct, inserted upon a perigynous disc, fertile 8-10 (-15), alternating 

 with villous scales : anthers roundjsh. Ovary unilocular, with 3 (-4) placentas. Pericarp 

 dehiscent : seeds arillate.— Shrubs or trees ; leaves mostly serrate, and dotted usually with 



