Casearia] 



LIV. SAMYDACEJ] 



343 



with alternating staminodes. Ovary free, 1-celled, ovules numerous, attached 

 to 3-4 parietal placentas. Capsule succulent, 3-valved. Seeds numerous, with 

 a fleshy usually coloured aril, embryo straight, cotyledons flat. Species 120 ; 

 tropical regions of both hemispheres. 



Besin cavities, lined by thin-walled cells, in the leaves of most Indian species, visible 

 ab transparent dots or lines. 



A. 'Fnll grown leaves glabrous. 



1. C. esculenta, Eoxb. — Syn. C. varians, Thw. ; Bedd. M. Sylv. t. 208. 



Vern. 3Ion\ Mar. ; Vella KunnaUj 

 Mai. 



A tree, 1. thick, often coriaceous, 

 quite entire, blade ir-Q^ pet. |-| in. 

 long. El. glabrous, yV i^- lo^g? pedicel 

 glabrous, longer than calyx. Fr. 2- 

 or 3-valved, ellipsoid, |-| in. long. 



"Western' Ghats, from tlie Konkan 

 southwards, mostlj' in evergreen foi-ests. 

 Northern Circars, Sriharikot. Tenasserim. 

 FL B S. Malay Peninsula Ceylon, moist 

 and dry regions, ascending to 5,000 ft. 

 2. C. rubescens, Dalz Western Ghats, North 

 Kanara to Cooig. A shrub, 1. coiiaceouh, 

 petioles and midrib of yonng 1. red, pedicels 

 pubescent. 



3. C. glomerata, Eoxb. — Syn. C\ 

 graveoUns. Dalz. ; Brandis F. M. 243 ; 

 Kanjilal E. M. 185. Vern. CMlla^ 

 Hind. ; Giridl^ Uriya ; GlIcM, Gond ; 

 Bokhada^ Mar. 



A deciduous shrub or niiddle-sized 

 tree, branches long, spreading, 1. more 

 or less serrate, blade 4r~8, petiole |~} 

 in. long, translucent glands (resin cavities) elongate and round. Fl 4- or 

 5-merous, -f-j-^ in. long, with an offensive smell, clustered on scaly tubercles, 

 in the axils'' of leaves or of fallen L, calyx pubescent, pedicel generally longer 

 than calyx, glabrous or pubescent. Stamens 8 or 10, alternating with hairy 

 linear scales, half the length of stamens or more. Fr, | in. long, 3-valved, 

 glabrous. Aril orange. 



Snbhimalayan tract and outer ranges from the Chenab eastwards, ascending in 

 Knmaon to 5,000, in Sikkim to 7,000 ft. Khasi hills. Burma, Upper and Lower. 

 Singbhum, Orissa, Northern Circars, Western Ghats and coimtry between the ghats 

 and the coast from Surat to South Kanara. Fl. Dec.-June.—Ghina. C graveolens is 

 supposed to differ by the pedicel being glabrous above the articulation. Specimens 

 with hairy pedicels are known from the western, and with glabrous pedicels from the 

 eastern region- 4. C. andamanica, King m Journ. As. Soq. Beng. vol. 67. 16. Andamans. 

 A middle-sized tree, 1. rigidly coriaceous, blade 6-10, petiole | in. long, sec. n. very 

 prominent beneath, fl. J in. long., glabrous, as well as pedicel. 



B. Midrib and petiole of full grown 1. hairy. 



5. C. tomentosa, Roxb. ; Brandis F. FL t. 31; Collett Simla Flora p. 197 

 fig. 59.— Syn C, elUptica^ Willd.; Wight Ic. t. 1849. Vern. Bherij GMJU^ 

 Hind. ; TtmdH^ Grond ; Giridi^ Uriya ; Ghilaka duddl, Tel. 



A small deciduous tree, branches spreading, all parts bitter. Branchlefcs 

 and underside of leaves tomentose. L. serrate, elliptic-oblong, narrowed 

 towards the apex, base oblique, blade S-7, petiole |-| in, long, translucent 

 glands round or broad-elliptic. Fl. tomentose, ^ in. long, densely clustered on 

 scaly axillary tubercles, calyx-segments usually 5, stamens usually 8, alternating 



Fig 114 — Casearia ebciilenta, Eoxb J 



