]4 G. Kmg— Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 1, 
Emootb^ crowned hy the linear calyx -teeth i length '5-1 in. diam. 02 iti- 
Smh oval, in a single row in each cell. DC. Prodr. Ill, 59 ; Wight Ic. 
7G2 ; Kmz in Journ. As, Soc. 1877, Pt. II, 91. Clarke in Floi'. Bt\ Ind. 
IT, 588. L. difiiea, Ham. in Trana. Linti. Soc. XIV, 301 ; Wall. Cat. 
6836 ; DC. 1. e. fruticuhm, Bkime Bijd. lUS ; DC. 1. c. Neviato- 
pjjxis prostrata, pudlla, and fruticulosa, Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, Pt, I, 630. 
Perak ; Ouriu 3163. Singapore ; Kinff's Oolhctor 58. Andamans ; 
King*s Collector, DtSTRrB. Bm'Qia, Cachai% Sjlhet, Assam^ and the base 
of tho Eastern Himalaya. 
A species cloaely resembling L. paTviJlora^ hut readily distfngmJBliQd by baring 
very slender oapeTiloa, tliroagh the walla of which the smda may be diatinguiabed 
lying in Bingle row in encli coll; whereas in L. paii'ijfom the seeds are in Be vera 1 
rowB in each coll and are ntidiJitiDgaishable on the outside of the thiak walls of tbe 
Bhort inflated capsules^ 
Older L, SAMYDACEiE. 
Trees or ehmbs. Leaves alternate, often distichona, petioled, rarely 
gubsessUe^ simple, entire or slightly crcnate or serrate, often closely 
puuctnlate beneath ; stipules amall, deciiinons. Flowerti regular, small, 
axillai'y, shortly pedicelled, densely fascicJed or in long simple or 
panicled racemea. Galyx corfaceons^ persistent; tube shortt free, or 
longer and adnate to the ovary ; limb 3-7-fi(l. PeMis as many as the 
caJyx-lobes for 0), perig-ynouB, imbricated, Stnmetis definite or indefi- 
nite, often with staminodes between or united in a tube with them. 
Ovary superior or half-snperior, 1-eolled ; stylo 1, capitate or 3-fid at the 
apex, or styles 2-5 ; ovules many or several, placentos 2-5 (usually 3), 
parietal. Fi-uit loculiciilally 2-5- (nsnally 3-) valved, valves can-ying 
the seeds on their mesial line. Seeds several (usually few, sometimes 
mftny), oblong or angular, atbumiuoias, usually drilled, DisTiiin, 
Species 180, scattered through the tropical regions of the globe, rarely 
also in the subtropical. 
Flowers without petals t — 
F!i>w*c>ra In axillary glomemli, rarely aolitarj- „. ... 1. CAfiEAaiA, 
F Iowa ra in Ion Blender racemes or panicl OS ... ,.. 2. Ohmelia^ 
Flowers with petals; flowers in axillary or terminal racemes 
or patiidea ... ... ,„ ... 3. Hojialium. 
1. CaseARIA, Jacq. 
Shmbs or small trees. Leaves altemate, distichous, petioled, un- 
divided, entire or slightly sen-ate, often minutely punctate ; stipules 
small, lateral, caducous. Flowers small, greenish -yellow, clustered in 
the axils (in the Indian species) ; pedicels short, jointed above .their 
bases, suiTounded by small scales. Calyx inferior, deeply 4-5-lobed ; 
