110MALI N EA2. 
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A shrubby tree, about 8 feet in height : branches subterete, 
towards their extremities angnlose, minutely puberulous. 
Leaves alternate, shortly petiolate, oblongo-lanceolate, acumin- 
ate, obtuse, sharply serrated, nerved and veined, subglabrous, 
2 inches long, and £ of an inch broad. Common peduncle about 
a line in length. Flowers numerous, crowded, axillary, on 
pedicels about 2 lines in length, each furnished with a minute 
scariose bractea at the base. Calyx 5-partite ; divisions obtuse. 
Stamens 10, shorter than the sepals, alternating with 10 abor- 
tive villous filaments. Ovary globose, puberulous at the apex : 
style erect: stigma capitate. Capsule small, 3-valved, 5- 
seeded. 
(3. * Casearia hirsuta. Hirsute Caseciria. 
Flowers 10-antherous 5-partite pubescenti-villous, 
peduncles lateral crowded 1 -flowered, leaves ovate 
acuminate dentato-serrated hairy above villous be- 
neath. 
a Swartz, FI. I ml. Occ. 755. 
HAB. Mountains. 
FL. ? 
A shrub: branches pubescent. Leaves large, soft. Peduncles 
lateral, below the leaves, crowded, 1 -flowered. Calycine 
divisions ovato-lanceolate, villous, whitish. Sterile filaments 
villous. Style 3-quetrous : stigma capitate. Capsule ovate, 
acuminate, 3-gonal, 3-valved. — Swartz. 
ORDER LIX. HOMALINEiE. 
Calyx 1 0-30-part ite. Petals O- Glandules at 
the base of the inner calycine lobes, sessile. Stamens 
between the glandules, opposite to the inner calycine 
lobes, rarely solitary, generally in fasciculi of 3 s or 6 s . 
Ovary half inferior, 1-celled : styles 3-5. Fruit 
berried or capsular. Seeds small, with the embryo 
in the middle of a fleshy albumen. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, with deciduous stipules. 
Natives of the Tropics. Possessed of no known properties. 
I. Homalium. 
Calycine tube adhering to the ovary, obconical 
