LXII. SAMYDACEjE. 
830 
[• Casearia. 
or ovoid witli a scarlet aril. Species 140, all tropics (King, Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. lxvii. (2), p. 14). 
Leaves pubescent beneath. 
Leaves thin, base cuneate or blunt, 3 in. long; 
fruit under 1 in. long .... 
Leaves rather thick, base cordate, 6 in. long; fruit 
1 in. long ...... 
Leaves broad elliptic, base cuneate, 6 by 4 in. ; 
fruit 1 in. long ..... 
Leaves quite glabrous. 
Fruit under 1 in. long. 
Leaves large ovate elliptic .... 
Racemes not elongating, sub-crenulate. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate 4 by 2 in.; fruit 
short, ovoid ...... 
Leaves oblong 4 to 6 in. long, 2*5 to 3 in. 
wide ....... 
Leaves lanceolate, thin coriaceous, 4 by 1*5 
in.; fruit oblong . . . . . 
Leaves lanceolate, 3 by 1 in.; fruit ellipsoid. 
Racemes elongating; leaves thinly ridged 
coriaceous ...... 
Fruit i*5 to 2 in. long. 
Leaves lanceolate 6 in. long; flowers crowded, 
several. . . . . ■ . (10) C. Clarkei 
Leaves lanceolate, short, 4 to 5 in. long; flowers 
in ones and twos . . . . . (11) C. macrocarpa 
(1) C. Lobbiana Turcz, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxx. (i), 463; 
Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 594; King, l.c. 15. 
Small shrub or small treelet, 4 to 15 ft. tall, pubescent. Leaves 
oblong or oblong-lanceolate short acuminate, membranous, 
glabrous above, except midrib and nerves beneath, softly pubes¬ 
cent ; nerves 8 to 10 pairs, 2 to 5 in. long, -75 to 2-25 in. wide; 
petioles *2 to *3 in. long tomentose. Flowers few, axillary, green. 
Calyx teeth triangular, acute, *5 in. long, *4 in. wide. Fruit sub- 
globose orange *5 in. long, *4 in. wide. Seed with crimson aril. 
Hab. Lowland woods. Singapore, Garden Jungle, Johor, Tanjong 
Kupang. Malacca, Alor Gajah (Griffith). Selangor, Bukit Hitam 
(Kelsall). Perak, Larut (Kunstler); Gunong Keledang. Penang, 
Waterfall (Curtis). 
(2) C. grewisefolia Vent. Choix. des Plantes 48; Clarke, l.c. ii. 
594; King, l.c. 16. C. variabilis Bl. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 
i. 252. 
Small tree. Branchlets 4-angled, tomentose. Leaves oblong 
acute, base sub-truncate cordate, edges crenulate or not, above 
glabrous, beneath tomentose on midrib and nerves 10 to 14 pairs, 
4*25 to 6 in. long, 1*25 to 3*25 in. wide; petioles *2 in. long. Heads 
many-flowered; pedicels slender. Buds *15 in. long; sepals pubes¬ 
cent. Stamens 8, glabrous; staminodes 8, pubescent. Ovary 
pyramidal hairy at top. Fruit nearly 1 in. long, glabrous. Hab. 
Forests. Not common. Malacca (Maingay). Dindings, Lumut ; 
(1) C. Lobbiana 
(2) C. grewieefolia 
(3) C. velutinosa 
(4) C.latifolia 
(5) C. esculenta 
( 6 ) C. leucolepis 
(7) C. coriacea 
(3) C. flexula 
(9) C. albicans 
