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SAMYDEiE. 
dendse suat Aquilaria ( R. Brown , Congo , p. 25 ), Abatia et? Azara. 
Illae differunt a Bixinis, quibus proximae, ob stamina definita, perigyna, 
monadelpha, alterna plerumque sterilia. 
CASEARIA. 1 Jacq. G^irtn. fxl. 
Anavinga Rheed. Adanson.Lam. G^ertn. fil. Cheetocrater Ruiz et Pay. (Crate- 
ria Pers.) Iroucana Aubl. (Athenaea Sghreb. ) Pitumba Aubl. Melistaurium 
Forst. Samjdae species Linn. Guidoniae species Plum. 
Calyx magis minusve profunde quinque-, rarius 2 quadrifidus, coloratus, 
persistens; laciniis subaequalibus, ante apertionem floris margine incum¬ 
bentibus, rarissime yalvatim approximatis. Corolla nulla. Stamina 
8 yel 10 , interdum 6 ’, 12 4 vel i5 5 , perigyna, basi monadelpha, 
interjectis squamis totidem brevioribus, hirsutis. Anther^e biloculares, 
longitudinaliter interne dehiscentes. Ovarium superum, sessile^ unilo- 
culare; ovula crebra (interdum pauca) , placentis tribus (3-4?) parieta¬ 
libus affixa. Stylus i , rarissime apice trifidus 6 . Stigma capitellatum, raris¬ 
sime triplex 1 . Capsula coriacea, subglobosa, unilocularis, 3-, rarius 4~ valvis; 
valvis medio seminiferis. Semina baccata, subovata, basi truncata et fora¬ 
mine umbilicali instructa.I ntegumentum triplex; extimum carnoso-pulpo¬ 
sum ; medium testaceum, fragile; intimum tenue, adnatum. Endospermium 
semini subconforme, carnosum. Embryo in parte superiore endospermii 
locatus, inversus. Cotyledones foliaceae. 
Arbores, arbusculae aut frutices, inermia, rarissime aculeata. Folia 
alterna, integra, saepissime pellucido-punctulata. Stipulae petiolares 
geminae. Flores axillares, pedunculati, solitarii 8 aut plerumque umbel- 
Frutices aut arbusculae, ramis interdumspinescentibus. Folia alterna , simplicia, integra, pellucido-punctulata. Stipulae petio¬ 
lares, geminae. Pedunculi axillares, uniflori, solitarii vel plures umbellato-congesti. Flores albidi, rarissime purpurei. 
Genuinae Samydae species sunt : Samyda villosa Sw.—S. glabra Sw.—S. dodecandra Sw.—S. decandra Jacq.—S. spinulosa 
Vent. — Dubiae: Samyda spinescens Swartz. —S. multiflora Cav —S. pubescens Linn.—S. macropliylla (corymbis terminalibus!) Willd. 
1 Genuinae Caseariae species sunt: Casearia sylvestris Sw.—C. serrulata Sw— C. hirsuta Sw. — C. hirta Sw. — C. nitida Jacq. 
(Samyda nitida Willd. ?)—C. aculeata Jacq.—C. decandra Jacq.—C. ilicifolia Vent.—C. comocladifolia Vent.—C. coriacea Vent. 
_C. stipularis Vent.—C. tinifolia Vent.—C. fragilis Vent.—C. grewiaefolia Vent.—Anavinga lanceolata Lam.— Anavinga ovata 
Lam.— Iroucana guianensis Aubl. — Pitumba guianensis Aubl. — Melistaurium. distichum Forst. - Dubia: Samyda parviflora 
Linn. ct Samyda viridiflora Poir. 
2 In Casearia hirta Sw. et ? Anavinga ovata Lam. 
3 In Casearia ilicifolia Vent. Casearia comocladifolia Vent. et Anavinga ovata Lam. 
4 In Casearia tinifolia Vent. 
6 In Casearia javitensi nob. 
c In Casearia javitensi nob. 
7 In Casearia hirta Sw. stigma capitatum, leviter trifidum; in Chsetocrateri stigma triplex. 
8 In Casearia tinifolia Vent. 
