SAPOTACEZ. V. Nyctenrisition. VI. CHRYSOPHYLLUM. 
Many-flowered Bumelia. ‘Tree or shrub. 
24 B.? puncta TA (Roem. et Schultes, l. c.) unarmed ; leaves 
oblong-oval, bluntish, glabrous, dotted beneath ; flowers lateral, 
almost sessile. kh. H. Native of Carolina.  Sideróxylon 
punctatum, Lam. ill. no. 2460. Poir. suppl. 1. p. 446. Drupes 
roundish, size of a pepper-corn, 1-seeded. The rest unknown. 
Dotted-leaved Bumelia. Tree or shrub. 
25 B.? ancr/wrEA (Roem, et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 499.) 
unarmed ; leaves ovate, retuse, tomentose ; flowers pedunculate, 
racemose. h.G. Native ofthe Cape of Good Hope. Side- 
róxylon argénteum, Thunb, prod. p. 36. Willd. spec. 1. p. 
1090. Roeméria argéntea, Thunb. in Roem. arch. 2. p. 1.— 
Burm. dec. pl. afr. t. 92. f. 1. Leaves ovate-oblong, emar- 
ginately cleft, clothed with white tomentum, especially beneath. 
Perhaps a species of Bádula. 
Silvery Bumelia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
26 D.? rv'cma (Roem. et Schultes, l. c.) unarmed; leaves 
ovate-oblong, quite glabrous, shining above ; flowers in axillary 
fascicles. h. S. Native of America. Sideréxylon lücidum, 
Sol. in Lam. dict. 1. p. 246. no. 2. Sideróx. nitidum, Lam. ill. 
p. 42. no. 2457. Leaves coriaceous, £ inches long. Flowers 
small, white. 
Shining-leaved Bumelia. Tree or shrub. 
27 B.? Auzv's4 (Roem. et Schultes, I. c.) unarmed ; leaves 
oblong, attenuated at both ends, shining, veiny ; pedicels axil- 
lary, 1-flowered, alternate; fruit ovate, yellow, fleshy, full of a 
clammy juice, containing a nut very like an olive. b. S. Na- 
tive of St. Domingo, where it is called Acomat.  Sideróxylon 
Auzüba, Plum. mss. vol. 5. p. 124. 
Auzuba Bumelia. "Tree. 
28 B.? cuxErFOLIA (Rudge, pl. guian. 1. p. 30. t. 47.) leaves 
cuneate-lanceolate, nerved, acuminated, quite glabrous, except 
the nerves, which are pubescent; flowers in axillary and lateral 
fascicles; anthers ovate, cuneated. b. S. Native of Guiana. 
Branches clothed with rusty down. Flowers small. Calycine 
segments tomentose. Segments of corolla obtuse. Stamens 
shorter than the corolla, sessile, obtuse. 
Wedge-leaved Bumelia. Tree tall. 
Cult. The hardy species of this genus thrive very well in a 
sheltered situation, or against a wall where they can be covered 
with a mat in severe frost; and cuttings of them, planted in 
sand under a hand-glass, strike root readily. For the culture 
and propagation of the stove and greenhouse species, see Sersa- 
lisia, p. 27. 
V. NYCTERISI'TION (from rvkrepic, nycteris, a bat, and 
ewriov, sition, food; flowers) Ruiz et Pav. gen. fl. per. et 
chil. p. 300. t. 5. fl. 2. t. 187. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 
amer. 3. p. 238.— Chrysophyllum species of authors. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 
rolla with a short tube, and a 5-parted limb, without any scales 
inside the segments. Stamens 5, inserted in the top of the tube 
of the corolla and opposite to its segments. Ovarium 5-celled ; 
cells 1-ovulate. Style short; stigma obtuse, slightly 5-toothed. 
Fruit fleshy, 5-celled, 5-seeded. Seeds albuminous, bony. Em- 
bryo erect.—Trees with the habit of Bumélia. Leaves scattered, 
entire. Flowers disposed in axillary, umbellate fascicles ; pedi- 
cels 1-flowered. This genus hardly differs from Chrysophifllum, 
unless in the 5-celled ovarium, and in the almost entire stigma. 
] N. AncE'NTEUM (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 238. 
t. 244.) branchlets downy; leaves elliptic-oblong, pale green 
and shining above and silvery beneath. h.S. Native of New 
Granada, near Jaen de Bracamoras. Chrysophyllum Grana- 
ténse, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 667. Buds silky. Leaves acute or 
obtuse, a little cuneated at the base. Flowers 6-9 together, 
about the size of those of the Alatérnus. Ovarium hairy. 
31 
Silvery Nycterisition. Tree. 
9 N. rerrucinsum (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 47. t. 187.) 
leaves oblong-ovate, with an emarginate acumen, shining above, 
but clothed with silky rusty down beneath, as well as the calyxes 
and branchlets. b. S. Native of Peru, in woods at Cuchero 
Chincao and Pillao. Chrysophyllum ferrugineum, Spreng. syst. 
1. p. 666. Corollas whitish yellow, clothed with rusty down. 
Rusty Nycterisition. Clt. 1823. Tree 30 feet. 
3 N. tanceora’rum (Blum. bijdr. 676.) branchlets clothed 
with rusty tomentum; leaves oblong-lanceolate, obliquely at- 
tenuated at the base, tomentose on the midrib beneath. h. S. 
Native of Java, in woods on the mountains, where it is called 
Kilakkatang. 
Lanceolate-leaved Nycterisition. Tree 60 to 80 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Chrysophyllum, p. 33. 
VI. CHRYSOPHY'LLUM (from xpveoc, chrysos, gold, and 
$vÀXov, phyllon, leaf; the leaves of most of the species are 
clothed with yellow silky down beneath) Lin, gen. 263. 
Schreb. gen. 355. Juss. gen. 152.—Cainito, Plum. 9. Jacq. 
amer. 51. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogiynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 
rolla campanulately rotate, with a 5-parted spreading limb. 
Stamens 5, inserted in the tube of the corolla and opposite its 
segments, without any scales inside the segments. Ovarium 
10-celled ; cells 1-ovulate. Stigma almost sessile, somewhat 
peltately depressed, obsoletely 10-lobed. Fruit globose, 1-10- 
celled; cells 1-seeded ; endocarp bony, brittle. Seeds albu- 
minous.—Lactescent trees. Leaves alternate, quite entire. 
Flowers disposed in axillary umbellate fascicles. 
* Leaves clothed with silky, silvery, or golden lomentum beneath. 
1 C. Carniro (Lin. spec. 278. Jacq. amer. p. 51. t. 37. f. 1. 
ed. pict. p. 30. t. 51.) leaves oblong, acute at the base and apex, 
quite glabrous above, but silky and rusty beneath. 5. S. Na- 
tive of the West Indian islands, and almost throughout South 
America within the tropics. Cainito, Laet, amer. 390. Plum. 
gen. 10. t. 69. Sideróxylon Pacuréro, Loefl. itin. p. 204. A 
tall tree with a large head. Branches clothed with silky rusty 
down. Leaves 34 to 4 inches long. Flowers small, whitish. 
Fruit large, rather depressed, rose-coloured, mixed with green 
and yellow, having the skin smooth and glabrous: the flesh soft, 
clammy, sweet, and insipid. "The Americans are very fond of 
it, but it is seldom eaten by Europeans. 
Var. B, Jamaicénse (Jacq. amer. l. c. t. 52. pict. t. 31.) fruit 
purple, sub-ovate. b. S. Native of Jamaica.—Brown. jam. 
171. t. 14. f. 2.—Sloane, hist. 3. p. 170. t. 229. Fruit with a 
green or purple rind; the pulp also purple, and rather better 
flavoured than the species. [It is called Star Apple in Jamaica. 
Var. y, cerüleum (Jacq. amer. l. c. t. 37. pict. t. 52.) fruit 
blue, globose. h. S. Native of Martinico. Both pulp and 
rind of the fruit entirely blue, of the same taste as the latter. 
Var. 6, microphyllum (Jacq. amer. pict. p.:31. t. 53.) leaves 
smaller. b. S. Native of Cuba, about the Havanna. The 
tree scarcely grows above 10 feet high, and the leaves do not 
exceed 14 inch long. 
Cainito, or Common Star Apple. 
Tree 30 to 50 feet. 
2 C. aqua’ricum (H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 236.) 
leaves oblong, acuminated, obtuse at the base, quite glabrous 
and shining above, but clothed with rusty silky down beneath. 
h. S. Native of the Missions of the Orinoco, in inundated 
places on the banks of the river Atabapo, betwixt San Fernando 
and Javita. Branches angular, silky, brown. Leaves 3-4 
inches long. Flowers and fruit unknown. 
Fl. May, June. Clt. 1737. 
