SAPOTACEA. XV. Povuterta. 
leaves oblong-lanceolate ; flowers on short pedicels ; berry large, 
roughish from powder. h. S. Native of Brazil, in the pro- 
vince of Rio Negro, on the shady banks, in humid places, of 
the river Japura. Corolla white, hardly higher than the calyx. 
Leaves a span long. 
Large-fruited Labatia. Tree 50 feet. 
2 L. sEssILIFLÒRA (Swartz, prod. p. 23. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 
264.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, silvery, but of a 
golden silky colour in the young state; flowers small, sessile, 
usually solitary, in the axils of the leaves on the older branches. 
b.S. Native of Hispaniola. Flowers white. 
Sessile-flowered Labatia. Shrub 8 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Chrysophy'llum, p. 33. 
XV. POUTERIA (called in Guiana Pourama-Pouteri by 
the Caribs). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 86. t. 33.— Labáàtia species, 
Swartz. 
Lin. syst.  Tetrándria, Monogiynia. Calyx 4-parted. Co- 
rolla inserted in the bottom of the calyx, tubularly ventricose, 
4-cleft, furnished with a bristle (abortive stamens) in each of 
the incisures between the lobes. Stamens 4, inserted in the 
bottom of the corolla. Stigma 4-cleft. Capsule ovate, hispid, 
4-valved, each valve containing an almond-formed arillate seed. 
—A tree, furnished with tufts of leaves at the tops of the 
branches. Flowers aggregate, axillary, pedicellate, usually 1-3 
together. 
1 P. Guianr'nsts (Aubl.l.c.). h. S. Native of Guiana, 
in forests by the river Sinemari. Labàtia Guianénsis, Swartz. 
Bark wrinkled. Wood hard, compact, whitish. Leaves alter- 
nate, glabrous, ovate-oblong, firm, ending in a blunt point ; the 
largest 8 inches long and 3 wide. Corollas greenish. 
Guiana Pouteria. Fl. Nov. Tree 40 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Chrysophy’llum, p. 33. 
XVI. PHELLI'NE (ocu, from Moc, phellos, cork ; 
because of the cells of the capsule being corky). Labill. sert. 
cal. 35. t. 38. 
Lin. syst.  Tetrándria, Monogynia. Calyx small, 4-toothed, 
permanent. Corolla subrotate, 4-parted. Stamens 4, inserted in 
the bottom of the corolla. Style short. Stigma 4-toothed. Cap- 
sule 4-celled : cells corky, dehiscing inside. Seeds solitary.— 
A shrub, with linear-lanceolate, sub-spatulate, alternate leaves, 
which are crowded at the tops of the branches, acuminated, a 
little toothed, glabrous, glaucous beneath, and with thickish 
reflexed edges. This genus is nearly allied to Poutéria, Aubl. 
and Labdatia, Swartz. 
1 P. comdsa (Labill. 1. c.). 
donia. 
Tufted-leaved Phelline. Shrub 8 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Sersalisia, p. 27. 
XVII. MONTA'BEA (Aimont-Abou is the Guiana name of 
the first species) Aubl. guian. 2. p. 680. t. 274.—Mutabea, 
Gmel.—Cryptóstomum, Willd.—Acósta, Ruiz et Pav. gen. pl. 
per. et chil. p. 1. t. 1. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Monogijnia. Calyx tubular, ventri- 
cose at the base: with 5 unequal obtuse segments. Corolla 
funnel-shaped, with a very short tube, fixed to the mouth 
of the calyx; segments 5, unequal, oblong, obtuse, mucro- 
nulate. Nectary monophyllous, closing the corolla, or sta- 
mens 5, combined into 1 filament, fixed to the superior part of 
the tube of the corolla, 5-toothed, incurved at top, with an 
anther on each of the teeth. Stigma globose, obtuse. Berry 3- 
5-celled, 3-5-seeded. Seeds involved in pulp, arillate, umbilicate, 
on one side.—Sarmentose shrubs, with alternate, entire leaves ; 
and short, few-flowered, axillary peduncles. Flowers small, white. 
1 M. Guianr’nsts (Aubl. guian. 2. p. 680. t. 274.) branches 
b.G. Native of New Cale- 
XVI. PHELLINE. 
XVII. Montasea. EBENACEA. 3 
sarmentose, unarmed; leaves elliptic, acuminated, glabrous; 
peduncles short, 4-5-flowered ; anthers 5. h.S. Native of 
Guiana and Cayenne, in fields. | Mutàbea Guianénsis, Gmel. 
syst. 1. p. 1009.  Cryptóstomum laurifólium, Willd. spec. 1. 
p. 1061. Stems sarmentose, twisted. Leaves 4 inches long 
and 14 broad. Flowers small, white, smelling like those of 
Lilac. Berry yellow, 3-celled, 3-seeded. 
Guiana Montabea. Shrub 6 feet, rambling. 
2 M. Aco'sr (Rom. et Schultes, syst. 527.) branches sar- 
mentose, prickly; prickles recurved; leaves oblong, acumi- 
nated, glabrous ; anthers 8, combined; fruit 5-celled, 5-seeded. 
p. S. Native of Peru, in groves, at Cuchero and Chincao. 
Acosta aculeàta, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 5. t. 6. Spikes 
crowded. Flowers white. Fruit yellow, size of an apple. 
Seeds fulvous. From the similitude of the fruit to that of 
A chras Caimito, it is called Caimito de Monte, and is edible, 
and grateful to the taste. 
Acosta’s Montabea. Fl. May. Shrub sarmentose. 
Cult. See Chrysophy lum, p. 33, for culture and propagation. 
Orper CXLVI. EBENA'CEJE (so called from containing 
the Dióspyrus Ebénum, the true Ebony.) Vent. tabl. 443. 
R. Br. prod. p. 524. Guaiacane, part I. p. 155. Ebenacee, 
Tribe Diospyrez, D. C. et Dub. fl. fr. 320. 
Flowers polygamous or dioecious, rarely hermaphrodite. 
Calyx 3-6 parted, nearly equal, permanent. Corolla mo- 
nopetalous, hypogynous, regular, rather coriaceous, for the 
most part downy outside, and glabrous inside, deciduous ; 
limb 3-6-parted, imbricate in zestivation. Stamens definite, 
epipetalous or hypogynous ; filaments double the number 
of the segments of the corolla, sometimes 4 times that num- 
ber; sometimes equal in number to the segments, and alternat- 
ing with them; in hermaphrodite flowers the filaments are 
simple; in polygamous and dioecious ones, they are double, 
having both the segments bearing anthers, the inner segment 
usually shorter than the outer one; anthers fixed by the base, 
lanceolate, 2-celled, dehiscing lengthwise, sometimes bearded; 
pollen smooth, globose. Ovarium sessile, many-celled, not 
girded by a disk ; cells 1-2 seeded; ovula hanging from the top 
of the cells. Style divided, rarely simple; stigmas bifid or 
trifid. Berry globose or oval, usually few-seeded, by abortion : 
having the bark or rind sometimes separating. Testa of seed 
membranous ; proper membrane obsolete. Albumen conform- 
ing to the seed, cartilaginous, white. Embryo slender, rather 
oblique, straight, white, usually longer than half the length of the 
albumen; cotyledons foliaceous, rather veiny, lying on each 
other, sometimes a little separate; radicle terete, middle-sized 
or long, tending to the umbilicus; plumule inconspicuous. 
— Non-lactescent trees and shrubs, with wood heavy as the 
Ebony. Leaves alternate, ex-stipulate, quite entire, coria- 
ceous, broadish, having the petioles obsoletely articulated to the 
branches. Inflorescence axillary; peduncles solitary, those 
bearing the male flowers divided, and those bearing the female 
flowers usually simple and 1-flowered, all minutely bracteate. 
This order is nearly allied to Oléine, with which it agrees in 
the interior structure and placentation of the seeds ; but it differs 
in the leaves being alternate, in the inflorescence being always 
axillary, and in the flowers being unisexual, and in the sta- 
