502 . LXXX. SAPOTACEH (BAKER). [ Sideroaylon. 
1. S. diospyroides, Baker. Branchlets stiff and moderately 
stout, glabrous. Leaves distinctly petioled, exstipulate, obovate-cune- 
ate, 2-3 in. long, 1-1} in. broad above the middle, broadly rounded 
at the apex, narrowed regularly from the middle to the base, rigidly 
coriaceous, glabrous on both sides, with slender arching immersed 
main veins. Flowers minute, in abundant nearly sessile clusters in 
the axils of the leaves and below them ; pedicels very short. Calyx 
campanulate, 4!; in. long; tube very short ; segments oblong-lanceo- 
late, permanently erect, slightly imbricated in the expanded flower, 
thinly coated with ferruginous tomentum. Corolla little longer than 
the calyx, glabrous ; segments glabrous, broad oblong, obtuse, longer 
than the campanulate tube. Stamens as long as the corolla-segments ; 
anthers small, ovate, acute, extrorse ; filaments glabrous, subulate, 
rather longer than the anther; staminodes lanceolate, petaloid, entire, 
nearly as long as the corolla-segments. Ovary glabrous; style short, 
reaching to the top of the calyx. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanguebar, Dr. Kirk ! 
2. S. brevipes, Baler. A large tree with branchlets coated 
at the top with thin brown tomentum. Leaves short-petioled, stipu- 
late; stipules coriaceous, subulate, 1-4 in. long, deciduous; blade 
ovate-oblong, reaching a length of 5-8 in., and a breadth of 24-3 in., 
acute, cuneate at the base, rigidly coriaceous, bright glossy green 
above, opaque and quite glabrous beneath, with 8-10 pairs of tae 
arching main veins. Flowers in copious crowded clusters place 
mainly on the branches below the leaves ; pedicels very short, stout. 
Calyx campanulate, } in. long, thinly coated with pale brown tomen- 
tum ; segments oblong, obtuse, twice as long as the tube, much aoe 
bricated, permanently ereet. Corolla glabrous, half as long again 2s 
the calyx; segments oblanceolate-spathulate, longer than the tube, 
with a space between each when standing erect. Stamens reaching to 
the top of the corolla-segments; anthers oblong-lanccolate, mode- 
rately large, extrorse, rather shorter than the subulate glabrous 4 
ments ; staminodia minute, lanceolate, petaloid. Ovary ovoid, 5-celled, 
densely ferrugineo-pubescent. Style persistent, } in. long. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Zanguebar and at the North end of Lake Nyass% 
Dr. Kirk! 
3. S. longistylum, Baker.  Branchlets slender, nearly naked. 
Leaves short-petioled, stipulate ; stipules coriaceous, subulate, gg IM. 
long, sub-persistent ; blade obovate-oblong, reaching a length of 6-7 1D-5 
and a breadth of 2-2} in. above the middle, narrowed gradually from 
the middle to the base, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous on both sides, wt 
8-10 pairs of little raised arching main veins. Flowers in copious 
clusters from the leafless part of the branchlets, on pedicels { op 
long, coated with thin brown tomentum. Calyx campanulate, in. 
long, coated with similar thin adpressed tomentum, the 5 oblong- 
lanceolate erect teeth twice as long as the tube. Corolla-tabe gare 
nulate; lobes not seen. Stamens inserted a little below the top of 
