Contr. Nat. Herb., Vol. 16. PLATE 100 
SAPOTA, 
Le iifdem prorfus charaéteribus infigniatur hujufce plan- za6.4 
tx genus 5 ac plantx fuperioris ; 5 quia tamen tota facie, com- 
muni omnium Americanorum confenfu & ufu, florum , fruc« 
tuumgque natura ab ipfa omnino differat , ut facile ipfam in 
America confideranti patebit , ideo hujus genus peculiare infti- 
tuendum cenfui. Eft igicur Sapota plantx genus fore rafacco A, 
plurimis fcilicet petalis B in orbem pofitis , conftante ; ¢ cujus 
calyce C furgit piftillum D, quod deinde abic in‘fructum FE fe- 
re curbinatum » aut ovatum , mollem, carnofum ,in quo nidu- 
latur F unum, aut duo femina fubrotunda G, compreffa, poli- 
ta & roftrata. 
Sapotx fpecies funt. 
Sapota frudtu turbinato, minori. 
Sapota fructu ovato, majort. 
Sapota nomen eft Americanum vulgare. 
43 Sapota 5 4 | 
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PLUMIER’S DESCRIPTION AND FIGURES OF SAPOTA. 
