912 SAPOTACEAE 
1.5-2 mm. in diameter, often erose-toothed ; appendages lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 
crisped or erose: staminodia ovate, about 2 mm. long, obtuse, serrulate : berries oval or 
globose-oval, 1-1.5 cm. long. 
In sandy soil or woods, Louisiana. 
7. Bumelia monticola Buckl. A straggling thorn-armed shrub 1-3 m. tall, the 
petioles, nerves of the lower surface of the leaf-blades and inflorescence sparingly pubescent. 
Stem clothed with a reddish brown bark : leaves stiff ; blades spatulate or oblong-oblanceo- 
late, rounded and often slightly apiculate at the apex, slightly revolute, usually acuminate 
or cuneately narrowed at the base, the nerves prominent and reticulate on the pale under 
surface, not prominent on the dark green upper surface ; petioles slender, 3-8 mm. long: 
fascicles often many-flowered : pedicels slender, much thickened toward the apex : sepals 
suborbicular, about 2 mm. long, the inner slightly broader than the outer: corolla-lobes 
suborbicular, a little broader than long, about 1.5 mm. in diameter ; appendages lanceolate, 
rather obtuse : staminodia ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or acutish, less than 2 mm. long: ovary 
hairy : berries elliptic, 1-1.3 mm. long, often tipped by the persistent style: seeds subglo- 
bose, slightly longer than thick. 
In dry soil, western and southern Texas. 
8. Bumelia Texana Buckl. A rigid somewhat thorny shrub or small tree, several 
m. tall, glabrous or with a slight inconspicuous pubescence on the petioles, and mid- 
rib of the leaf-blades beneath. Leaves firm ; blades leathery, oval or oblong, 2-3 em. long, 
rounded, truncate or retuse at the apex, hardly revolute, prominently nerved and pale 
green on both surfaces, sometimes cuneately narrowed at the base; petioles slender, 5-10 
mm. long: fascicles few-flowered : pedicels stoutish, 1-3 mm. long: berries oblong or 
elliptic, about 1 cm. long. 
On plains and mountains, southwestern Texas. 
9. Bumelia lücida Small. A glabrous shrub, or a small tree 2-7 m. tall, with rigid 
thorny branches. Leaves numerous; blades leathery, elliptic varying to elliptic-ovate 
or elliptic-oblanceolate, 2-5 cm. long, acute or obtuse at both ends, deep-green, shining and 
hardly reticulated above, paler, dull and prominently reticulated beneath ; petioles slender, 
2-5 mm. long: fascicles rather many-flowered : pedicels glabrous, slender, 3-7 mm. long, 
very slightly if at all enlarged at the apex : sepals suborbicular, about 2 mm. in diameter, 
the outer somewhat smaller than the inner: corolla-lobes suborbicular ; appendages lan- 
ceolate, obtuse: staminodia ovate, 2 mm. long, sometimes inequilateral, obtuse : berries 
mostly oval, about 7-8 mm. long. 
In woods, Louisiana and eastern Texas. 
10. Bumelialycioides (L.) Gaertn. A glabrous usually armed shrub, or a small tree 
reaching a height of 8 m., the stems clothed with a gray bark. Leaves numerous ; blades 
thickish but barely leathery, oblong, elliptic or rarely oblanceolate, 4-12 cm. long, acute 
or acuminate or rarely rounded at the apex, pale green and prominently reticulate on both 
surfaces, narrowed into petioles which are 5-12 mm. long: fascicles densely flowered : 
pedicels slender, 7-10 mm. long, hardly enlarged at the apex: sepals oval, or orbicular- 
ovate, 2 mm. long, the inner somewhat broader than the outer: corolla-lobes longer than 
broad ; appendages lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate : staminodia ovate, 2-2.5 mm. long, boat- 
like, obtuse, often keeled : ovary hairy: berries oval, fully 1 cm. long. 
In low or damp soil, Virginia to Illinois, south to Florida and Texas. BUCKTHORN. IRONWOOD. 
Mock ORANGE. SHITTIMWOOD. 
11. Bumelia rígida (A. Gray) Small. A low tree with rigid spreading prn 
Leaves numerous: blades cuneate or oblong-cuneate, 1.5-3 cm. long, rounded or ashe 
the apex, dark green and glabrous above, woolly beneath ; petioles 1-3 mm. long: -— . 
rather few-flowered : pedicels 4-8 mm. long, slightly thickened above: sepals su orbicu "i , 
2 mm. long, the inner somewhat larger than the outer: corolla-lobes suborbicular, 2 itd: 
in diameter, truncate at the base, erose ; appendages lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, pis : 
staminodia ovate-lanceolate, erose, obtuse : ovary hairy : berries oblong-oval or oval, 
mm. long, often tipped with the persistent style. ; 
Along streams, Texas to Arizona and northern Mexico. 
12. Bumelia lanuginòsa (Michx. ) Pers. An armed or thornless shrub or s x 
m. tall, its twigs, the lower surface of the leaves and the inflorescence tomentose w1 re 
or reddish hairs, never lustrous, the stems rarely becoming nearly 1 m. thick. egies ie 
ous ; blades oblong-oblanceolate, oblong-obovate or elliptic, acutish, rounded o el pim 
the apex, glabrous above, gradually or cuneately narrowed at the base ; pu enlarged 
long: fascicles few- or many-flowered: pedicels 5-8 mm. long, considerably e ias 
towards the base of the calyx : sepals suborbicular or orbicular-ovate, about falc : 
