398 SAPOTEjE. 



phyllum Cainito), and Damson-plums (Chr. oliviforme). A bitter substance is contained 

 in tbe seeds, and the astringent bark of Sapota is known as Cortex jamaicensis. The valuable 

 timber-trees of this Order are generally named Ballet-trees : Sapota Sideroxylon affords one 

 of the best woods of Jamaica, which was exhibited as such at Paris ; Dipholis salicifolia, 

 nigra, and montana are esteemed too in Jamaica, Bumelia retusa in Dominica, Mimusops 

 globosa, in Trinidad. 



1. CHRYSOPHYLLUM, L. 



Calyx 5 (-6) -partite. Corolla 5(-7)-lobed. Stamens opposite the corolla-lobes, sterile 

 appendages none : anthers laterally dehiscent. Ovary 5-10-celled : ovules ascending. Seeds 

 albuminous : albumen fleshy. — Leaves often aurate beneath with a sericeous down. 



1. C. Cainito, L. Leaves oval or oblong, pointleted, aurate-sericeous (rarely silvery) 

 beneath .- veins costate, nearly perpendicular to the midrib ; pedicels fascicled, shorter than 

 the petiole ; corolla campanulate-infundibular : tube twice as long as the calyx ; anthers 

 ovoid : stigma 10-8-crenate ; berry globose, 10-8-celled. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 51 ; Tuss. 

 Fl. 3. t. 9 ; Desc. Fl. 2. t. 70. — A tree ; flowers purplish-white ; berry size of an apple, or 

 smaller, greenish, rosy-purple, or blue (0. cceruleum, Jacq. I.e. t. 52, C. argenteum, Jacq. 

 t. 54). 



a. Leaves oval-oblong or oblong, usually 6"-9" (-3") long. 



0. jamaicense, Jacq. Leaves oval, mucronate, 4*-2"long; stigma 8-crenate. — SI. t. 229 ; 

 Br. Jam. t. 14./. 2. — This has the leaves of the following species, and would appear to be a 

 transition to it, but its fruit is large, globose, as in a. 



Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., wild and cultivated (a, &) ; S. Kitts !, Aatigua !, Wullschl., to 

 Trinidad !, Sieb. Tr. 30 ; [Haiti ! and Panama ! to Brazil !]. 



2. C. oliviforme, Lam. Leaves oval, bluntish or mucronate, aurate-sericeous or aurate- 

 tomentose beneath .- veins costate, nearly perpendicular to the midrib ; pedicels fascicled 

 shorter than the petiole ; corolla campanulate-infundibular ; anthers ovoid ; stigma 5-crenate ; 

 berry ovoid-oblong, \-seeded by abortion. — Desc. Fl. 2. t. 71 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3303. — A tree, 

 less high than the preceding ; leaves 3"-li" long, usually 2" broad ; flowers whitish ; berry 

 dark-blue or black, 8'" long. 



o. Leaves ferruginous-aurate beneath, bluntish -, corolla glabrous : tube twice as long as 

 the calyx. 



j8. monopyrenum, Sw. ! Leaves pale-aurate or ferruginous beneath, mucronate or blunt- 

 ish ; corolla-tube as long ns the calyx. 



Hab. Bahamas!, Swains. (fi) ; Jamaica!, Sw., Pd., Al., March (a, 8), common ; [Cuba !, 

 Haiti!]. 



3. C. microphyllum, Jacq. Leaves lanceolate-oblong or elliptical-oblong, bluntly 

 pointleted, aurate-sericeous beneath : veins delicate, costate, oblique to the midrib ,- pedicels 

 fascicled, as long as the petiole; " corolla-tube exserted; anthers ovoid; ovary 5-celled ;" 

 berry ovoid-oblong, 1-seeded by abortion. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 53. — A shrub, 10' high 

 (Jacq.) ; leaves 3"-li" long, 8"'-16'" broad ; berry 6"' long.— Hab. Jamaica !, Wullschl., 

 Manchester; Dominica !, Imr., in the mountains ; [Cuba]. 



4. C. glabrum, Jacq. Leaves elliptical-oblong or oblong, bluntly pointleted, slightly 

 sericeous beneath, at length glabrate .- costate veins distant, oblique to the midrib ; pedicels 

 fascicled, shorter than the petiole ; corolla campanulate, sericeous : tube twice as long as the 

 calyx; anthers ovoid ; stigma 5-6-creuate ; berry ovoid or obovoid, 1-seeded by abortion. — 

 Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 55. — C. microcarpum, Sw. ! C. argenteum, Sieb. Mart. 71 ! (.nonJacq.). 

 —A tree ; leaves 5"-2" long ; berry 8"'-6'" long, dark-blue.— Hab. Antigua !, Wullschl., 

 Dominica!, Imr., S. Vincent!, Guild. j Trinidad!, Sieb. Tr. 353, Cr.; [Cuba! to Guiana !]. 



2. SAPOTA, Plum. 



Calyx 6-5-leaved or -partite, imbricative. Corolla campanulate, 6-5-lobed. Stamens 

 opposite the corolla-lobes, alternating with as many sterile appendages. Ovary 12-4-celled : 

 ovules ascending. Seeds albuminous : hilum separating from the placenta with an oblong 

 scar : albumen fleshy. — Leaves leathery. 



