SAPOTEjE. 899 



Sect. ] . Miceopholis.— Calyx ^-partite. Anthers ovoid or deltoid, laterally dehiscent : 

 appendages of the corolla minute, linear, incurved. Scar as long as the seed. — Leaves 

 shining, striated with delicate transverse veins. 



5. S. rugosa, Gr. Branchlets and pedicels slightly sericeous; leaves polished, oblong 

 or elliptical, shortly pointleted with a bluntish point, glabrous ; pedicels fascicled ; calyx 

 sericeous : segments ovate, bluntish ; corolla 5-fid to the middle, shortly exserted ; anthers 

 ovoid, equalling the appendages ; berry globose, hard, rough, 4-celled.— Chrysophyllum, Sw. I 

 Sideroxylon, R.S. Sid. pomiforme, A. DC. : ex descr. — A tree; leaves resembling Calo- 

 phyllum, 5"-6" long: petiole 6"'-8"', pedicels 5 "'-&", calyx 1'" long; berry 1" diam.— 

 Hab. Jamaica !, Sw., Pd., M'Nab, in mountain-woods, Manchester. 



Sect. 2. Achras, A. DC. — Calyx 6-leaved, 2-serial. Anthers sagittate-lanceolate, laterally 

 dehiscent, exceeded by the appendages of the corolla. Scar shorter than the seed. — 

 Leaves striated with distant, transverse, inconspicuous veins ; pedicels single in the axils. 



6. S. Achras, M ill. Branchlets, pedicels, and petioles rusty-pubescent ; leaves lanceo- 

 late-oblong, with a bluntish point at both ends, concolor, glabrous ; pedicels as long as the 

 petiole, single, but approximate at the leafy top of the branches ; sepals ovate, bluutish, 

 rusty-pubescent, 3 interior coloured ; corolla scarcely exserted j berry large, globose or 

 ovoid, fleshy, 8-W(-l2)-celled.—Sl. t. 230; Br. Jam. t. 19./. 3; Jacq.Amer. Pict. *.60; 

 Tuss. Ft. 1. t. 5 ; Desc. Ft. 4. t. 259.— Achras Sapota, Z.—A tree ; leaves 3"-4", petioles 

 8"'-12"', whitish corolla 5'" long; berry hard -coated, brownish-yellow, usually 3" diam.: 

 seed black, 1" long. The Sapodilla of the Bahamas (Catesb. Carol. 2. t. 87), with trans- 

 versely ovoid berries, is said to be a variety. — Hab. Trinidad !, Lockh., Sch. ; generally culti- 

 vated in Jamaica !, all coll., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Mexico! to Guiana ! ; cultivated in all 

 tropical countries], 



7. S. Sideroxylon, Gr. Branches, pedicels, and petioles slightly greyish-puberulous ; 

 leaves oblong or lanceolate-oblong, blunt or bluntish at both ends, glabrous above, paler and 

 glabrate beneath ; pedicels as long as the petiole, single, but approximate at the leafy top of 

 the branches; sepals ovate, bluntish, puberulous ; berry hard, small globose, ^-celled. — 

 SI. t. 169. f. 2. — Achras, Hook. Paris Exhibition, p. 63. A. Sapota, j8, L. Generally the 

 tallest of all the trees in the woods of Jamaica {P. Br), usually confounded with the pre- 

 ceding, but the leaves larger, 6"-4" (8"-3") long, usually rounded at both ends, the young 

 silvery-puberulous beneath, calyx 3'" long, berry 6'" diam., mucrouate, seeds 3"'-4"' long. — 

 Hab. Jamaica !, M'Nab, March, in the woods of the lowlands and the mountains ; [per- 

 haps Key -West : for Nuttall observes of his Sapota-s^cxmen from that island, " fruit a 

 round ball, brown, as large as a marble "]. 



3. SIDEROXYLON, L. 



Calyx o-leaved or 5-partite, imbricative. Corolla rotate, 5-partite or 5-fid. Stamens 

 opposite the corolla-divisions, alternating with uniserial appendages : anthers usually extrorse. 

 Ovary 5(-2)-celled : ovules ascending. Seeds albuminous, with a small, roundish scar : albu- 

 men thick, cartilaginous. — Leaves reticulated-veiny and chariaceous in the West Indian 

 species. 



8. S. mastichodendron, Jacq. Glabrous ; leaves oval, or ovate-oblong, rounded or 

 bluntish at the top, undulate, long-petioled ; pedicels fascicled, usually lateral, 2-4 times 

 shorter than the petiole ; calyx 5-leaved, puberulous, half a* long as the 5-partite corolla ; 

 iilaments as long as the lanceolate, subentire appendages, half as long as the obovate corolla- 

 segments: anthers ovoid-oblong; ovary 5-celled ; berry ovoid, 1 -seeded. — Catesb. 2. t. 75 : a 

 form with long, bluntish leaves; Jacq. Coll. 2. t. 17- f. 5 : analyt. — Bumelia pallida, Sw. ! 

 Sideroxylon, Spreng. — A tree ; leaves variable, 4"-2"(-8") long ; pedicels 3'", yellow corolla 

 2'", berry 8"'-10'" long. — Hab. Bahamas {Catesb.) ; Jamaica !, Sw., Al., Wullschl., in the 

 lowlands; Antigua!, Nichols.; [Cuba!, Haiti!, Guadeloupe!]. 



9. S. floribundum, Gr. (n. sp.). Glabrous; leaves ovate-oblong, with a bluntish 

 point, undulate-repand, long-petioled ; pedicels densely fascicled, lateral, 3-4 times shorter 

 than the petiole ; calyx 5-lobed, glabrous, one-third as long as the 5-partile corolla ; fi la- 

 ments much longer than the subulate, Z-2-M, keeled appendages, aa long as the roundish 



