400 SAPOTE.&. 



corolla-segments : anthers ovoid, emarginate at the base; ovary 5-celled. — S.fastidissimum, 

 Jacq., from his description does not agree in its long appendages, and the preceding has much 

 smaller flowers. Leaves 4"(-2") long, 2"(-l") broad below the middle : petiole drooping, 

 1" long; fascicles approximate, 5-18-flowered: pedicels thickish, glabrous, 3"' long; sepals 

 roundish, concave-adpressed, much imbricated, quite glabrous or minutely ciliolate ; ccfrolla- 

 segments 2£"'-3'" diam., concave; appendages rarely one-third as long as the subulate fila- 

 ments, keeled on the inside: anthers exserted from the still connivent corolla, incumbent, 

 almost 1'" long; style subuliform, 5-gonal, blunt. — Hab. Jamaica!, March. 



4. MIMUSOPS, L. 



Calyx 6-8-leaved, 2-serial. Corolla rotate, 6-8-partite : appendages twice as many, re- 

 sembling its segments, geminate between them : the segments opposite the sepals. Stamens 

 opposite the corolla-segments, alternating with as many interior appendages : anthers sagit- 

 tate, extrorse. Ovary 6-8-celled: ovules ascending. Berry few-1 -seeded by abortion. 

 Seeds of Sideroxylon. — Leaves leathery \ polished : veins inconspicuous ; corolla subincluded 

 within, the calyx, or shortly exserted. 



10. M. dissecta, R. Br. Leaves oblong or obovate-oblong, retuse, green, concolor, 

 glabrous ; pedicels as long as the petioles ; corolla-segments 6, oblong, exceeding the lanceo- 

 late-linear, exterior appendages ; interior appendages deltoid, subentire. — Achras, Forst. ! : 

 his specimen in H. Gott. is good, and identical with our Bahama plant, except in the axils 

 being 1-flowered. M. Sieberi, A. DC! — Leaves 2"-4", petioles 6"'-10"' long. —Hab. 

 Bahamas !, Swains. ; S. Vincent !, Guild.; Trinidad !, Sieb. Tr. 33 ; [Pacific islands !]. 



11*. M. Kauki, L., R. Br. Leaves obovate or oval, retuse or rounded at the top, 

 discolor, silvery-grey by subsericeous down beneath, or glahrate ; pedicels as long as the 

 petioles ; corolla segments 6, lanceolate, as long as the lanceolate-linear appendages ; in- 

 terior appendages deltoid, dentate ; berry ovoid or obovoid. — Rumph. Amboin. 3. t. 8 : pre- 

 senting 6 sepals. Gartn. Carp. 3. t. 205 : the seed. Bot. Mag. t. 3157. — M. dissecta, 

 Hook.! M.Hookeri, A. DC! M. Balata, Gartn. M. Manilkara, Don. — Leaves 3"-5", 

 petioles 8"'-12'", berries 1"~H" long.— Hab. Naturalized in S. Vincent !, Guild.; [Pacific 

 islands !, trop. Australia!, East Indies !, on the seashore]. 



12. M. globosa, Gartn. Leaves obovate or oval-oblong, retuse or apiculate-hlunt, 

 greyish, concolor, glabrous above, puberulous or lepidote and glabrescent beneath with minute, 

 scaly down ; pedicels about as long as the petioles ; calyx puberulous-canescent, 6-leaved ; 

 " corolla-segments as long as the exterior appendages ; iuterior appendages 2-dentate at the 

 top ;" berry globose, large.— Gartn. Carp. 3. t. 205 -. the fruit, agreeing with our Crabb 

 island specimen. SI. t. 228. /. 3 : the foliage. — M. bidentata, A. DC: from this the de- 

 scription of the corolla, is taken. M. Balata, Crueg. ! — A large tree; leaves 2"-6" long ; 

 rigid, variable: petiole 4" -12'" long; berry resembling that of Sapota Achras, or a de- 

 pressed apple, 1 \" high, 2" broad, at length umbUicate at the hase. The berries sent by 

 Crueger, only £'' diam., are probably unripe. — Hab. Jamaica (SI.), S. Anns, near Seville, in 

 woods; Trinidad!, Cr. ; [Crabb island ! ; Venezuela!, Guiana]. 



5. DIPHOLIS, A. DC. 



Calyx 5(4-8)-leaved, imbricative. Corolla rotate or infundibular, 5 (-4) -partite or -lobcd. 

 Stamens opposite the corolla-divisions : appendages 2-serial, exterior geminate between the 

 corolla-divisions, interior alternating with the filaments : anthers extrorse. Ovary 5 (-4)-celled : 

 ovules ascending. Berry usually 1-seeded by abortion. Seeds of Sideroxylon. — Trees; 

 leaves chartaceous, arch-veined. 



13. X>. nigra, Or. Glabrous or early glabrate ; leaves ovate-oblong or elliptical-oblong, 

 with a bluntish point, undulate-repand, long-petioled ; pedicels densely fascicled, usually 

 lateral, \-\ as long as the petioles , calyx 5 -leaved, glabrous, half as long as the 5 -partite 

 corolla ; exterior appendages oval, interior cordate-deltoid, serrulate, as long as the stamens ; 

 filaments short : anthers bifid from the base to the middle ; berry ovoid-globose. — Sw. Fl. 

 t.%: the flower; Gartn. Carp. 3. t. 202: the fruit. — Bumelia, Sw. (non Rich. Cub.). 

 Sideroxylon, Gartn. — A large tree ; leaves drooping, resembliug those of the West Indian 

 Sideroxyla, 3"-5", petioles about 1" long; pedicels 4"'-2'", corolla 1 J'", berry 6"'-8'" long, 



