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 Diospyros Sapota. Sapota Date-plum. 



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Class and Order. 



POLYGAMIA DlCECIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Ebenace^b. ) 



Generic Character. 



Flores polygami. Calyx profunde 4-rarius 3 — 6-fidus. 

 Corolla hypogyna, urceolata, 4- nunc 3 — 6-fida. Masc. 

 Stamina imae corolla; inserta, ejusdem laciniis dupla v. 

 rarius quadrupla; filamenta duplicata, anthera lanceolatae. 

 Ovarii rudimentum. Hermaphrod. F(em. Stamina effceta, 

 pauciora. Ovarium 8 — 12 loculare. Ovula in loculis soli- 

 taria, pendula. Stylus 2-plurifidus ; stigmata simplicia vel 

 bifida. Bacca globosa, calyce patente demum reflexo sti- 

 pata, plurilocularis, loculis monospermis. Semina inversa. 

 Embryo intra albumen cartilagineum obliquus v. axilis, 

 rectus; cotyledonibus foliaceis, radicula supera.— -Arbores 

 vel frutices, inter tropicos crescente ; foliis alternis integer- 

 rimis ; pedunculis axillaribus paucifloris. Endl. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Diospyros* Sapota; foliis bifariis oblongo-lanceolatis obtu- 

 siusculis basi atteuuatis glaberrimis, pedunculis in 

 ramis iunioribus axillaribus, floribus senceis inasc.d- 

 multiH.— hermaphr. 1-floris, corolla urceolato limbo 

 5-lobo patente, florum hermaphr. stam. sub-16, stylo 

 5-fido, bacca globosa subtetrasperma. 



Diospyros Sapota. Roxb. Flora Indica, v. 2. p. 060. 



Diospyros edulis. Loddiges' Cat. 



Sapotte Negro. Sonnerat, Voy. a la Nouv. hum. p. <*o. 

 tab. 14, 15, et 16. In 



* From fa Jk. e , Jupiter, or the deity, and «,**«•*, *££' %£? 

 of several species being eatable, may have given rise to so grand a name. 

 VOT. \vi F 



VOL. XVI. 



