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Chrysophyllum Cainito. Broad-leaved 

 Star-Apple. 



Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Sapotex. ) 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 5- seu 4-partitus. Cor. campanulata., 5 — 4-fida. 

 Stamina tubo corolla inserta, laciniis opposita. Stylus 

 brevis. Stigma subsessile, peltatum. Bacca 1 — 10-locula- 

 ris, 1 — 10-sperma. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Chrysophyllum* Cainito; foliis ellipticis supra nitidis 



subtus aureo - sericeis parallelo-venosis, pedunculis 



sparsis axillaribus terminalibusque aggregatis unifloris. 

 Chrysophyllum Cainito. Linn. Sp. PL p. 278. Willd. Sp. 



PL v. I. p. 1083. Jacq. Am. p. 51. t. 37. Lam. 111. 



t. 120. Gcertn. de Fruct. v. 3. p. 120. t. 201. Ait. 



Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 2. p. 12. Spreng. Syst. Veg. 



v. 1. p. 666. 

 Chrysophyllum 1-fructu majori globoso, foliis subtus ferru- 



gineis. Browne, Jam. p. 171. t. 14./. 2. 

 Anona, foliis subtus ferrugineis, &c. Sloane, Jam. v, 2. p. 



170. t. 229. 

 (3.) fructu purpureo, C jamaicense. Jacq. Am. p. 52. 

 (y.) fructu cceruleo, C. cceruleum. Jacq. Am. p. 52. 



Descr. This tree is described in its native climate as 

 rising to a height of thirty or forty feet, and having a 



trunk 



* From xfvaot, gold, and tpvtooi, a leaf, from the color of the underside of 

 the leaves. Cainito is the American name of the plant. 



