MYRSINEA. 295 
3. Jacquinia axillaris, CErst. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1861, p. 121. 
SoutH Mexico, near Papantla and Santa Cruz (Liebmann). 
_ 4, Jacquinia caracasana, H. B. K. Nov. Gen, et Sp. iii. p. 251; DC. Prodr. 
vill. p. 150; Cérst. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1861, p. 120. 
NicaraGua, between Leon and Granada and in Segovia (Grsted).— VENEZUELA. 
5. Jacquinia macrocarpa, Cav. Ic. Pl. v. p. 55, t. 483; DC. Prodr. viii. p. 150. 
Sovtn Mexico, Vera Cruz (Galeotti, 1714), without locality (Schtede) ; San SaLvaDor, 
Acajutla (S. Hayes, 461); Panama, seashore near San Carlos (Seemann, 299).— 
CotompBia. Hb. Kew. 
6. Jacquinia pungens, A. Gr. Pl. Thurb. in Mem. Amer. Acad. n. s. v. p. 325. 
Nort Mexico, between Rayon and Ures, Sonora (Thurber). 
7. Jacquinia racemosa, A. DC. Prodr. viii. p. 150. 
Souta Mexico (Alaman, Berlandier), near Tantoyuca (Ervendberg), near Guatulco 
(Liebmann). Ub. Kew. 
8. Jacquinia ruscifolia, Jacq. Amer. t. 57; DC. Prodr. viii. p. 151. 
Mexico }—Cuzsa. | 
y, Jacquinia umbellata, A. DC. Prodr. viii. p. 150. 
Mexico ?—-Porto Rico. 
Order LXXXIII. SAPOTACE. 
Sapotacee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 11. p. 650. 
An order of shrubs and trees, comprising about twenty-four genera and 320 species, 
generally dispersed in the tropics; very few occurring in subtropical and temperate 
regions. 
1. CHRYSOPHYLLUM. 
Chrysophyllum, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 263 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 653. 
This genus numbers about sixty species, chiefly Tropical-American ; a few are found 
in Tropical Africa, and a very few in Tropical Asia, Australia, and the Sandwich Islands. 
One West-Indian species extends to Florida. — 
1. Chrysophyllum cainito, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 278, excl. 8; DC. Prodr. viii. p. 157 ; 
Jacq. Amer. t. 37; Bot. Mag. t. 3072. 
Panama, Isle of Taboga (Hinds), in cultivated and uncultivated places near the town 
of Panama (S. Hayes, 636).—CotomBia and Perv; GutaNa, and in the West Inprzs. 
Hb. Kew. 
This tree is cultivated for its fruit, and often spreads from cultivation; hence it is 
not possible to determine where it is truly indigenous. 
