296 SAPOTACEA. 
2. LUCUMA. 
Lucuma, Juss. Gen. Plant. p. 152; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 654. 
About fifty species are referred to this genus ; and, excepting a very few in Australia 
and New Caledonia, they are natives of America, ranging from Mexico and the West 
Indies to Brazil and Chili. 
1. Lucuma campechiana, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. p. 240; DC. Prodr. viii. 
p. 171. 
Sout Mexico, Campeachy (Humboldt & Bonpland) ; Honpuras, without locality or 
collector’s name. Hb. Kew. 
2. Lucuma? capiri, A. DC. Prodr. viii. p. 173; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 749. 
_ Mexico (Mogino & Sessé). 
8. Lucuma? ferruginea, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 302. 
Soura Mexico, near Tepic (Beechey). 
This has probably been removed to some other genus, as we do not find the specimen 
in this genus in the herbarium. 
4, Lucuma mammosa, Gertn. fil. Fruct. iii. p. 129, tt. 203, 204; J acq. Amer, 
t. 182. f. 19; DC. Prodr. viii. p. 169. 
Sout Mexico, valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 1870); Panama, common about the town 
of Panama (S. Hayes, 705).—West Inpius and north part of Sourh America. Hb. Kew. 
A tree that is commonly cultivated for its fruit. - 
5. Lucuma salicifolia, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. p. 241; DO. Prodr. viii. 
p. 171. 
Mexico (Cervantes). | aS 
6. Lucuma spherocarpa, A. DC. Prodr. viii. p. 169. 
Mexico (Mogino & Sessé). 
3. SIDEROXYLON. 
Sideroxylon, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 264; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 655. 
A widely dispersed genus in tropical countries, represented by a few species in extra- 
tropical South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, and by one species in Madeira; and 
one West-Indian species occurs in Florida. Altogether it numbers about sixty species. . 
1, Sideroxylon mexicanum, Hemsley, n. sp. 
Ferrugineo-hirsutum, foliis oblongo-ellipticis utrinque obtusisvel rotundatis, venis primariis lateralibus 
elevatis, corollis subrotatis extus strigosis, staminodiis apice laceratis. 
Arbor vel frutex, ramis crassis, annotinis glabris, defoliatis, floriferis, hornotinis dense ferrugineo- 
furfuraceo hirsutis, foliiferis. Folia conferta, longe petiolata, crassa, mollia, oblongo-elliptica, 
absque petiolo 3-4 poll. longa, medio 1-23 poll. lata, utrinque obtusa vel rotundata, undique 
molliter ferrugineo-hirsuta, pzne velutina, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque 10-12, elevatis ; 
