SAPOTACEA. 297 
petiolus 3-14 poll. longus. Flores parvi (4-5 lineas diametro), dense fasciculati, pedicellis 
gracilibus, 2-4 lineas longis ; calycis segmenta 5, subzequalia, orbicularia, apice rotundata, 
extus furfuraceo-hirsuta ; corolla subrotata, extus medio loborum longitudinaliter furfuraceo- 
strigosa, tubo brevissimo, lobis obtusis ; antherze subcordiformes, versatiles ; staminodia stami- 
nibus alterna, apice lacerata; ovarium hirsutum. Fructus ignotus.—Lucuma ? capiri, A. DC. 
Prodr. vii. p. 173? 
Mexico, without locality (Jurgensen, 212). Hb. Kew. 
| 4, ACHRAS. 
Achras, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 438; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 657. 
A monotype. | 
1. Achras sapota, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 470; Bot. Mag. tt. 3111, 3112. 
Sapota achras, Mill.; DC. Prodr. viii. p. 174; Fl. Bras. vii. p. 58, tt. 22, 28. 
Sourn Mexico, Yucatan (Linden, 383); Nuicaracua, Chontales (Seemann, 56); 
Panama, Isle of Taboga (Seemann, 1092).—West Inpres and north part of SouTH 
America. Hb. Kew. | 
Commonly cultivated for its fruit in America and elsewhere. 
5. BUMELIA. 
Bumelia, Sw. Prodr. p. 49; Fl. Ind. Occ. i. p. 486, t. 8; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 11. p. 660. 
About twenty species, inhabiting Tropical America and the Southern States of North 
America. 
1. Bumelia cuneata, Sw. FI. Ind. Occ. i. p. 496; A. Gr. Synop. Fl. N. Am. ii. 
p. 68. 
-Sideroxylon cuneatum, A. DC. Prodr. viii. p. 181. 
° Frorrpa to Texas.—Mexico (ex A. Gray).—Wust Inpiss. 
2. Bumelia ferox, Cham. et Schl. in Linnea, vi. p. 392; DC. Prodr. viii. p. 189. 
Soutn Mexico, near Tecoluta (Schiede & Deppe). 
3. Bumelia hayesil, Hemsley, n. sp. 
Inermis, glabra, foliis parvis obovatis, petalorum appendicibus vel lobis lateralibus lineari-subul atis 
| integris, staminodiis lanceolatis superne leviter fimbriatis. | 
Frutex 15—20-pedalis, inermis, glabra, ramulis brevibus. Folia sparsa vel fasciculata, breviter petiolata 
vel subsessilia, tenuia, obovata, 1-2 poll. longa, apice rotundata, basi cuneata, integra. Flores 
glabri, sepius 4-6 fasciculatim aggregati, pedicellis gracilibus, 2-3 lineas longis; calycis seg- 
menta herbaceo-scariosa, rotundata; corolle appendices omnino exteriores, lineari-subulate, 
_ seintegre, lobis paullo breviores ; lobi apice pene truncati, obsolete denticulati; stamina petala 
excedentia; staminodia lanceolata, superne leviter fimbriata, lobos corolla pene xquantia ; 
ovarium basi parce pilosum. Fructus nondum visus. 
GuatemaLa, San José de Guatemala (Hayes, 451). Hb. Kew. 
Near B. cuneata, from which it differs in the thinner texture of its leaves, in the 
narrow entire appendages of the corolla, &c. 7 
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