436 MYRSINEZ (Harvey). [ Myrsine. 
Sourn AFRicA: without locality, Villette ! 
Coast ReGion: Paarl Div.; Paarl Mountain, Drége! Caledon Div.; Klein 
River Mountains, Zeyher, 3370! Uitenhage Div.; between Hoffmanns Kloof 
and Driefontein, Drége/ Albany Div. ; between Riebeek Hast and Grahamstown, 
Burchell, 3464! Houwisons Poort, Cooper, 2700! Kloof west of Grahamstown, 
Burchell, 3575 ! 
CentRAL Reaion: Somerset Div.; on Bosch Berg, Burchell, 3190 ! 
Eastern Recion: Natal; Inanda, Wood, 588! near Kettle Fontein, Cooper, 
1221! Durban, Gueinzius! and without precise locality, Cooper, 2699 ! 
‘ A large shrub. Leaves 3-5 in. long, 1-1} in. broad; the petiole 4-? in. 
ong. ; 
4. M. Gerrardii (Harv.); glabrous; leaves rather small, oblong- 
lanceolate, subobtuse, acute at the base and shortly petiolate, with 
subrevolute margins, midribbed and faintly nerved beneath; flowers 
not seen ; pedicels about equalling the petiole ; drupe globose, with 
thin flesh, dry. 
' Eastern Reo@ion: Zululand; Ingoma, Gerrard, 1157 ! 
“A tree 12-15 ft. high” (Gerrard). Leaves usually 1-14 in. long, rarely 
2 in., 4 in. wide, drying light green. Drupes as large as peppercorns. 
OrvEr LXXXIII. SAPOTACEZ. 
(By W. H. Harvey, with additions by C. H. WricuHt.) 
Flowers hermaphrodite, regular. Calyx 4—8-partite. Corolla 4-8- 
lobed ; lobes imbricate, sometimes in two series. Stamens inserted 
on the corolla, as many as the corolla-lobes and opposite them, or 
more numerous and 2-seriate, sometimes with alternating staminodes ; 
anthers usually extrorse, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary many- 
eelled ; style conieal or cylindrical; stigma acute or capitellate ; 
ovules solitary, ascending. Fruita 1-or many-celled berry. Seeds 
with a hard testa; hilum often large; albumen none or scanty ; 
cotyledons foliaceous. 
Trees or shrubs, with milky juice; leaves alternate, entire, exstipulate ; 
flowers axillary. 
Disrriz. Genera 18, species about 400, throughout the tropics and a little 
way outside. 
I. Chrysophyllum.—Calyz-lobes 5 (rarely 6-7), not distinctly 2-seriate. Stamens 
as many as the corolla-lobes; staminodes 0. 
Il. Sideroxylon.—Calyzx-lobes 5 (rarely 6), not distinctly 2-seriate. Stamens 
as many as the corolla-lobes, alternating with as many staminodes. : 
III. Mimusops. —Calyxz-lobes 6 or 8 in two series. Stamens 6 or 8, alternating 
with as many staminodes, 
I. CHRYSOPHYLLUM, Linn. 
Calyx 5- (rarely 6-) partite; lobes obtuse, pubescent, imbricate, 
3 inside 2. Corolla tubular or campanulate-rotate, 5- (rarely 6—7-) 
lobed; lobes imbricate. Stamens as many as the corolla-lobes and 
opposite them, inserted on the tube; sterile none ; anthers included, 
