438 SAPOTACER (Harvey). [ Chrysophyllum. 
subulate ; leaves often deflexed, coriaceous, oblong, obtuse, mucronu- 
late, much narrowed to the base, about 4 in. long and 1 in. wide; 
petiole about 6 lin. long, semiterete, rather thick; lateral nerves 
many, slender, slightly or not tomentose beneath when old, 
slightly prominent beneath ; flowers many, glomerate; pedicels 
scarcely as long as the calyx; sepals ovate, densely rusty-pilose ; 
corolla-tube very short ; lobes ovate; filaments half as long as the 
cordate-sagittate apiculate anthers; ovary densely pilose, tapering 
into a broadly conical style of equal length. 
Eastern ReGion: Transvaal ; Lydenburg, Wilms, 1812! 
Il. SIDEROXYLON, Linn. 
Calyx 5-partite, the lobes imbricate. Corolla semi-5-fid or 5- 
partite, the lobes mostly spreading, imbricate. Stamens inserted on 
the corolla-tube ; 5 sterile, petaloid, alternating with the lobes; 5 
fertile opposite the lobes ; anthers ovate, shorter than the filaments. 
Ovary hairy, 4—5-celled ; style rather longer than the ovary. Berry 
ovoid or globose, 3-1-seeded. DC. Prodr. viii. 177. 
Trees or shrubs, chiefly tropical, with milky juice. Wood hard; branches 
mostly unarmed. Leaves alternate, entire, often nerved. Pedicels in axillary 
tufts. Flowers white. Name from o.dnpos, iron, and Evaor, wood. 
Leaves elliptic or linear-oblong 3 ah pe ... (1) inerme. 
Leaves oblong-oblanceolate ... vow one (2) nt. 
1. §. inerme (Linn. Hort. Cliff. 69); leaves elliptic, obtuse, 
acute or subacute at the base, glabrous, coriaceous, entire, with sub- 
reflexed edges, finely but faintly netted-veined beneath; pedicels 
many in each tuft, mostly shorter than the petiole ; corolla twice as 
long as the calyx, deeply 5-fid ; sterile stamens oblong, subincised. 
Sp. Pl. ed. i, 192; Drege, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 144, 153; DC. 
Prodr. viii. 182; Engl. Sapot. Afr. 27. §. cinereum, Lam. Encyel. 
i. 244, partly. Heeria inermis, Meissn. Pl. Vase. Gen. ii. 59. 
Remeria inermis, Thunb. Nov. Gen. ix. 131. 
Var. 8, Schlechteri (Engl. Sapot. Afr. 27); leaves linear-oblong, up to 
nearly 4 in, long and 1} in. wide; petiole 7 lin. long. 
Coast Recion: Cape Div.; Camps Bay, Burchell, 367! 841! Caledon 
Div. ; Onrust River, Schlechter, 10396! George Div.; between Malgaten River 
and Great Brak River, Burchell, 6180! Knysna Div. ; near the west end of 
Groene Valley, Burchell, 5640! Uitenhage Div. ; at Uitenhage, Burchell, 4409! 
Zeyher! near Enon, Drége! Albany Div. ; Zwartwater Poort, Burchell, 3406! 
Grahamstown, Atherstone, 498! Scott-Elliot, 859! Fish River Heights, Hutton! 
Theefontein, near Reibeek East, MacOwan, 2646; Stockenstrom Div, ; near 
Gaikas Kop, Baur, 872! Komgha Div.; banks of the Kei River, Drege. 
British Kaffraria, Cooper, 28 ! 
‘i KALAHARI REGION: Transvaal; near Pretoria, McLea in Herb. Bolus, 
698 ! 
Eastern REGION: Transkei; between Gekau (Geua) River and Bashee River, 
Drége! Pondoland ; near the mouth of the Umtsikaba River, Drége, and with- 
out precise locality, Bachmann, 428, 1749, Natal; Umvoti River District, 
Gerrard, 1189! Durban, Plant, 12! Delagoa Bay, Forbes! Var. 8: Delagoa 
Bay ; Lorenzo Marques, Schlechter, 11700! 
