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6. D. sapota. Roxb. 
Leaves bifarious, oblong, entire, obtuse, sash MALE 
PEDUNCLES many-flowered, with about sixteen hairy an- 
thers, on eight or ten hairy filaments. HERMAPHRODITE 
solitary, with about the same number of filaments and an- 
thers. Berry globular, the size of a large orange, with a 
few irregular-shaped seeds. 
Sapotte-nigra, Sonnerat it. nov. Guin. p. 45.1. 14. 15. 
and 16. 
_ A native of the Mauritius, and from thence introduc- 
ed by the late Hyder Ally, into his garden at Seringa- 
patam ; from thence in 1804, Dr. Berry of Madras sent 
Dr. R. good specimens, and the entire ripe fruit. Since 
that time the tree has been introduced from the Mauri- 
tius into the Botanic garden at Calcutta, where it grows 
most luxuriantly and blossoms in the hot season, but has 
not yet perfected its fruit in Bengal. 
7. D. ramiflora. Roxb. 
Arboreous, Leaves lanceolate, glossy ; hermaphrodite 
and male flowers in fascicles from the large woody 
branches. Calyx and corol from five to six-parted. Style 
from five to six-cleft. Berry with ten or twenty seeds. 
__. Oori-gaub, also goolwl of the natives of the eastern 
frontier of Bengal, where the tree grows wild, and to a 
- great size, and supplies the natives with very strong, hard 
wood. A single hermaphrodite tree only of this species 
grows in the Botanic garden ‘at Calcutta. It is about 
twenty years old, and was brought from the hills immedi- 
ately east of Tippera. Flowering time, the end of March 
and April; and the fruit, which is as large as an orange, 
takes about twelve months to ripen. 
Trunk straight. Branches, numerous, spreading ; 
branchlets alternate, bifarious. Bark of the old woody 
partssmooth, of a dark olive brown, that of the young parts 
Smooth and green, Height of the individual tree in this 
