322 SAPOTACEAE. 



lobes imbricated. Stamens 4, 5 or 6, borne on the corolla-tube opposite its 

 lobes, the filaments short or slender. Staminodes linear or scale-like, borne at 

 the sinuses of the corolla. Ovary '2-6-celled, mostly villons; style subulate or 

 conic., Fruit a berry, the pericarp fleshy or thin. Seeds 1-5. [Peruvian 

 name.] Fifty species or more, mostly of tropical America, a few Austral- 

 asian. Type species: Lucuma ~bifera Molina. 



1. Lucuma Serpentaria H.B.K. Nov. Gen. 3: 242. 1819. 

 Lucuma pauciflora A. DC. in DC. Prodr. 8: 168. 1844. 



A tree, up to about 10 m. high, the bark gray, the rather stout twigs 

 puberulent when young. Leaves oblong-obovate, coriaceous, 5-13 cm. long, 

 glabrous, somewhat shining above, rounded at the apex, narrowed at the base, 

 reticulate-veined, the puberulent petioles 3-15 mm. long; peduncles solitary or 

 2 together in the axils, stout, puberulent, about as long as the petioles or a 

 little longer; calyx-segments round-ovate, puberulent, 6-8 mm. long; corolla 

 about twice as long as the calyx, 6-lobed, the lobes rounded, as long as the 

 tube; ovary 6-celled, tomentose; berry globose, 2-3 cm. in diameter, 3-6-seeded; 

 seeds 1.5-2 cm. long. 



Coppices, Andros and New Providence : Cuba. Referred by Coker to L. multi- 

 flora A. DC. EGG-FRUIT. 



4. DIPHOLIS A. DC. in DC. Prodr. 8: 188. 1844. 



Evergreen unarmed shrubs or trees, with alternate leaves, and small, 

 mostly 5-parted, greenish, often fragrant flowers in axillary or lateral fascicles. 

 Sepals ovate to nearly orbicular, imbricated. Corolla rotate or funnelform, its 

 lobes with 2 appendages at each sinus. Stamens borne on the corolla-tube, 

 opposite the lobes, exserted, the filaments filiform, the anthers extrorse; stami- 

 nodia 5, often petaloid, alternating with the stamens. Ovary glabrous, 5- 

 celled; ovules ascending; style slender. Fruit an ovoid, subglobose or oblong 

 berry, usually 1-seeded. Seed with a coriaceous testa, and fleshy endosperm. 

 [Greek, referring to the appendages of the corolla.] About 10 species, natives 

 of the West Indian region, the following typical. 



1. Dipholis salicifolia (L.) A. DC. in DC. Prodr. 8: 188. 1844. 

 Achras salicifolia L. Sp. PI. ed. 2: 470. 1762. 



A slender tree, reaching a maximum height of about 16 m., with a trunk 

 up to 5 dm. in diameter, the bark scaly,the slender young twigs appressed- 

 pubescent. Leaves subcoriaceous, oblong to elliptic-oblanceolate, slender- 

 petioled, 6-12 cm. long, acute or acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the base, 

 somewhat silky-pubescent when young, soon glabrous, dark green and shining 

 above, dull green beneath; flower-clusters mostly shorter than the petioles; 

 pedicels 2-3 mm. long; sepals silky-pubescent, 1.5 mm. long, ovate or oblong, 

 obtuse; corolla about 4 mm. broad, its lobes oval, obtuse, about as long as the 

 tube, the appendages about one-half as long; staminodia ovate, irregularly 

 toothed; berry ovoid or subglobose, black, 6-8 mm. in diameter. 



Coppices and scrub-lands, Great Bahama, Andros, New Providence, Great 

 Exuma, Eleutbera to Marigunna and Caicos Islands : Florida ; Cuba to St. Jan and 

 Guadeloupe ; Barbadoes ; Jamaica ; Mexico. BOSTIC. WILD CASSADA. CASSADA-WOOD. 



