390 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1889. 



Order LVI. MYRSINEAE. 



1. Myrsine laeta, A. D. C. 



Bully Tree, Black Soft-wood. West Indies and South America. 



2. Ardisia Pickeringia, Torr. and Gray. 

 West Indian. 



3. Ardisia, sp. ? 



4. Jacquinia armillaris, Jacq. [Herrick.) 



Joe-Bush. 



The properties of this order are of little importance. 



Order LVII. SAPOTEAE. 



1. Chrysophyllum Cainito, L. 



Star-Apple. West Indies and South America. Tree 30 to 40 feet 

 high. Popular name derived from transverse section of the seed 

 which has 10 cells. 



2. C. oliviforme, Lam. Var. Monopyrenum Sw. [Swains. ) 

 Damson Plum, Wild Star- Apple. West Indies. 



3. Sapota achras, Mull. [Catesby) 



Sapodilla, said to be a variety (Catesb. Carol. 2, t, 87), Nase- 

 berry. Cultivated. West Indies. 



4. Sideroxylon mastichodendron, Jacq. [Calesby.) 

 Indigenous. West Indies. 



5. Mimusops dissecta, II. Br. (Swains.) 

 Bullet Tree. Indigenous. West Indies. 



6. Dipholis salicifolia, A. D. C. 

 Pigeon-wood, White Bullet-tree. 



7. Bumelia retusa, Sw. 



Ballato Tree. Indigenous. West Indies. 



8. Bumelia, sp. 



This order has several eatable fruits. Other trees are valuable 

 for timber in other colonies, e. g. Sapodilla. The young of many 

 of them yields a substance like India rubber. The bark of these 

 trees is astringent and febrifugal. 



Order LVIII. JASMINEAE. 



1. Jasminum officinale, L. 



2. J. gi'acile, Amir. 



And other species, in gardens from the old world. This order 

 has no medicinal plants. 



