“RHAMNALS. 167 SAPOTADS. 
Evonymus. Linneeus. 
Stamens 5, standing on as many glands. Ovary 4-5-celled. Capsule lobed, 
Calyx rotate. 
1. E. europeus Linneus.—(Srinvie Tree.) Fig. 236. 
Branches smooth; leaves lanceolate-ovate, finely serrated ; peduncles 
bearing about 3 flowers ; petals oblong, acute. 
- Habitat. Hedges and woods; indigenous. 
Quality. Seeds acrid, nauseous, purgative, emetic. 
Uses. Ointment prepared from them kills pediculi. 
Natural Order, Sapataus; Sapotacew (V. K., p. 590.) 
Prevailing Quality. Astringent, febrifugal, lactescent. 
Acnras. Linneeus. 
Some of the stamens sterile, lanceolate, alternate with the lobes of the 
corolla. Fruit a berry, containing erect, nut-like, shining seeds with a 
_ broad sear occupying all the inner angle. 
l. A. Sapota Linneus.—(Saroprita PLvM.) : 
Leaves elliptical, acute at each end ; petioles and calyx covered with ferru- 
ginous down ; flowers £/. . 
Habitat. West Indies. : 
Quality and Uses. Fruit subacid, sweet, esteemed in the West Indies ; hark astringent, 
febrifugal, equivalent to cinchona. 
Bumevia. Geertner. 
Two sterile stamens between each lobe of the corolla ; fertile 5, wt Be 
the lobes, with a pair of scales at the back of each. Fruit 1-seed 
somewhat drupaceous. 
1. B. lycioides Geertner. 
Leaves obovate, obtuse, with very distinct areolate nervures ; 
fascicled ; corolla about twice as long as the calyx. 
Habitat. United States. 
Quality and Uses, Fruit austere, sweetish ; recommended in diarrhea. 
flowers _ 
" Isonanpra. Wight. 
Stamens all fertile, twice as numerous as the lobes of the corolla. — 
LA Gutta Hooker.—(Gurra Percua Tree.) Fig. 237. rf Ce 
Leaves on long stalks, obovate-oblong, with a short pomt, golden beneath bs 
: i owers axillary, fascicled ; stamens 12. : s 
‘abitat. ee . 
Quality sn Tak “viele the gum resin called Gutta Percha, now in extensive use for 
_ Various economical purposes. : 
