271 SArOTACK-E. (SAPODILLA FAMILY,) 



Order 82. SAPOTACE^E. (Sapodilla Family.) 



Trees or shrubs, with milky juice, alternate entire exstipulate short- 

 petioled leaves, and regular perfect (small) flowers, commonly in sessile 

 axillary clusters. — Calyx free from the 3 - 1 2-celled ovary, 4-8-partcd, 

 persistent. Corolla hypogynous, 4 - 8-cleft, mostly with one or two ap- 

 pendages between each lobe. Fertile stamens as many as the lobes of the 

 corolla and opposite them, alternating with as many scale-like or petal- 

 like sterile ones, inserted on the tube of the corolla: anthers extrorse. 

 Ovules anatropous, single, suspended from the central angle of each cell, 

 or ascending from its base. Fruit a drupe or berry. Seeds few. Albu- 

 men fleshy or oily, or none. Embryo straight. 



Synopsis. 



* Calyx 5-parted. 

 +- Corolla with a single appendage between the lobes. 



1. SIDEROXTLON. Sterile stamens none. Fruit a drupe. Albumen copious. 



■i- -i- Corolla with two appendages between the lobes. 



2. DIPHOLIS. Seed with copious albumen. Sterile stamens fimbriate. Ovary smooth. 



3. BUMEL1A. Seed without albumen. Sterile stamens entire. Ovary hairy. 



* * Calyx 6 - 8-parted. 



4. MIMUSOPS. Appendages of the corolla two between the lobes. Stamens 6-8. 



1. SIDEROXYLON, L. 



Calyx 4 -parted. Corolla 5-cleft, with a single appendage between the lobes. 

 Stamens 5, the sterile ones none. Ovary hairy, 5-cellcd. Drupe mostly 1-cclled, 

 1 -seeded. Albumen copious. — Tropical trees. Flowers clustered. 



1. S. pallidum, Spreng. Smooth; leaves membranaceous, elliptical, ob- 

 tuse, wavy on the margins, on slender petioles ; clusters few-flowered ; drupes 

 purplish, ovoid. — South Florida. — Leaves 5'- 6' long. Drupe 9" long. 



2. DIPHOLIS, ADC. 



Calyx 5-partcd. Corolla 5-cleft, with two toothed appendages between the 

 lobes. Stamens 5, each alternating with an ovate-lanceolate fimbriate sterile one. 

 Ovary smooth. Berry juiceless, 1-seeded. Albumen copious, fleshy. — A small 

 tree, with silky branches. Leaves smooth, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, narrowed 

 into a short petiole. Flowers clustered, on short pedicels. 



1. D. salicifolia, A. DC— South Florida, Dr. BlodijM. Leaves 2'- 3' 

 long. Calyx silky. Drape small, oblong. 



3. BUMELIA, Swart/.. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 5-cleft, with two appendages between the lubes. 



Stamens . r >, each alternating with a petal-like sterile one. Ovary 5-celled, hairy 



