Achras.] LXXI. SAPOTACEiE. 281 



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ovate or oval-elliptical, obtuse, contracted at the Lase, softly silky-pubescent 

 onbotli sides, 2 to 4 in. long, on petioles of above 1 in. Flowers in dense 

 clusters in the lower axils or at the old nodes, softly pubescent, the pedicels 

 shorter tlian the flower. Calyx-seo;raents usually 6, very broad, orbicular, 

 obtuse, concave, the 2 outer ones villous, the others less so and ciliolate, all 

 rather above 1 line diameter. Corolla-lobes 6, truncate; filaments in the 

 flowers examined filiform, with abortive anthers. Scales of the corolla-throat 

 small, linear. Ovary surrounded by a very dense ring of hairs (6 -celled ?) ; 

 ovules laterally attached. Style short, thick, glabrous. Fruit not seen, 4- 

 seeded according to F. Mueller. 



V. Australia. Sea Range, F. Bhcelier. 



2. A. Pohlmaniana, F. Muell. Fragm. v. 184. A tall shrub, tlie 

 brauclilets thick, clothed as well as the petioles with soft appressed hairs. 

 Leaves crowded at the ends of the branches, narrowly obovate-oblong,_ ob- 

 tuse, contracted into a rather long petiole, rather thin, green on both sides, 

 the principal veins more or less silky-hairy, otiierwise glabrons, 3 to i in, 

 loug. Flowers in clusters on the old' wood below the leaves, almost sessile 

 or the pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx-segments 5, very much imbri- 

 cate, orbicular, obtuse, 1^ lines diameter, silky-hairy outside. Corolla about 

 as long as the calvx, the lobes broad, very obtuse ; scales of the throat small 

 and entire. Stamens inserted in the broad tube, the anthers imperfect m 

 the flowers examined. Ovary surrounded by a dense ring of long hairs, ta- 

 rring into a short thick glabrous style, 5-celled; ovules laterally attached, 

 mit globular, above 1 in. diameter, the flesh hard. Seeds 5 in the fruit 

 opened, about \ in. long, ovate somewhat compressed ; hilum linear, lateral ; 

 albumen not very thick ; cotyledons large, flat, thin ; radicle very short.— 



Sa^ota Pohlmaniam, F. Muell. 1. c. 



Queensland. Brisbane river, Moreton Bav, A. CumingJiam, F. Jf«^//cr; Queens- 

 'aud woods, LoudoQ Exhibition, 18G2, n. 98, W. SUl ; Roclhampton, TAozet ; Rockmg- 

 "ain and Edgecombe Bays, Ballachi/ ; Port Denison, FUzalan. 



8- A. xerocarpa, F. MnelL Eerh. A tree of 20 to 30 ft., the young 

 shoots minutely tomentose. Leaves when fuU grown quite glabrous, on long 

 petioles, oval-elliptical or oblong, acuminate, penniveined but smooth and 

 shimug on both sides, 3 to 5 in. long. Flowers clustered m the axi s, on 

 pedicels of 4 to 6 lines. Calyx-segments ovate, almost acute, not so broad 

 »V^ -i- laurJfoUa, and scarcely 2 lines long. Corolla shortly exceeding the 

 f yx, the lobes broad ; scales of the throat oblong or linear. Ovary o-celled ; 

 style rather long but thick. Fruit nearly globular, very succulent, beads 

 usually 2 or more, compressed : hilum linear ; albumen copious ; cotyledons 

 "^^ broad and flat. 



Q^ieensland, Rockingham Bay, DaUachj. 



*. A. chartacea, F. Mnell Ilerh. Very near A. xerocarpa, but per- 

 ''^ctly glabrous. Leaves obovate-oblong or elliptical, shortly and obtusely 

 ?euminate, much thinner and more acuminate than in A. xerocarpa,^v^sxo^^tii. 

 '"to a short petiole, with au intra-marginal vein on each side usually (lecur- 

 f^nt almost into the petiole. Flowers not seen. Fruit and seeds of A. xero- 



