III.] 



SAPOTACEAL. 



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wood, especially the true Ebony {D. Ebejius), and the 

 Calamander {D. qucesiti) of Ceylon. Ebony is remarkable 

 for the dark colour and gravity of its heart-wood. The 

 sap-wood {albiirniwi) is pale or nearly white. A few species 

 yield an edible fruit. 



57. Natural Order, Sapofacece. — The Sapodilla Family. 



Trees or shrubs, with alternate entire leaves. Flowers 

 regular. Stamens opposite lobes of corolla, equal or t^vice 

 as many, often with numerous scale-like staminodia. 



Type — Mimiisops Elengi. 



if IG. 143. Rlimusops Eietigi (called Bokul or Bukul), much reduced, wxin a 

 detached fruit. 



