88 LXXVI. MYRSIXACK-'E. 



Mez [Enjj;!. Pflanzeiireich, v, 4 (1002) p. 5")], wlio rehabilitates tlie 

 species ^E. floi-idian, Kcom. & Sehult/, whieli is included under ^^E". majus 

 by Mr. C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl B. I. v. {i, p. 53:J. 



1. ^giceras majus, Girrtn. Fruct. v. 1 (1788) p. 216, t. 46. A 

 shrub or siiiuli tree 5-2U ft. higli, with milky juice ; branches glabrous. 

 LeaA'es 2-'<i\ by l^-lg in.) obovute, obtuse, sometimes retnse, glabrous 

 on both sides, pale-i^reeu above, somewhat glaucous beneath, base 

 cuueate ; midnerve strong, the lateral nerves numerous, slender ; petiole 

 very short, stout. 3^''lo\\ers fragrant, in sessile or shortly pedunculate 

 terminal, leat'-opposed or rarely axilhu-y umbels ; pedicels \-^ in. long, 

 glabrous. Calyx \ in. long, persistent, glabrous, divided nearly to the 

 base ; segments broadly oblong, obtuse, much imbricate, the upper part 

 membranous. Corolhi ^ in. long, thick, white ; tube i in. long ; lobes 

 Iriangidar-oblong, very acute, reflexed, twisted in bud. Filaments 

 densely woolly at the base, exserted. Fruit 1-2| in. long, falcately 

 curved, very sharply pointed, closely surrounded at the base by the 

 enlarged persistent cup-like calyx, glabrous, cinnamon-brown. Fl. B. I. 

 V. '6, p. 533 ; Dal'z. & (j!ibs. p. 137 ; Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. 

 p. cxxxix, t. 19, tig. 3 ; Aitch. Pb. & Sind PI. p. 85 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, 

 p. 74 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 204 ; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 12 (1898) p. 163; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prodr. v. 1, p. 116. ^gieeras 

 fraiirans. Keen. Ann, Bot. v. 1, p. 129, t. 3; Grab. Cat. p. 104. 

 uE. cor?u'a<?«/o, Blanco, Fl. Filip. ed. 1 (1837) p. 79 ; Mez, in Engl. 

 Pflanzenreich, V. 4 (1902) p. 55. — Flowers: Feb. Vekx. Kdjld. 



KoNKA.N : eca-coast near Bombay, Lawl, Cooke I ; Muinbra near Tanna, CooAel, 

 Woodrovj I ; in salt-marslies in company with the different species ol' mangrove, Dahell 

 tf- Gih.^on. Kanaka: sea-cuast and along creeks, Talbot. JSind : mud-forests. Stocks, 

 373 I ; Kiiraclii, Ritchie, 4i)G I 



Order LXXVII. SAPOTACE^. 



Trees, less commonly shrubs, with milky juice. Leaves alternate, 

 usually coriaceous, entire ; stipules 0, or rarely small and caducous. 

 Flowers small, regular, usually hermaphrodite, axillary ; pedicels mi- 

 nutely bracteate or altogether ebracteate ; bracteoles beneath the calyx 

 rare. Calyx-lobes 4-8, deep, imbricate or in 2 rows with the outer 

 valvate, persistent. Corolla gamopetalous ; tube short, campanulate or 

 urceolate (rarely elongate); lobes as many or 2-4 times as many as the 

 calyx-lobes. Stamens inserted on the corolla-tube, as many as the 

 corolla-lobes and opposite to them, or 2-3 times as many, 1-3-seriate; 

 filaments usually short ; anthers oblong-lanceolate, the connective often 

 produced beyond the cells. Staminodes when present alternating with 

 the stamens. Ovary superior, sessile, 2-8-celled ; ovules solitary in 

 each cell ; style shortly conical or elongate-subulate, glabrous ; stigma 

 usually punctiform. Berry indehiscent, 1-8-seeded. Seeds ellipsoid 

 or if more than 1 often com])n.'ss('d, albuminous or not ; hilum long, 

 conspicuous; testa smooth shining; radicle inferior. — Distuid. Tropics 

 of the world ; genera about 24 ; species about 320. 



Calyx-segments 1 -seriate. 



Calyx-segments .">-('» ; stamens 5-(i. 



Staminodes ]. CiiRYSornYLi.rM, 



Staminodes 6 2. Sidekoxvlon. 



