00 LXXVII. SATOTVCEF. 



Tedicels sleiidtT, fascicled, i in. long, rufous-tonieatoso. Corolla cani- 

 pauulate, silky, 2-3 times as long as the calyx. Ovary 7-10-celled ; 

 stigma 7-10-radiate. Fruit spherical, as large as a small apple, edible. 

 (Iriesbach, Fl. Brit. W. Ind. Isl. p. 398 ; Mart. Fl. Bras. v. 7, p. 94 ; 

 'W'^oodr. Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 372. C. lioxbunfJiii, Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 1G3 (not of G. Don).— Flowers : Aug. 



2. SIDEROXYLON, Linn. 



Trees (rarely shrubs). Leaves coriaceous, aUernate ; stipules 0. 

 Flowers small, in axillary fascicles, sessile or pedicellate. Calyx-segments 

 5 (rarely 0), niuch imbricate, subequal. Corolla campauulate; lobes 5 

 (I'arelv 0), shorter or longer than the tube, imbricate. Stamens 5 

 (rarely G), attached to the tube or the base of the corolla-lobes and 

 opposite to them ; filaments short or elongate ; anthers ovate or lan- 

 ceolate ; staminodes 5, lanceolate. Ovary usually ^ilI()US, 5 (rarely 

 2-4) -celled ; style short or long ; stigtna small (rarely sublobate). Berry 

 ovoid or globose. Seeds usually solitary (sometimes 2-")) ; testa 

 coriaceous or hard and shining ; albumen fleshy ; cotyledons flat, broad, 

 foliaceous or fleshy ; radicle short. — Distrib. Chiefly tropical, a few 

 extra-tropical ; species about 60. 



1. Sideroxylon tomentosum, lin.rh. Cor. PI. v. 1 (1795) p. 28, 

 t. 28. A small or moderate-sized tree with cracked bark ; lateral 

 twigs often becoming sharp spines ; young parts pubescent or tomentose. 

 Leaves 2-4 by 1-2 in., numerous, subcoriaceous, elliptic or elliptic- 

 obovate, subacute or sometimes rounded, rarely reliise at the apex, 

 tomentose when young, glabrous when mature, dark-green above, paler 

 beneath, base acute ; main nerves 10-12 pairs ; petioles | in. long, 

 pubescent. Flowers small, slightly fragrant, in rouuded axillary clusters; 

 ])edicels | in. long, drooping, fulvous-pubescent. Calyx campauulate, 

 ^ in. long, fulvous-pubescent; lobes 5, acute, longer than the tube, much 

 imbricate. Corolla white, |-g in. long ; segments 5, narrowly lanceolate, 

 very acute. Staminodes linear-lanceolate, hairy. Ovary densely hairy ; 

 style exserted about |- in. beyond the ilower, glabrous. Berry |-1 by 

 |-|^ in., pubescent when young, afterwards glabrous, yellowisli-green. 

 Seed usuallv solitary (sometimes 1-5), ^ in. long, smooth, polished and 

 shining. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 538 ; Grab. Cat. p. 105 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, 

 p. 77 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 20G ; AVoodr. in Jouru. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 12 (1898) p. 163; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 2, p. 687. Sapota 

 tomento!^(i, A. DC. Prodr. v. 8, p. 175; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 139. Sapota 

 elenffoides, A. DC. Prodr. v. 8, p. 1 7G ; AVight, Icon. t. 1218. AcJiras 

 elcngoiiles., Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 23.5. Achras tomentosa, Bedd. For. 

 Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. cxlii. — J'lowers : Oct. -Jan. A'ekx. Kxinvald \ 

 Kumbal. 



A coiniiK))! tree tlirniigliont t!io Pro-idonry. Xon-k\\: S/orl-.s'., Law'., Graham; 

 Dovalc (Ratnngiri districts), Kunitkar I ; Matheran, ('(wkc I, //. M. Binhoood. Deccan : 

 Kliandala, Coo/cc\\ Maliableshwar, Jlocih-inr ] ; bottom of Rotunda Ghat, below 

 Mabablcshwar, Graham. S. Jf. Counthy : R;iinf,'liat, Jii/fhir, llOt.'; Bi'Igamn (i-oiitli), 

 JUt'hir, 11041 Kanara: cvcrgrpcn forrsts of IS'. K'iiiinra, coinnion, 7r'('i')p('.^J)isii{iB, 

 India {W . rcninsuhn ; CVylon, IVgii, Martaljan (/'dc Kiii-7.\ 



