Lxxvii. sapotace-t:, 95 



with tliem. Ovary hirsute, G-8-cellecl. Berry globose ; epicarp crus- 

 taceous. Seeds few or solitary, obliquely ovate, slightly compressed ; 

 testa crustaceous or hard, shiuing ; hiluin small and basilar or elongate 

 and lateral ; albumen fleshy ; cotyledons flat. — Distrib. Tropics of both 

 hemispheres ; species about 30. 



Calyx-segments 8 ; stamens 8; staminocles Innceolate, acuminate, 



hairy 1. M. Elengi. 



Calyx-segments (> ; stamens 6 ; stamiaodes bifid or denticulate at 



the apex, glabrous 2. M. hexandra, 



1. Mimusops Elengi, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 349. A large 

 glabrous evergreen tree 40-50 ft. high, with a compact leafy head and 

 short erect trunk ; bark smooth, scaly. Leaves 2|-4 by 1-4-2 in., 

 elliptic, shortly acuminate, glabrous, base acute or rounded ; petioles 

 i-1 in. long, i'lovvers white, fragrant, nearly 1 in. across, solitary or 

 in fascicles of 2-6 ; buds ovoid, acute ; pedicels 5-I in. long, appressedly 

 pubescent, often deflexed. Calyx | in. long, fulvous-pubescent; seg- 

 ments 8, the 4 outer ovate-lanceolate, acute, the 4 inner narrower than the 

 outer. Corolla longer than the calyx ; tube -^ in. long ; lobes ^ in. long, 

 about 24, in 2 series, the inner series of 8 the outer of 16 lobes, linear- 

 oblong, acute. Stamens 8, opposite the inner circle of lobes ; filaments 

 short, glabrous ; anthers glabrous, slightly twisted, acuminate ; stami- 

 nodes 8, alternate with the stamens, lanceolate, acuminate, densely clothed 

 on Ihe back and margins with white hairs. Ovary appressedly silky- 

 pubescent ; style grooved, slightly longer than the corolla. Berry about 

 1 in. long, ovoid, yellow when ripe. Seed solitary, ovoid, compressed, 

 brown, shining. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 548 ; Grab. Cat. p. 106 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 140 ; Bedd. I- lor. Sylvat. t. 40 ; Wight, Icon. t. ]586 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 

 V. 3, p. 86 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2,^p. 208; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1898) p. 163; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 5, p. 249. 

 — Flowers: Jan. -Mar. Veen. Borsali ■ BaJculi ; Vdvli. 



Often planted round Maliometan tombs as an ornamental tree. Konkan : Eavincs 

 in the Ghats, BaJzell Sf Gibson ; evergreen forests of the Konkan, Talbot; Matlieran, 

 H. M. Blrdwood ; Mahar, GraJiam; Bombay, CooJcel Deccan : 'Kha.m'laXa,, Graham. 

 Kanaka: evergreen forests of N. Kanara, Talbot; Divimana GbAt, Woodrow \ Kala 

 naddi, below S\ipa, liitchie, 1103! Gujarat: Coo/iC !—Disteib. India (W. Penin- 

 sula.) ; Ceylon, Malaya ; cultiTated in the Tropics, 



The fragrant flowers are used for making garlands, and a perfume is distilled fi-om 

 them. The bark is used in na'ive medicine, the wood is valuable, and an oil is 

 expressed from the seeds. See ^Yatt., Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



2. Mimusops hexandra, Boxh. Cor. Fl. v. 1 (1795) p. 16, t. 15, 

 A large evergreen glabrous tree 50-60 ft. high, with a shady head ; 

 trunk erect \\ithout branches for a considerable height ; bark blackish- 

 grey, deeplj^ furrowed. Leaves coriaceous, 2-Ah by 1-2 in., obovate or 

 oblong, rounded or emai'ginate at the apex, glabrous on both sides, dark 

 green and polished above, paler beneath, ba^^e acute; main nerves 12-i^O 

 pairs, not conspicuous ; petioles |— 1- in. long, channelled above, glabrous. 

 Flowers whitish, axillary, solitary or in fascicles of 2-6 ; pedicels \-\ in. 

 long, glabrous or nearly so. Calyx rusty-tomentose outside; segments 

 6, rellexed, ovate, subacute, -^ in. long, the 3 inner rather narrower 

 than the 3 outer, ciliate. Corolla-tube -^ in. long ; lobes usually 18, 

 about ^ in. long, 2-seriate, the 6 inner oblanceolate, shortly clawed, a 

 little longer or almost equal to the outer, the 12 outer linear, acute. 



