96 LXXYII. SATOTACE.li. 



Stamens 6 ; filaments as long as the acute (not acuminate) antliers ; 

 staminodes G, alternate with the stamens, bifid or denticulate at the 

 apex, glabrous. Ovary silkj^-pubescent, 12-celled. Berry usually 1 

 (rarely 2) -seeded, of the size and shape of an olive, reddish-yellow when 

 ripe. Seed ovoid, reddish-brown, shining. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 549 ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 106; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 140: Bedd. For. iNJan. in Flor. 

 Sylvat. p. cxli ; 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. '), p. 251. Mimusops indica, A. DC. Prodr. v. 8 (1844) 

 p. 205 ; Wight, Icon. t. 1587. — Flowers : Sept.-Xov. Vekx. Kirni ; 

 lidi/an. 



Common in the dry forests of tlie Deccan, Ivhandesli and Gujarat. Konkan : Law I ; 

 Malabar hill (BomiDay), Graham, Woodruw. Deccan: Pal jungles (Khandeali), 

 Kanitknr\\ east of Juunar (Poona districts), Kanitkarl; Imampur, near Abmed- 

 nagar, &>«/<«?«. S. M. Country : Belgauin, 7?/;c^/e, 1829! Gujarat: Talbot, Lahell 

 ^Gibson. — DisTRiB. India (W. Peninsula, Banda) ; Ceylon; cultivated in N.W. 

 India. 



The wood is tough and used for making sugar-mills, oil-presses, &c., and is an 

 excellent wood for turning. The bark is used in medicine, and the fruit is eaten by 

 the poorer classes in times of scarcity. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



Mimusops Kaidi, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 349. A tree with ovate 

 or obovate glabrous leaves and a handsome straight stem, a native of 

 Malaya and Tropical Australia, is occasionally grown. The fruit, which 

 is globose, slightly acid, and about |-1 in. in diameter, is known in Goa 

 as pome or fntcfa d'Adao (Adam's apple) and is eaten. Fl. B. I. v. 3, 

 p. 549 ; Grab. Cat. p. 106 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 50 ; Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 5, p. 252, 



Achras Sapota, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) ]). 470. The Sapodilla 

 Plum of the W. Indies, introduced from America and now cultivated 

 more or less throughout India for its fruit. It has white scentless 

 flowers, and the fruit, which is about as large as and of the shape of a 

 hen's egg, inpens from November to March and usually fetches a good 

 price in the market, though not much eaten by Eiu'opeans. The tree 

 thrives best near the sea, but grows fairly well in the black soil of the 

 Deccan. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 534; Grab. Cat. p. 106; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Suppl. p. 50 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 163 ; Gard. 

 in Ind. ed. 5, p. 372; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 80. Vekx. 

 Cha-ali 



Order LXXVITT. EBENACE^, 



Trees or shrubs ; wood often hard and heavy, sometimes black in the 

 centre ; juice not milky. Leaves alternate (rarely opj)Osite), entire, 

 usually coriaceous ; stipules 0. Flowers usually dioecious, axillary, 

 cymose or solitary, usually bracteate ; pedicels articulated under the 

 flower. Calyx inferior, gamosepalous, often accrescent in fruit ; lobes 

 3-7. Corolla gamopetalons ; lobes 3-7, usually contorted, twisting to 

 the right. Male floweks : Stamens as many or 2-3 times as ntany as 

 the corolla-lobes or oo , usually liypogynous; filaments free or paired or 

 variously connate ; anthers narrow, erect, basifixed, dehiscing longi- 

 tudinally (rarely by an apical pore), often apiculate by the produced 



