192. PLUMBAGINACEAE — IQß. SAPOTaCEAE 42I 



5. Stigmas capitate. Stylestubenled. Fruit opening by a lid. Inflorescence 



panicuia^^e. Herb'^. — Species i North Africa. Yields tanning and 

 dyeing materials and medicaments, and serves as an ornamental plant. 



Goniolimon Boiss. 

 Stigmas cylindrical or filiform 6 



6. Styles hairy. Petals almost free. Fruit bursting all round at the base. 



Inflorescence capitate. Leaves usually linear. — Species 10. North 

 Africa. Some are used as ornamental or medicinal plants. " Thrift." 



Armeria Willd. 

 Styles glabrous. Fruit opening with a lid, or bursting irregularly, or 

 remaining closed. Inflorescence paniculate. - — Species 60. North 

 Africa, northern Central Alrica, and South Africa. Some species are 

 used for tanning or as ornamental or medicinal plants. {Limonium 

 Boiss.) Statice L. 



ORDER EBENALES 



SUBORDER SAPOTINE\E 



FAMILY 193. SAPOTACEAE 



Trees, rarely shrubs. Leaves entire. Flowers solitary or in clusters in the 

 leaf-a.xils or on the trunk, Calyx imbricate in bud. Petals united below, 

 imbricate in bud. Stamens as many as the petals and opposite to them, or more. 

 Anthers opening lengthwise. Ovary superior, completely or almost com- 

 pletely 2- or more-celled. Ovules soHtary in each cell, more or less curved, 

 the micropyle turned downwards. ■ Style simple. Fruit a berry. — Genera 19, 

 species 150. (Plate 124.) 



1. Petals with two sometimes laciniate or minute dorsal appendages, rarely 



with one only. [Tribe MIMUSOPEAE.] 2 



Petals without dorsal appendages. [Tribe PALAQUIEAE.] ... 4 



2. Fertile stamens as many as the petals, 6 ; staminodes none. Appendages 



of the petals small, toothed. Flowers hermaphrodite. Seeds exalbum- 

 inous, affixed by a broad, lateral hilum. — Species i. Sej^chelles. 



Northea Hook. fil. 



Fertile stamens as many as the petals, 6--S, but alternating with as many 



staminodes, or more 3 



3. Fertile stamens more than twice as many as the petals. Fruit i-seeded. — 



Species 3. Madagascar and Mascarenes. Yielding timber. 



Labourdonnesia Boj. 

 • Fertile stamens as many, rarely twice as many as the petals. — Species 60. 

 Tropical and South Africa. Some species yield timber, tanning-bark, 

 a resin (balata) similar to guttapercha, edible fruits, fat-containing seeds, 

 fish-poison, and medicaments. (Including Baillonella Pierre, Dumoria 

 A. Chev., hnbricaria Commers., Lahramia A. DC, and Tieghemella 

 Pierre). (Plate 124.) Mimusops L. 



