CHAP. LXXIII. SAPOTA CE. BUME LIA. 1193 
% «1. B. Lycio1‘pEs Gertn. The Box-thorn-like Bumelia. 
Identification. Gertn. fil. Carp., 3. p. 127. t. 120.; Pers. Ench., 1. p. 237.; Don’s Mill. 4. p. 30. 
Synonymes. Sideréxylon lycidides Du Ham. Arb., 2. p. 260. t. 68., Willd. Sp., 1. p. 1090., Azt. Hort. 
Kew., ed. 2., vol. 2. p. 12., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 155.; S. le‘ve Walt. Fl. Carol., p. 100. 
Lycidéides Sp. Lin. Hort. Cliff, p. 488. 
Engravings. Gertn. Fil. Carp., 3. p. 127. t. 120.; Du Ham. 2. p. 260. t. 68.; and our fig. 1016. 
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Spec. Char., §c. Spiny. Leaves broad-lanceolate, blunt- 
ish, tapering to the base, glabrous. Flowers in axil- 
lary fascicles. Spines subulate. Leaves 2 in. long, 
deciduous, a little silky while young. Flowers greenish 
white. Segments of corolla ? trifid: perhaps from 
the two scales inside each segment. (Don’s Mill., iv. 
p. 30.) A shrub, a native of Carolina, found in 
shady woods, where it grows to the height of 8 ft. or 
10 ft., flowering in August. It was introduced in 
1758, and is not unfrequent in London collections. 
There are vigorous-growing plants in the Horticultural 
Society’s Garden, as standards; and in the Botanic Gar- 
den at Kew, and in Messrs Loddiges’s arboretum, against 
walls. In the Horticultural Society’s Garden, the dis- 
tinction between Argania and Bumélia is very obvious ; 
but that between Bumélia /ycidides and B. ténax is 
much less so; as may be seen by the plants at Messrs. Loddiges’s, at Kew, 
and in the Horticultural Society’s Garden. Price of plants, in the Lon- 
don nurseries, 2s. 6d. each ; and of the seeds, ls. per ounce. 

% 2. B. rEcLINA‘TA Vent. The reclinate-dranched Bumelia. 
Identification. Vent. Choix, t. 22.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 155. ; Don’s Mill., 4.p. 30. 
Synonyme. Sideréxylon reclinatum Michx. Fi. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 122. 
Spec. Char., &c. Spiny, bushy, diffusely reclinate. Leaves small, obovate, quite smooth. Flowers 
in axillary fascicles. Young branches terminated bya long spine. Leaves alternate, or in fascicles. 
Flowers small, white. Corolla and scales serrated. Sterile filaments subulate, entire. Drupe ovate. 
(Don’s Mill., iv..p. 30.) According to Pursh, a small straggling shrub, a native of Georgia, on the 
banks of rivers, where it grows 3 ft. or 4ft. high, flowering in January. It was introduced in 
1806, but we have not seen the plant. 
¥ 3. B. re‘nax Willd. The tough-branched Bumelia. 
Identification. Willd. Sp., 1. 1085.; Enum., p. 248. ; Don’s Mill., 4. 30. 
Synonymes. B. chrysophylliides Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 155. ; Sideréxylon ténax Lin. Mant., 
p.48., Jacq. Coll., 2. p. 252., Lam. Dict., 1. p. 245. ; S.sericeum Walt, Fi. Car., p. 100.; S. chry- 
sophylléides Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 123. ; Chrysophyllum carolinénse Jacq, Obs., 3. p. 3. t. 54. ; 
C. glabrum Juss. 
Engravings. Jacq. Obs., 3.t. 54.; and our fig. 1017. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, of a 
rusty silvery colour beneath, silky. Flowers in 
axillary fascicles. Branches very tough. Bark 
white. Leaves deciduous. Calycine and corol- 
line segments ovate obtuse. Segments of nectary 
trifid. Stamens thelength of corolla. Drupe oval. 
Flowers white. (Don’s Mill., iv. p. 30.) A tree, a 
native of Carolina, in dry situations, where it grows 
to the height of 20 ft., flowermg in July and 
August. It was introduced in 1765, and is occa- 
sionally met with in collections. There is a plant 
in the Horticultural Society’s Garden 7 ft. high, as 
a standard; and one 10 ft. high in Messrs. Lod- 
diges’s, against a wall. The latter stands close 
to a plant of Bumeélia /ycidides ; and, if they are correctly named, we should 
have no hesitation in giving it as our opinion that they are not specifically 
distinct. A plant, named Bumelia sericea, against the wall of the Horti- 
cultural Society’s Garden, where it has stood between three and four years, 
appears to be of this species. 

