i 
Chrysophyllum.] SAPOTACEAE, 277 
— on account of — in the flower, the stigma having been found peaked, 
tapering in all flowers examined. 
8 var. auratum. — Leaves densely ferruginous underneath, even when 
old, as are also calyx and corolla. Flowers generally single 
Dry fore-hills of Molokai! and Lanai! 
S. spathulatum, sp. ». — A small stiffbranched tree or shrub, 
s—12 ft. high. Leaves spathulate or elliptico- oblong, 1'/2—2' & 3/4—1', 
bluntly acuminate, contracting into a margined petiole of 6—9", rusty- 
tomentose eprigect thick coriaceous, with the veins little prominent. 
Flowers single or in clusters of 2—3, on short pedicels of 1—2“. Calyx 
and corolla | clkeneibae 2” high, their lobes somewhat acute. Stamens 
inserted at the middie of the corolla, at the base of the lobes, the sho 
ment prise! reflected, not hairy below, the anthers apiculate. 
Staminodia o rollar appendages broad, half the width of the lobes. 
Ovary ey wi ab short style. Fruit not seen. — Sapota Sandwicensis, 
var. 8, Gray. 
Lanai! in the scrub of the open plateau on the leeward side; Hawaii? 
8 var. densiflorum. — Leaves larger, 3‘ long, generally glabrous when 
old. Flowers in Nishi of 4—6 in the axils of the upper closely set 
sp on pedicels of 2”, completely covering the end of the branc 
ty leeward slope of Mt. Kaala, Oahu 
2. CHRYSOPHYLLUM, L. 
‘alyx ne corolla 5- (6—7-) parted, imbricate. Stamens as many as 
lobes of the corolla and opposite to them, in a single row, the anthers 
opening outside or laterally. Staminodia none. Ovary hairy, 5- ( (6—10/) 
Berry leshy or coriaceous. Seeds several or single, with a 
opaque testa and an elongate lateral hilum. Cotyledons thin foliaceo 
in copious albumen or thicker in scanty albumen. — Milky trees with 
thick penni-nerved leaves em stipules; the small flowers in axillary 
fascicles or on prominent no 
A genus of 60 species, chiefly of t as America, a few oe pan and still 
fewer tropical Asia, with the following single species from Pol — The es which 
refer here disa: wi aracte e 
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irreco onei lable on a revision of the genus. The calyx is often 4-merous, the lobes of the 
trical corolla are double a nome of the sepals, the testa of the seed is thick osseous 
d has an oblique basal h 
. C. Polynesicum, sp. ». — A small tree, 10—15 ft. high, with rugose 
cinereous stiff branches, the young leaves and inflorescence rusty-tomentose. 
Leaves scattering, oblong or obovate, 2—4‘ X 1—2‘, on petioles '/:—1’, 
entire, rounded or emarginate at the apex, thick coriaceous, with in- 
