162 SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA. SAPOTACES. 
The wood of Chrysophyllum oliviforme is very heavy, hard, strong, and close-grained, containing 
numerous inconspicuous medullary rays, and is light brown shaded with red, with thin lighter colored 
sapwood. The specific gravity of the absolutely dry wood is 0.9360, a cubic foot weighing 58.33 
pounds. 
Chrysophyllum oliviforme appears to have been first distinguished by Plumier, who described it 
in his Nova Plantarum Americanarum Genera,’ published in 1703 ; it was first noticed in Florida 
by Dr. A. P. Garber.’ 
1 Cainito folio subtus aureo, fructu olive-formi, 10; Pl. Am. ed. Chrysophyllum sylvestre, foliis majis aureis fructu minimo subni- 
Burmann, 57, t. 69. gro, Pouppé Desportes, Histoire des Maladies de S. Domingue, iii. 
Chrysophyllum fructu minori glabro, foliis subtus ferrugineis. The 240. 
Damson Plumb, Browne, Nat. Hist. Jam. 171. 2 See i. 65. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
PuiaTtE CCXLITI. CurysopHYLLUM OLIVIFORME. 
. A flowering branch, natural size. 
. Diagram of a flower. 
. A flower, enlarged. 
A flower, the corolla displayed, enlarged. 
. Rear view of a stamen, enlarged. 
Front view of a stamen, enlarged. 
. An ovary, enlarged. 
. Vertical section of an ovary, enlarged. 
CHNAaAP HON 
. An ovule, much magnified. 
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. A fruiting branch, natural size. 
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. Vertical section of a fruit, natural size. 
12. A fruit cut transversely, natural size. 
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. Side view of a seed, natural size. 
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. Front view of a seed, natural size. 
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. An embryo, magnified. 
