170 SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA. SAPOTACEE. 
Bumelia tenax appears to have been discovered in South Carolina by Dr. Alexander Garden,’ who 
sent it to Linneus ; according to Aiton,’ it was introduced into England in 1765. Occasionally found 
in European gardens in the early years of this century, it has probably now disappeared from 
cultivation. 
1 See i. 40. 2 Aiton, Hort. Kew. i. 262 (Sideroxylon). — Loudon, Arb. Brit. ii. 1193, £. 1017. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
Piate CCXLVI. BumeE.ia TENAX. 
. A flowering branch, natural size. 
Diagram of a flower. 
. A flower, enlarged. 
. A corolla displayed, enlarged. 
A flower, two of the calyx-lobes and the corolla removed, enlarged. 
A stamen, side views, enlarged. 
. Vertical section of an ovary, enlarged. 
. An ovule, much magnified. 
OC OND oT FP wre 
. A fruiting branch, natural size. 
10. Vertical section of a fruit, enlarged. 
11. A seed, enlarged. 
12. An embryo, enlarged. 
3. A winter branchlet, natural size. 
