174 SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA. SAPOTACES. 
in 1758 in the Physic Garden at Chelsea near London. It is still an occasional inhabitant of botanic 
gardens. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
Puate CCXLVIII. Bumetia Lyciorwes. 
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. A flowering branch, natural size. 
. A flower, the corolla displayed, enlarged. 
. Front and rear views of a stamen, enlarged. 
An ovary divided transversely, enlarged. 
. Vertical section of an ovary, enlarged. 
. A fruiting branch, natural size. 
. Vertical section of a fruit, slightly enlarged. 
. A seed, slightly enlarged. 
An embryo, slightly enlarged. 
. A winter branchlet, natural size. 
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