176 SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA. SAPOTACEZ. 
and is light brown or orange-colored, with thick lighter colored sapwood. The specific gravity of the 
absolutely dry wood is 0.7959, a cubic foot weighing 49.60 pounds. 
Bumelia angustifolia was first discovered on Key West by Dr. J. L. Blodgett. In the valley of 
the Rio Grande it was first collected near the city of Matamoras by Jean Louis Berlandier.’ 
1 See i. 82. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
Puate CCXLIX. Bumenisa ANGUSTIFOLIA. 
. A flowering branch, natural size. 
. A flower, enlarged. 
Interior view of a corolla displayed, enlarged. 
. Exterior view of a corolla displayed, enlarged. 
. A flower, the corolla removed, with the ovary cut transversely, enlarged. 
. Vertical section of an ovary, enlarged. | 
. A fruiting branch, natural size. 
. Vertical section of a fruit, natural size. 
OMAHA P WDB 
. A seed, slightly enlarged. 
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. An embryo, slightly enlarged. 
