Plate 1795. 



ACHRAS BAHAMENSIS, Baker. 



Sapotacej:. 



A. bahamensis, Baker; foliis ad ramorum apices aggregate oblongia 

 obtusis emarginatis, floribus deflexis, corolla? segmeDtis U parvia 

 lanceolatis staminodiis petaloideis brevioribus. 



Hab. Fortune Island, Bahamas, Eggers, 3837. 



Arbor erecta 16-pedalis. Folia rigide coriacea, glabra, Mfe F> . 

 ] onga, ad basin rotundata, venis faciei inferioris obscuns ™merms- 

 \hres ad ramorum apices ad foliorum axillas producti, pediceius I 

 dulis ferrugineo-tomentosis 5-6 lin. longis. Gahp 2 lm. »ng «-, 

 segmentis tribus exterioribus yalvatis ferrngineo-tomentosi 

 interioribus tenuioribus. Corolla tubo brevi lato, •& Bmm £z£ na 6 

 latis acuminatis. Staminodia lingulata, 2 lin. | on ^- '• Hneari- 

 steminodiis opposita, filamentis brevibus, anthens magnis 

 °blo D gis. Ovarium globosum, stylus eloDgatus, exsertas. 



There is a rough figure of the Sappadillo ^/J^u^l^rtd*, 

 vol. ii. tab. 87 of Catesby's 'Natural History of Carolm a, ^ 



jao the Bahaman Islands/ published in 1754- ThepJant 

 to have been further investigated till now, when tfaro ^^_ 



expedition to the Bahamas for the British Association m ^ ^ ^ 

 ment of Science, has collected specimens, it P fa we „ figur , 



Ksge*, 



«eni; or Science, has collected specimen - f . welI tig 

 distinct from the well-known Achras Sapofa, wnw t aJg0 in 

 Bot. Mag.' t. 3111-3112, not only « ^ i e V e coro lla \ b . 

 structure of the flower, having the segments oi i ^ ^ genn8 

 number instead of six. so that unless it be mau ^ Tfae fraitf 



be materially «^fe CWefby 



J. ( :aKT 



---xduier ot JLcnras win nave w w . " . ; (mre d 



^bich Baron Eggers has not obtained, is ^ 

 depresso-globose, and about tbe size of a smaii ^ ^ ^ 



. Kg. 1. Flower. 2. Bifid hair of calyx- \^ K \ 



Anther. 6. Pistil. 7. Transverse etion ot orai. 



