Plate 2498. 



LUCUMA MULTIP1.0RA, A. DC, 



Sapotace.e. 



L, multiflora, A, DC. Prodr. viii, 168 ; arborea ramulis floriforis 

 crassiusculis glabris, cortice cinereo, foliis sparsis vel ad apices 

 raniulorum confertis breviter petiolatis coriaceis glabris obovato- 

 oblon«:is vel lanceolatis subacutis obtusis vel rotundatis basi cuueatis 

 venis primariis lateralibus utrinque syepius 11-15, floribus distlncte 

 pedicellatis inter vel infra folia secus ramulos fasciculatis glabris 

 crassis subcoriaceis, sepalis 4 oblongo-orbicularibus 2 interioribus 

 exterioribus, corolb^ lobls 6 rotundatis 3 interioribus 3 exterioribus, 

 staminibus 6 petalis oppositis inclusis cum staminodiis subulatis 

 alternantibus filanientis brevibus antheris extrorsis, ovario hirsute 

 4-Ioculari stylo glabro clemum exserto, fructu pomiformi vel dcprrsso- 

 pyriformi abortu unispermo pericarpio carnoso crassissimo, semine 

 exalbuminoso subgloboso testa castanea nitida hilo maximo cotyle- 

 donibus sequalibus. 



Hab. West Indies : Jamaica, Porto Rico, Dominica, Santa Lucia, 

 St. Vincent, and Trinidad ; various collectors. 



Arbor excelsa. Folia 3-8 polb longa. Flores 3^-5 lin. longi, 

 Fractus circiter 2 poll, dianietro. 



This handsome and apparently widely spread West Indian tree is 

 very similar to X. pauci/lora, A. DC. (Achras vitellina, Tmsac, Flore 

 dts Antilles, iv. t 19), but that has smaller obovate leaves, fewer 

 flowers, and the fruit is figured as six-seeded, the seeds having a 

 relatively narrow hilura. The bright yellow fruit of L, mulhflimi 

 bears the name of ^penny-a-piece' or * penny-piece ' in some of the 

 islands. — W. Botting IIemsley. 



Fig. I. Afluwer. 2. Portion of h corolla ImJ open. 3. Pistil. 4 Ornry in en...- 

 section. All euhnged. Fig 5. Vertical section of fruit ^V^^^n^^ the whole nee.l. 

 t). Seed. 7. A cotyle<lon. All natural she. 



