502 Lxxx. SAPOTACE^ (baker). [Sideroxijlon. 



1. S. diospyroides, Baker. Branchlets stiff and moderately 

 stout, glabrous. Leaves distinctly petioled, exstipulate, obovate-cune- 

 ate, 2-3 in. long, 1-1^ in. broad above the middle, broadly rounded 

 at the apex, narrowed regularly from the middle to the base, rigidly 

 coriaceous, glabrous on both sides, with slender arching immersed 

 main veins. Flowers minute, in abundant nearly sessile clusters in 

 the axils of the leaves and below them ; pedicels very short. Calyx 

 campanulate, y^^ in. long ; tube very short ; segments oblong- lanceo- 

 late, permanently erect, slightly imbricated in the expanded flower, 

 thinly coated with ferruginous tomentum. Corolla little longer than 

 the calyx, glabrous ; segments glabrous, broad oblong, obtuse, longer 

 than the campanulate tube. Stamens as long as the corolla-segments ; 

 anthers small, ovate, acute, extrorse ; filaments glabrous, subulate, 

 rather longer than the anther ; staminodes lanceolate, petaloid, entire, 

 nearly as long as the corolla-segments. Ovary glabrous ; style short, 

 reaching to the top of the calyx. 



Mozamb. Bistr. Zanguebar, Dr. Kirk / 



2. S. brevipes, Baker. A large tree with branchlets coated 

 at the top with thin brown tomentum. Leaves short- petioled, stipu- 

 late ; stipules coriaceous, subulate, \-\ in. longj, deciduous ; blade 

 ovate- oblong, reaching a length of 5-8 in., and a breadth of 2^-3 in., 

 acute, cuneate at the base, rigidly coriaceous, bright glossy green 

 above, opaque and quite glabrous beneath, with 8-10 pairs of raised 

 arching main veins. Flowers in copious crowded clusters placed 

 mainly on the branches below the leaves ; pedicels very short, stout. 

 Calyx campanulate, ^ in. long, thinly coated with pale brown tomen- 

 tum ; segments oblong, obtuse, twice as long as the tube, much im- 

 bricated, permanently erect. Corolla glabrous, half as long again as 

 the calyx; segments oblanceolate-spathulate, longer than the tube, 

 with a space between each when standing erect. Stamens reaching to 

 the top of the corolla-segments ; anthers oblong-lanceolate, mode- 

 rately large, extrorse, rather shorter than the subulate glabrous fila- 

 ments ; staminodia minute, lanceolate, petaloid. Ovary ovoid, 5-celled, 

 densely ferrugineo-pubescent. Style persistent, J in. long. 



Mozamb. Bistr. Zanzibar, Zanguebar and at the North end of Lake Nyassa, 

 Dr. Kirk! 



3. S. long'tstylum, Baker. Branchlets slender, nearly naked. 

 Leaves short-petioled, stipulate ; stipules coriaceous, subulate, %-\ in. 

 long, sub-persistent ; blade obovate-oblong, reaching a length of 6-7 in., 

 and a breadth of 2-2^ in. above the middle, narrowed gradually from 

 the middle to the base, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous on both sides, with 

 8-10 pairs of little raised arching main veins. Flowers in copious 

 clusters from the leafless part of the branchlets, on pedicels J-^ in. 

 long, coated with thin brown tomentum. Calyx campanulate, J in. 

 long, coated with similar thin adpressed tomentum, the 5 oblong- 

 lanceolate erect teeth twice as long as the tube. Corolla-tube campa- 

 nulate ; lobes not seen. Stamens inserted a little below the top of the 



