SAPOTACEAE. Ill 



often pubescent: lobes mostly 5, entire. Anthers emarginate and apiculate. 

 Style wanting. Stigma lobed. 



1. C. olivaeforme L. Evergreen tree becoming 10 m. tall, the twigs closely 

 pubescent: leaf-blades leathery, oblong, elliptic, or oval, 3-10 cm. long, lus- 

 trous-pubescent beneath: calyx-lobes suborbicular, 1.5 mm. long: corolla white, 

 about 5 mm. wide; lobes suborbicular: berries oval, about 2 cm. long, dark- 

 purple. — Hammocks, U. keys, L. keys. — [E. K.] — (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) — Satin- 

 leaf. 



2. SAPOTA Mill. Trees. Leaf-blades glabrous. Calyx-lobes 6, or rarely 

 5, pubescent. Corolla glabrous: lobes 6, or rarely 5, toothed. Anthers blunt. 

 Staminodia nearly as long as the corolla-lobes. Style elongate : stigma minute. 

 Berry spheroidal, rough. 



1. S. Achras Mill. Tree with rusty-tomentose twigs: leaves and flowers ap- 

 proximately at the ends of the branchlets ; blades oblong to elliptic, varying to 

 broadest above or below the middle, 5-12 cm. long: pedicels rusty-tomentose, 

 about as long as the petioles: calyx-lobes 8-10 mm. long: corolla 8-10 mm. 

 long; lobes about i as long as the tube: berries 4-8 cm. in diameter. — Ham- 

 mocks and cultivated grounds, U. keys, L. keys, Nat of W. I. — [E. K.] — 

 (Bah., Cvha, Ant.) — Sapodilla. Dilly. 



3. SIDEROXYLON [Dill.] L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf -blades not lustrous- 

 pubescent. Calyx-lobes 5-6. Corolla glabrous: lobes 5-6, entire. Anthers 

 notched. Staminodia much shorter than the corolla-lobes. Style columnar: 

 stigma truncate. 



1. S. foetidissimum Jacq. Evergreen tree becoming 25 m. tall: leaf -blades 

 thin-leathery, oblong to oval or rarely ovate, 4-15 cm. long, glabrous at 

 maturity: calyx-lobes suborbicular, about 2 mm. long: corolla light-yellow, 6-7 

 mm. wide; lobes oblong to ovate-oblong: staminodia lanceolate: drupes oval, 

 2-2.5 cm. long, yellow. — Hammocks, IT. keys, L. keys. — [E. K.] — (Bah., Cuba, 

 Ant.) — Mastic. Wild-olive. 



4. LUCUMA Juss. Trees. Leaf-blades more or less elongate, usually 

 broadened upward. Calyx-lobes 5, in 1 or 2 series. Corolla white or pale: 

 lobes 5, entire or nearly so. Staminodia slender, shorter than the corolla-lobes. 

 Ovary 5-celled, or sometimes 4-6-celled: style columnar: stigma slightly 

 dilated. Berry globular, or slightly elongate, smooth. 



1. L. nervosa A. DC. Leaf-blades oblong to elliptic, 10-20 cm. long, acute or 

 acutish: calyx-lobes 5, the inner ones rounded at the apex: corolla 7-9 mm. 

 long ; lobes ovate : staminoida subulate : fruits globose-ovoid, 5-7 cm. long, 

 smooth, usually 2- or 3-seeded. — Hammocks, IT. keys. Nat. of n. S. Am. — 

 (Cuba. ) — Egg-fruit. 



5. DIPHOLIS A. DC. Shrubs or small trees. Leaf-blades mostly gla- 

 brous. Calyx-lobes 5, pubescent. Corolla-lobes 5, each 3-lobed, shorter than 

 the tube. Staminodia petaloid. Endosperm copious. 



1. D. salicifolia (L.) A. DC. Evergreen tree becoming 16 m. tall: leaf -blades 

 elliptic to elliptic-oblanceolate, 5-12 cm. long: calyx-lobes ovate to oblong, 1.5 

 mm. long: corolla 4 mm. wide; lobes oblong or oval: staminodia ovate to ovate- 

 lanceolate, laciniate-toothed : berries oval or subglobose, about 8 mm. in diam- 

 eter, black. — Hammocks, U. keys, L. keys. — [E. K.] — (Bah,, Cuba, Ant.) — 

 BusTic. Cassada. 



