536 



LXXXIX. SAPOTACEJ;. (C. B. Clarke.) \_8arcosperma. 



villous. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 229. Sideroxylon arboreum, 

 Herb. Ham. Oelastrinea, Wall. Cat. 9011. Sapotea, Griff. Notul iv. 291, and 

 Ic. PL Asiat. t. 501. 



SIKKIM and KHASIA, alt. 0-4000 ft. ; Hamilton, &c. PATKOYE MTS. (in South-east 

 Assam) ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3603). 



A large, bushy tree. Leaves 9 by 2 in., parallel-sided, rarely somewhat obovate, 

 suddenly shortly acuminated, base rhomboid, secondary nerves very prominent beneath ; 

 petiole i in. Spikes in panicles 2-8 in. ; flowers densely fascicled. Calyx ^-i in. 

 Corolla-tube scarcely in., without hairs within ; lobes ^~"h m - Fruit 1 by f in., 

 and in. thick; 1 -seeded fruits qnly ^ in. broad, obtuse; calyx-lobes persistent, de- 

 flexed. Leaves sometimes somewhat obovate, but never so broad as in Griff. Ic. PI. 

 Asiat. t. 501, which may represent a different species ; for Griffith's Patkoye example 

 (from which this t. 501 is supppsed to be taken) has leaves 9 by 2 in., exactly 

 parallel-sided. 



2. S. G-riffitliii, Benth. in Gen. PL ii. 655; leaves lanceolate coriaceous, 

 panicle and calyx glabrous. Sideroxylon sp. 10, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. fy T. 



KHASIA and JAINTEA MTS., alt. 3-5000 ft. ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3602) ; 

 H.f. #T., &c. 



A large tree. Leaves 5 by ! in., secondary nerves not prominent, no pits in the 

 axils of the leaves beneath. Inflorescence nearly as in S. arborcum. Fruit unknown. 

 Nearly allied to S. arboreum ; the leaves are smaller. 



3. SIDEROXYLON, Linn. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, lanceolate elliptic or obovate, exstipulate. Flowers 

 small, in axillary fascicles, subsessile or shortly pedicelled ; pedicels pubescent 

 villous or tomentose. Calyx-segments 5, much imbricated, subequal. Corolla- 

 tube carnpanulate ; lobes 5, imbricated. Stamens 5 (perfect), attached to the base 

 of the corolla-lobes, filaments short or linear ; anthers ovate or lanceolate ; 

 staminodes 5, lanceolate. Ovary villous, rarely nearly glabrous, 5- (more rarely 

 4-2-) celled ; style cylindric, short or long. Berry ovoid or globose, 5-4- (or 

 3-1-) seeded. Seeds albuminous, usually oblong, much compressed, testa hard, 

 hilum long. Species 60, tropical, and a few subtropical. 



* Calyx-lobes not acute. Suds obtuse. 



1. S. g-randifolium, Wall, in Roxl. FL Ind. ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 348, 

 and Cat. 4155 ; branchlets glabrous, leaves obovate-oblong glabrous, pedicels 

 0- in. minutely pubescent, calyx nearly glabrous. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 178; 

 Kurz For. FL ii. 117, and in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt, ii. 228. S. regium, 



Watt. Cat. 4156, A. 



SILHET; Wallich. KHASIA; alt. 3000 ft., below Cherra, H.f. $ T. PEGU; 

 Wattich. MARTABAN; Kurz. 



A large tree. Leaves 10 by 3 in., acute, tapering at the base, primary nerves 

 strong beneath ; petiole 1 in. Pedicels densely clustered along the branches below 

 the leaves crowded at their extremities, upon very short spurs. Calyx-lobes in., 

 much imbricated, inner pubescent. Corolla whitish, hardly longer than the calyx. 

 Staminodes lanceolate-linear. Berry (fide Kurz) globular, size of an apple, smooth, 

 yellow then brown, 5-10-seeded. 



2. S. Maing-ayi, Clarke ; branchlets rusty-pubescent, leaves obovate- 

 oblong shortly acute base tapering nearly glabrous, pedicels 0- in. and calyx 

 closely rusty-pubescent. 



MALACCA; Maingay (n. 993). 



A tree ; leaves crowded towards the end of the branches. Leaves 6 by 2 in., 



