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Many-homered Bumelia. Tree or shrub. 



24 B.? PUXCTATA (Roem. etSchultes, 1. c.) unarmed ; leaves 

 oblong-oval, bluntish, glabrous, dotted beneath ; flowers lateral, 

 almost sessile. Fj . H. Native of Carolina. Sideroxylon 

 punctatum, Lam. ill. no. 2460. Poir. suppl. 1. p. 4*6. Drupes 

 roundish, size of a pepper-corn, 1 -seeded. The rest unknown. 



DoMerf-leaved Bumelia. Tree or shrub. 



25 B. ? ARGE'XTEA (Roam, et Schuhes, syst. 4. p. 499.) 

 unarmed ; leaves ovate, retuse, tomentose ; flowers pedunculate, 

 racemose, fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Side- 

 roxylon argenteum, Thunb, prod. p. 36. VVilld. spec. 1. p. 

 1090. Roemeria argentea, Thunb. in Roem. arch. 2. p. 1. 

 Burm. dec. pi. afr. t. 92. f. 1. Leaves ovate-oblong, emar- 

 ginately cleft, clothed with white tomeutum, especially beneath. 

 Perhaps a species of Badula. 



Silcery Bumelia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



26 B. ? LU'CIDA (Roem. et Schultes, I.e.) unarmed; leaves 

 ovate-oblong, quite glabrous, shining above ; flowers in axillary 

 fascicles. F; . S. Native of America. Sideroxylon lucidum, 

 Sol. in Lam. diet. 1. p. 246. no. 2. Siderox. nitidum, Lam. ill. 

 p. 42. no. 5457. Leaves coriaceous, % inches long. Flowers 

 small, white. 



Shining-leaved Bumelia. Tree or shrub. 



27 B. ? AVZU'BA (Roem. et Schultes, 1. c.) unarmed ; leaves 

 oblong, attenuated at both ends, shining, veiny ; pedicels axil- 

 lary, 1-flowered, alternate ; fruit ovate, yellow, fleshy, full of a 

 clammy juice, containing a nut very like an olive, Fj . S. Na- 

 tive of St. Domingo, where it is called Acomat. Sideroxylon 

 Auzuba. Plum. mss. vol. 5. p. 124. 



Auzuba Bumelia. Tree. 



28 B. ? crsEuoLiA (Rudge, pi. guian. 1. p. 30. t. 47.) leaves 

 cuneate -lanceolate, nerved, acuminated, quite glabrous, except 

 the nerves, which are pubescent ; flowers in axillary and lateral 

 fascicles ; anthers ovate, cuneated. Jj . S. Native of Guiana. 

 Brandies clothed with rusty down. Flowers small. Calycine 

 segments tomentose. Segments of corolla obtuse. Stamens 

 shorter than the corolla, sessile, obtuse. 



It 'edge-It are d Bumelia. Tree tall. 



Cult. The hardy species of this genus thrive very well in a 

 sheltered situation, or against a wall where they can be covered 

 with a mat in severe frost ; and cuttings of them, planted in 

 sand under a hand-glass, strike root readily. For the culture 

 and propagation of the stove and greenhouse species, see Sersa- 

 lisia, p. 27. 



V. NYCTERISI'TION (from rutrepic, nycteris, a bat, and 

 airiov, sition, food ; flowers). Ruiz et Pav. gen. fl. per. et 

 chil. p. 300. t. 5. fl. '2. t. 187. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 

 amer. 3. p. 238. Chrysophyllum species of authors. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 

 rolla with a short tube, and a 5-parted liu b, without any scales 

 inside the segments. Stamens 5, inserted in the top of the tube 

 of the corolla and opposite to its segments. Ovarium 5-celled ; 

 cells 1-ovulate. Style short : stigma obtuse, slightly 5-toothed. 

 Fruit fleshy, 5 -celled, 5-seeded. Seeds albuminous, bony. Em- 

 bryo erect. Trees with the habit of Bumelia. Leaves scattered, 

 entire. Flowers disposed in axillary, umbellate fascicles ; pedi- 

 cels 1 -flowered. This genus hardly differs from Chrysophyllum, 

 unless in the 5-celled ovarium, and in the almost entire stigma. 



1 N. AROE XTECM (H. B. et Kuntli, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 238. 

 t. 244.) branchlets downy; leaves elliptic-oblong, pale green 

 and shining above and silvery beneath. ^ . S. Native of New- 

 Granada, near Jaen de Bracamoras. Chrysophyllum Grana- 

 tense, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 667. Buds silky. Leaves acute or 

 obtuse, a little cuneated at the base. Flowers 6-9 together, 

 about the size of those of the Alaternus. Ovarium hairv. 



Silcery Nycterisition. Tree. 



2 N. FERRceiuEUM (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 47. t. 187.) 

 leaves oblong-ovate, with an emarginate acumen, shining above, 

 but clothed with silky rusty down beneath, as well as the calyxes 

 and branchlets. I? . S. Native of Peru, in woods at Cuchero 

 Chincao and Pillao. Chrysophyllum ferrugineum, Spreng. syst. 

 1. p. 666. Corollas whitish yel!ow, clothed with rusty down. 



Rusty Nycterisition. Clt. 1823. Tree 30 feet. 



3 N. LAKCEOLA'TCM (Blum, bijdr. 676.) branchlets clothed 

 with rusty tomentum ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, obliquely at- 

 tenuated at the base, tomentose on the midrib beneath, ij . S. 

 Native of Java, in woods on the mountains, where it is called 

 Ktlakkatang. 



Lanceolate-leaved Nycterisition. Tree 60 to 80 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Chrysophyllum, p. 33. 



VI. CHRYSOPHY'LLUM (from xp<>?, chrysos, gold, and 

 ^vXAov, phyllon, leaf; the leaves of most of the species are 

 clothed with yellow silky down beneath). Lin. gen. 263. 

 Schreb. gen. 355. Juss. gen. 152. Cainito, Plum. 9. Jacq. 

 amer. 51. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 

 rolla campanulately rotate, with a 5-parted spreading limb. 

 Stamens 5, inserted in the tube of the corolla and opposite its 

 segments, without any scales inside the segments. Ovarium 

 10-celled ; cells 1-ovulate. Stigma almost sessile, somewhat 

 peltately depressed, obsoletely 10-lobed. Fruit globose, 1-10- 

 celled ; cells 1 -seeded; endocarp bony, brittle. Seeds albu- 

 minous. Lactescent trees. Leaves alternate, quite entire. 

 Flowers disposed in axillary umbellate fascicles. 



* Leaves clothed rvith silky, silrery, or golden tomentum beneath. 



1 C. CAixiro(Lin. spec. 278. Jacq. amer. p. 51. t. 37. f. 1. 

 ed. pict. p. 30. t. 51.) leaves oblong, acute at the base and apex, 

 quite glabrous above, but silky and rusty beneath. F; . S. Na- 

 tive of the West Indian islands, and almost throughout South 

 America within the tropics. Cainito, Laet, amer. 390. Plum, 

 gen. 10. t. 69. Sideroxylon Pacurero, Loefl. itin. p. 204. A 

 tall tree with a large head. Branches clothed with silky rusty 

 down. Leaves 3^ to 4 inches long. Flowers small, whitish. 

 Fruit large, rather depressed, rose-coloured, mixed with green 

 and yellow, having the skin smooth and glabrous : the flesh soft, 

 clammy, sweet, and insipid. The Americans are very fond of 

 it, but it is seldom eaten by Europeans. 



J'ar. /3, Jamaicense (Jacq. amer. 1. c. t. 52. pict. t. 31.) fruit 

 purple, sub-ovate, Fj . S. Native of Jamaica. Brown, jam. 

 171. t. 14. f. 2. Sloane, hist. 3. p. 170. t. 229. Fruit with a 

 green or purple rind ; the pulp also purple, and rather better 

 flavoured than the species. It is called Star Apple in Jamaica. 



J'ar. y, cceruleum (Jacq. amer. 1. c. t. 37. pict. t. 52.) fruit 

 blue, globose, fj . S. Native of Martinico. Both pulp and 

 rind of the fruit entirely blue, of the same taste as the latter. 



Var. , microphyllum (Jacq. amer. pict. p. 31. t. 53.) leaves 

 smaller. \j . S. Native of Cuba, about the Havanna. The 

 tree scarcely grows above 10 feet high, and the leaves do not 

 exceed H inch long. 



Cainito, or Common Star Apple. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1737. 

 Tree 30 to 50 feet. 



2 C. AQTJA'TICUM (H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 236.) 

 leaves oblong, acuminated, obtuse at the base, quite glabrous 

 and shining above, but clothed with rusty silky down beneath. 

 ?2 . S. Native of the Missions of the Orinoco, in inundated 

 places on the banks of the river Atabapo, betwixt San Fernando 

 and Javita. Branches angular, silky, brown. Leaves 3-4 

 inches long. Flowers and fruit unknown. 



