SAPOTACE^E. VI. CHRYSOI>HYLLUM. 



Aquatic Star Apple. Tree. 



3 C. MONOPYRE'NUM (Swartz. prod. p. 49. fl. ind. occ. 1. 

 p. 480.) leaves oval or oblong, short-acuminated, clothed 

 with golden-silky tomentum beneath; fruit ovate, 1 -seeded. 



*2 . S. Native of Jamaica, Martinico, St. Domingo, &c. 

 among bushes. Hook. bot. mag. 3303. C. oliviforme, Lam. 

 diet. 1. p. 552. no. 2. C. Cainito, Mill. diet. no. 1. C. CainUo, 

 /3, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1083. Burm. amer. t. 69. Branchlets 

 flexible, clothed with rusty tomentum. Corolline segments 

 ovate-acute. Fruit bluish, obtuse. Wood resembling that of 

 box. Bark rufescent, dotted with white. Style crowned by 

 5 rufous stigmas. Called Damson plum by Browne. 



One-seeded Star Apple. Fl.? Clt. 1812. Tr. 20 to 30 ft. 



4 C. ACUMINA'TUM (Lam. ill. no. 2469. Poir. diet, suppl. 2. 

 p. 15, but not of Wall.) leaves ovate, acuminate, with parallel 

 stripes: pale, shining, and tomentose beneath. Ij . S. Native 

 of Cayenne and St. Domingo. Branches terete. Leaves 

 clothed with rusty, shining tomentum beneath. Calycine seg- 

 ments ovate, concave. 



Acuminated-leaved Star Apple. Tree. 



5 C. BICOLOR (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 15.) leaves ovate, rather 

 acuminated, clothed with golden and silvery silky down beneath, 

 but glabrous and shining above; fruit pear-shaped. '7 . S. 

 Native of Porto Rico. Very nearly allied to C. acuminatum, but 

 the branches are more flexuous ; the lea^ es have one half silvery 

 and the other golden yellow beneath. Fruit size of a small nut, 

 pulpy. 



Tn'o-coloured-leaveA Star Apple. Tree. 



6 C. ANGUSTIFOLIUM (Lam. ill. 2. p. 44. no. 2470.) leaves 

 lanceolate, shining, with parallel stripes, clothed with rusty 

 silky down beneath ; fruit olive-formed. ^7 . S. Native of St. 

 Domingo. Poir. suppl. 2. p. 16. Allied to C. monopyrenum ; 

 but the leaves resemble those of Olive or Privet, and are, there- 

 fore, much smaller. Fruit usually 2-seeded, irregular at the base. 



Narrow-leaved Star Apple. Clt. 1819. Tree 20 feet. 



7 C. ARGE'NTEUM (Jacq. amer. p. 53. t. 38. f. 1. ed. pict. p. 

 31. t. 54.) leaves ovate-oblong, falcately acuminated, glabrous 

 and shining above, but clothed with silky silvery down beneath ; 

 fruit round. I? . S. Native of Martinico. Fruit of a dirty 

 purplish blue colour, size of an ordinary plum: containing a soft, 

 bluish, edible pulp. 



Sihery-\eaved Star Apple. Fl.? Clt. 1758. Tree 20 feet. 



8 C. MICROCA'RPUM (Swartz. prod. 1. p. 49. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 

 482.) leaves ovate, acute, glabrous above, and downy beneath ; 

 fruit oblong, oblique, 1-seeded. fj . S. Native of Hispaniola, 

 on the banks of rivers. Distinguished from C. gl&brum, in the 

 higher stature, in the leaves being downy and paler beneath. 

 Corolla with a white tube, silky outside : with concave, obtuse 

 segments. Fruit size of a gooseberry, fixed obliquely to the 

 pedicel, of a very sweet, delicious taste. 



Small-fruited Star Apple. Tree. 



9 C. MACROPHY'LLUM (G. Don, in hort. trans. 5. p. 458. 

 Loud. hort. brit. p. 69.) leaves large, oblong-lanceolate, clothed 

 with rusty silky down beneath. Tj . S. Native of Sierra Leone. 

 Leaves long and large. Fruit large. 



Long-leaved Star Apple. Clt. 1824. Tree 50 to 60 feet. 



10 C. OBOVA'TUM (G. Don, in hort. trans. 5. p. 458.) leaves 

 obovate, tapering to the base, and acuminated at the apex, shining 

 and green above, but clothed with silvery silky white tomentum 

 beneath. I? . S. Native of Sierra Leone. A small branchy tree. 



Ouovate-\eaved Star Apple. Tree 10 to 12 feet. 



1 1 C. A'LBIDUM ; leaves elliptic-oblong, coriaceous, acumi- 

 nated, shining above, but clothed with white down beneath ; fruit 

 roundish-ovate, pointed, 5-seeded. I? . S. Native of the 

 African island of St. Thomas. Flowers whitish. Perhaps a 

 sj/ecies of Nycterisition. 



White-\e&ved Star Apple. Tree 50 to 60 feet. 



12 C. HUMBOLDTIA'NUM (Room, et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 813.) 

 leaves ovate, acuminated, acute, attenuated at the base, shining 

 above, and clothed with rusty silky down beneath. (7.8. Native 

 of South America. Humb. et Bonpl. C. acuminatum, Willd. 

 herb. This species is unknown to Kunth. 



Humboldl's Star Apple. Tree. 



13 C. OBTUSA'TUM (Willd. herb, ex Room, et Schultes, 1. c.) 

 leaves lanceolate, nerveless, acuminated, clothed with rusty 

 silky down beneath. ^ . S. Native of South America, on the 

 banks of the river Atabapo. Humb. et Bonp. Unknown to 

 Kunth. Perhaps C. aquaticum, Kunth. 



Blimtish- leaved Star Apple. Tree. 



* * Leaves glabrous on both surfaces. 



14 C. MICHINO (H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 236.) 

 leaves obovate, bluntish, acute at the base, quite glabrous, and 

 of the same colour on both surfaces, fj . S. Native of the pro- 

 vince of Bracamoras, near Cavico and Matara, where it is called 

 Michino by the natives. Branches terete, glabrous, fuscescent. 

 Leaves approximate, 2-3 inches long. Fruit yellow outside, 

 whitish and clammy inside ; very grateful, edible. 



Michino Star Apple. Tree 40 to 50 feet. 



15 C. ? RUGOSUM (Swartz. prod. p. 49. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 484). 

 leaves oblong, acuminated, glabrous on both surfaces ; fruit 

 nearly globose, wrinkled, acuminated. ^7 . S. Native of the 

 west of Jamaica, on the mountains. Leaves large, obtuse, un- 

 dulated, paler beneath. Calyx and pedicels rusty. Corolla 

 with a very short tube : and ovate, obtuse segments, furnished 

 with 5 small secondary ones, between the others. Fruit size of 

 a nut, yellowish brown ; containing many oblong, compressed 

 seeds. This is certainly not a species of Chrysopliyllum, from 

 the corollas being furnished with scales inside, as in Bumelia, 

 of which probably it is a species. It differs from other species 

 of this genus, in the leaves, flowers, and fruit. 



Jl'iinkled-fmhed Star Apple. Tree. 



16 C.? MACOUCOU (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 233. t. 92.) leaves gla- 

 brous on both surfaces, ovate-oblong, acuminated ; fruit pear- 

 shaped, yellow, glabrous, and smooth. ^7 . S. Native of 

 Guiana. Lam. diet. 1. p. 552. C. pyriforme, Willd. spec. 1. p. 

 1084. Bark greyish yellow. Wood hard, white. Leaves pale 

 green. Fruit by twos or fours, the whole length of the branches ; 

 having a fleshy, yellowish, thick rind, covering a nut, which is 

 much excavated on one side, edible. Perhaps this, with Bume- 

 lia nervbsa, and C. rugosum, will form the genus named Fitella- 

 ria by Gaertn. 



Macoucou Star Apple. Tree 30 feet. 



17 C. POMIF6RME (Bert, ex Spreng. syst. 1. p. 667.) leaves 

 oblong, attenuated at both ends, and quite glabrous on both 

 surfaces, opaque, finely and parallelly veined, coriaceous ; pedi- 

 cels very short, sub-aggregate ; iruit apple-shaped. lj . S. 

 Native of Jamaica. 



Apple-formed-fru\ted Star Apple. Tree. 



18 C. SESSILIFLORUM (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 16.) leaves coria- 

 ceous, glabrous on both surfaces, obovate : with distant, alternate 

 nerves; flowers sessile, fasciculate. ^7.8. Native of Cayenne. 

 Form and size of the leaves that of Bumelia nervbsa. Leaves 

 shining above, and pale beneath. Flowers downy outside, 

 sessile, and pedicellate. 



Sessile-Jlorvered Star Apple. Tree. 



19 C. GLA'BRUM (Jacq. amer. p. 53. t. 38. f. 2. ed. pict. p. 31. 

 t. 55. Lin. spec. 278.) leaves ovate-oblong, quite glabrous on 

 both surfaces ; fruit elliptic and smooth. (7 . S. Native of 

 Martinico. Mill. diet. no. 2. Leaves hardly 2 inches long. 

 Fruit blue, form and size of a small olive, seldom eaten except 

 by children. 



