SAPOTACE^E. VIII. LUCUMA. IX. INOCARPUS. X. MIMUSOPS. 



long, and 2-3 broad. Calyx 9-12 parted; segments ovate, im- 

 bricate, pilose outside. Sterile stamens scale-formed, acumi- 

 nated. Fruit ovate, 4-6 inches long. 



Bonpland's Mammee Sapota. Clt. 1822. Tree 60 feet. 



4 L. CAMPECHIA'NUM (H. B. et Kunth. 1. c.) leaves oblong, 

 somewhat acuminated, acute at the base, membranous, gla- 

 brous, shining; flowers 3 in a fascicle ; calyxes and peduncles 

 clothed with fine, canescent tomentum. 1? . S. Native of 

 Mexico, about Campeche. Leaves 8-9 inches long, paler 

 beneath. Segments of corolla and calyx obtuse. Sterile sta- 

 mens scale-formed, oblong-lanceolate. Ovarium ovate, globose, 

 having 5 cells; cells 1-ovulate. Habit of Chrysophy'llum 

 macrophy'llum, Lam. 



Campechy Mammee Sapota. Tree. 



5 L. SALICIFOLIUM (H. B. et Kunth. 1. c. p. 241.) leaves lan- 

 ceolate, a little acuminated, narrowed at the base, membranous, 

 glabrous, shining ; flowers twin ; calyxes and peduncles clothed 

 with fine tomentum. I? . S. Native of Mexico, where it is 

 called Sapole-borocho. Leaves 5-6 inches long, and 1 inch 

 broad, paler beneath. Sterile stamens lanceolate-linear, longer 

 than the fertile ones. Ovarium ovate, hairy. 



Willow-leaved Mammee Sapota. Clt. 1823. Tree. 



6 L. TEMA'RE (H. B. et Kunth. 1. c.) leaves lanceolate, sub- 

 acuminated, narrowed at the base, undulated, membranous, 

 glabrous. T? . S. Native about the Orinoco, in woods, where it 

 is called Temare. Leaves 6-7 inches long, paler beneath. 

 Fruit ovate, fleshy, clammy, 3-seeded. Very like the preceding 

 species. 



Temare Mammee Sapota. Tree. 



7 L. OBOVA'TUM (H. B. et Kunth. 1. c.) leaves obovate-elliptic, 

 rounded at the apex, acute at the base, rather membranous, 

 glabrous ; flowers solitary, or 2-3 together ; calyxes and pedun- 

 cles clothed with fine rusty down, fj . S. Native of Peru, near 

 the town of Loxa, in the temperate regions, where it is called 

 Lucuina. A'chras Lucuma, Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 17. t. 239. 

 Pers. syn. 1. p. 235. Tree with a globose head. Leaves 4 

 inches long. Flowers about the size of those of A^chras Sapota. 

 Segments of calyx and corolla greenish, roundish obtuse. Sterile 

 stamens linear, a little ciliated. Fruit depressedly globose, 

 green, glabrous, yellow and clammy inside, crowned by a scaly 

 ring, 1-5 seeded, but usually 3-seeded. The wood is compact 

 and white, and used for various economical purposes. 



Obovate-leaved Mammee Sapota. Clt. 1822. Tree 20 to 40 

 feet. 



t A doubtful species. 



8 L. SERPENTA'RIA (H. B. et Kunth. 1. c. p. 242.) leaves obo- 

 vate-oblong, or oblong, rounded at the apex, acute at the base, 

 coriaceous, quite glabrous, shining above. \i . S. Native of 

 Cuba, near Regla, where it is called Sapote de Coulevra, A 

 lactescent tree, with glabrous, hoary branches. Leaves 1-2 

 inches long. Fruit depressedly globose, edible, 5-seeded. 



Serpent Mammee Sapota. Tree. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Chrysophy'llum, p. S3. 



IX. INOCA'RPUS (from ig IVOQ, is inos, a fibre, and capTroc, 

 karpos, a fruit ; the nut is full of fibres.) Forst. gen. t. 33. Schreb. 

 gen. no. 754. Thunb. no v. gen. 45. Juss. gen. 152. Gaertn. 

 fruct. 3. t. 199 and 200. f. 1. ' Blum, bijdr. 551. 



LIN. SYST. Dec&ndria, Monogynia. Calyx tubular, bifid, de- 

 ciduous. Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-6-cleft; segments long, linear. 

 Stamens 10-12, disposed in two rows; filaments very short, 

 adnate to the corolla inside ; anthers didymous, dehiscing at 

 the sides. Ovarium oblong, villous, containing one pendulous 

 ovulum. Style none ; stigma concave. Drupe large, a little 

 compressed, ovate, incurved at top, containing a 1-seeded nut, 



7 



which is covered with reticulated fibres. Albumen none. A 

 tree, with long, alternate, veiny, quite entire leaves ; and axillary, 

 spicate racemes of flowers. 



1 I. EDU'LIS (Forst. fl. austr. no. 197. pi. escul. 50. no. 18. 

 Lin. syst. 408. suppl. 239.) leaves oblong, sub-cordate at the 

 base ; racemes axillary, hairy ; flowers small, bracteate. Jj . S. 

 Native of the Society and Friendly Islands, and New Hebrides, 

 in the South Seas ; also of Amboyna and Java. Lam. ill. t. 362. 

 Rumph. amb. 1. t. 65. Forster describes this as a lofty tree, 

 with brown, chinky bark. Leaves sub-distich, ovate-oblong, 

 hardly cordate, blunt and retuse, seldom acute, a span long, and 

 on young trees a foot. Flowers pale yellow. In Otaheite this 

 tree is called Hi, and the fruit Ratta. In Mallicollo the name 

 of the tree is Nias ; and in Tanna, Emmer. In Cook's last 

 voyage, 1. p. 393, the nuts are called Eisi. The kernel of 

 these, which is kidney-shaped, and about an inch in diameter, is 

 eaten roasted by the inhabitants of the Society and Friendly 

 Islands, the New Hebrides, New Guinea, the Molluccas, &c. It 

 is sweetish, but less pleasant than the chestnut, harder, and less 

 farinaceous. The bark is astringent, and is used in dysentery. 

 In New Guinea they smear the heads of their arrows with the 

 expressed resinous juice. 



Edible Otaheite-chestnut. Clt. 1793. Tree 40 to 50 feet. 



Cult. See Chrysophyllum, p. 33, for culture and propagation. 



X. MIMIPSOPS (from fiifj<>i, mimo, an ape; and o<//ie, opsis, a 

 face; so named on account of the form of the corolla.) Lin. gen. 

 no. 478. Gaertn. fruct. t. 42. Juss. gen. 152. R. Br. prod. p. 530. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria Monogynia. Calyx 8-6-parted ; seg- 

 ments disposed in a twin order. Corolla with a double row of 

 segments (f. 7. e.) ; outer row containing from 6 to 1 6 in number, 

 which are either entire or divided ; the inner row containing 6-8 

 entire segments. Antheriferous stamens 6-8, opposite the 

 inner segments of the corolla, alternating with as many sterile 

 ones (f. 7. a.) Ovarium 6-8-celled. Berry one or few-seeded, 

 from abortion. Seeds nucumentaceous, albuminous. Trees 

 with alternate, quite entire, glabrous, coriaceous leaves ; and 

 axillary fascicles of 1-flowered pedicels. Flowers small, white. 

 Fruit edible. Old bark of trees chinky. 



1 M. PARVIFOLIA (R. Br. prod. 531.) leaves oval, acuminated, 

 glabrous on both surfaces; peduncles 1-3 together, exceeding the 

 petioles a little, which are tomentose. Tj . S. Native of New 

 Holland, within the tropic. Very like M. Elengi, whose 

 peduncles are more numerous, and shorter than the petioles, 

 which are glabrous. 



Small-leaved Mimusops. Clt. 1824. Tree. 



2 M. ACUMINA'TA (Blum, bijdr. p. 672.) leaves oval, acumi- 

 nated, rather unequal at the base. Jj . S. Native of Java, on 

 the Seribu mountains, where it is called Genkot. 



Acuminated-leaved Mimusops. Tree 80 to 120 feet. 



3 M. ELE'NGI (Lin. spec. 497.) 

 leaves oval-lanceolate, or oblong, 

 acuminated, glabrous ; pedicels 

 many together, shorter than the 

 petioles, which are glabrous. 

 T; . S. Native of the East 

 Indies, where it is much planted 

 on account of its fragrant 

 flowers, which come out chiefly 

 in the hot season. Gsertn. fruct. 

 1. p. 198. t. 42. Roxb. cor. 1. 

 p. 15. t. 14. Lam. ill. t. 300. 

 Bacula, Roxb. aiat. res. 4. p. 

 273. Rumph. amb. 2. p. 189. 

 t. 63. Elengi, Rheed. mal. 1. p. 

 34. t. 20. Plukn. aim. 203. 



FIG. 



