SAPOTACE^E. X. MIMUSOPS. XI. IMBRICARIA. XII. OMPHALOCARPCM. XIII. BASSIA. 



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Breyn. cent. 20. t. 8. Burm. zeyl. 27. Flowers middle-sized, 

 drooping, white. Segments of corolla lanceolate, and a little 

 torn at their tips. Berry ovate, with a slight groove on one 

 side, dotted, yellow when ripe. Ekngi is the Malabar name of 

 the tree ; Bokul is the Bengalese name ; Muhart is the Hindos- 

 tanee name ; Pagadoo of the Telingas. 



Elengi Mimusops. Clt. 1796. Tree 15 feet. 



4 M7 KAL'KI (Lin. spec. 497.) leaves obovate, very blunt, 

 silvery or hoary beneath, hardly 3 times as long as the petioles, 

 crowded at the ends of the branches ; flowers fascicled, hexan- 

 drous. fj . S. Native of the East Indies and New Holland, 

 within the tropic. Benectaria, Forst. descrip. p. 82. Rumph. 

 amb. 3. t. 19. t. 8. Fruit oval, drooping, edible. 



Kauki Mimusops. Clt. 1796. Tree 30 feet. 



5 M. OBTUSIFOLIA (Lam. diet. 4. p. 186. Blum, bijdr. 675.) 

 leaves oval-oblong, obtuse and emarginate, attenuated a little 

 at the base, coriaceous, with revolute edges. 1j . S. Native 

 of Java, in gardens, where it is called Kambang Tanjong ; and 

 of the Mauritius. Branches thick, like those of a species of 

 A'chras. Leaves crowded at the tops of the branches. 



Blunt-leaved Mimusops. Tree. 



6 M. HEXA'NDRA (Koxb. cor. 1. p. 10. t. 16.) leaves obovate, 

 deeply emarginate, green and shining on both surfaces ; pedicels 

 1-6 together, nearly as long as the petioles, which are smooth. 

 \j . S. Native of the East Indies, among the Circars. Leaves 

 3-5 inches long, and 1 to 2 broad. Calyx 6-parted. Corolla 

 having the inner row of segments 6, and the outer 12. Antheri- 

 ferous stamens 6. Berry size and shape of an olive, yellow. 

 The wood of this species being remarkably heavy, is much used 

 by the washermen to beetle their cloth on. 



' Hexandrous Mimusops. Clt. 1804. Tree 20 foot. 



7 M. BALOTA (Geertn. fil. fruct. vol. 3. ex Blum. bijJr. 673.) 

 leaves obovate, sub-emarginate. Tj. S. Java, in gardens. 



Balola Mimusops. Fl. July. Tree SO feet. 



S M. DISSE'CTA (R. Br. prod. p. 530.) leaves obovate, bluntly 

 emarginate, glabrous ; peduncles crowded, length of petioles, 

 which are glabrous. Tj . S. Native of the island of Tonga- 

 tabu. A'chras dissecta, Forst. pi. escul. no. 13. fl. aust. 155. 

 Lin. syst. 34-2. Flowers white. Fruit about the size of an 

 olive, edible. Hardly distinct from M. hexdndra, Roxb. Ova- 

 rium 6-celled. Flowers 8-cleft. 



Z)iwecW-flowered Mimusops. Clt. 1804. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



9 M. MAXMLKA'RA ; leaves obovate, obtuse, glabrous, on pe- 

 tioles an inch long ; pedicels crowded, length of petioles ; flowers 

 6-cleft. Jj . S. Native of Malabar and the Philippine islands. 

 Manilkara, Rheed. mal. 4. p. 53. t. 25. Flowers white, about 

 half an inch in diameter. This tree is cultivated in Malabar for 

 the fruit, which is of the form and size of an olive, succulent, 

 the pulp of a sweetish acid flavour, containing only 1 or 2 seeds. 

 The leaves are used for cataplasms to tumours, being bruised 

 and boiled with the root of Curcuma and the leaves of ginger. 

 It is supposed to be a native of the Philippine Islands, where it 

 is called ^lanilkara and ^fanil-gale. It probably also grows 

 in China, for the Dutch call it Chineesche Irruyen. 



Manil-kara Mimusops. Tree. 



10 M. LU'CIDA (Wall. cat. no. 4147.) leaves glabrous, rusty 

 beneath, dark green and shining above, elliptic-lanceolate, with 

 an obtuse acumen ; pedicels axillary, aggregate ; calyx having 

 the 4 outer segments roundish and imbricate, shorter than the 

 4 inner ones ; style exserted. fj . S. Native of Penang. 



Shining-leaved Mimusops. Tree. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Chrysophyllum, p. S3. 



XI. IMBRICA'RIA (from imbrico, to cover with tiles; from 

 the wood being used for roofing houses). Commers. Juss. gen. 

 p. 152. Lam. ill. t. 300, R. Br. prod. 531. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 8-parted, cori- 

 aceous : the segments disposed in a twin order. Corolla having 

 the segments disposed in 3 rows, those in the middle row op- 

 posite those of the outer row, all trifid, 8 in each row. ? Sta- 

 mens 16, 8 antheriferous : and 8 sterile, filiform, inflexed, altern- 

 ating with the fertile ones. Fruit large, globular, 8-celled, 

 8-seeded, many of the cells as well as seeds becoming abortive. 

 Seeds irregularly crested towards the umbilicus. Trees, natives 

 of the Isle of Bourbon and the Mauritius ; with entire, glabrous, 

 coriaceous leaves; and axillary fascicles of white, pedicellate 

 flowers. 



1 I. COMMERSONII ; leaves broad, obovate, rusty beneath, 

 scattered, coriaceous, emarginate at apex, pale green and shining 

 above ; pedicels thick, angular, aggregate, fy . S. Native of 

 the Mauritius and Java, in gardens. Mimusops Imbricaria. 

 Willd. spec. 1. p. 326. Blum, bijdr. 675. 



Commerson's Imbricaria. Tree. 



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



XII. OMPHALOCA'RPUM (o/i^aXoc, omphalot, a navel, and 

 Kapiroc, karpos, a fruit ; the fruit is depressed and hollowed at 

 the apex). Beauv. fl. d'ow. 1. p. 6. t. 5-6. 



Liif. SYST. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx many-parted, 

 squarrose ; scales 11-12, imbricated, obtuse, villous outside. 

 Corolla with a short tube : having the segments disposed in 2 

 rows, 6-7 in each row, those of the outer row equal, ovate : those 

 of the inner row fringed and alternating with those in the outer 

 row. Stamens 30-40, disposed in unequal series. Style simple, 

 filiform ; stigma simple, sub-capitate, scabrous. Fruit large, 

 solid, woody, roundish, umbilicate about the style, many-celled ; 

 cells 1 -seeded. A tall tree, with lanceolate, shining leaves, and 

 sessile, aggregate, or solitary pink flowers rising from the trunk. 



1 O. PROCB'RUM (Beauv. 1. c-). Jj . S. Native of western 

 Africa, in the kingdom of Warree, at Buonopozo, behind the 

 kingdom of Galbar. 



Tall Omphalocarpum. Tree very large. 



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



XIII. BA'SSIA (named by Konig in honour of Ferdinand 

 Bassi, Curator of the botanic garden at Bologna). Keen, in 

 Lin. gen. ed. Reich, no. 645. Schreb. 105. Juss. gen. 152. 

 Gaertn. fruct. 2. p. 104. t. 104. f. 2. 



Lis. SYST. Dodecandria Monogynia. Calyx 4-5-parted, 

 coriaceous. Corolla campanulate, with an 8-parted limb ; tube 

 inflated, ovate, fleshy. Stamens 16, disposed in 2 rows ; fila- 

 ments subulate, combined at the base ; anthers linear, sagittate, 

 villous outside. Ovarium ovate, 6-8-celled. Style subulate ; 

 stigma acute. Fruit fleshy, 5-8-celled ; cells 1 -seeded. Seeds 

 oblong, somewhat trigonal, exalbuminous. Lactescent trees, 

 with quite entire, smooth, coriaceous leaves ; and axillary, soli- 

 tary, or aggregate flowers. 



1 B. LONGIFOLIA (Lin. syst. p. 44. mant. pp. 555. and 563.) 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, smooth ; pedicels axillary, drooping, 

 crowded round the ends of the brancWets ; stamens 1 6-20, 

 within the gibbous tube of the corolla. Jj. S. Native 

 of Malabar, Coromandel, and Ceylon ; in the former place it is 

 called Illipe, and in the latter Miele. Gaertn. fruct. 2. t. 104. 

 Lam. ill. t. 398. A lofty tree, with recurved branches, which 

 are clothed with grey down. Leaves approximate at the tops 

 of the branches, 6 inches long, deciduous. Peduncles at length 

 elongated and drooping, crowded round the ends of the young 

 shoots. Seeds smooth, shining yellow. This tree is called by 

 the Tamuls Illiepi or Ilieepie. The oil pressed from the fruit 

 is used for lamps ; it is the principal ingredient in making 

 country soap. It is to the common people a substitute in place 

 of ghee and cocoa-nut oil in their curries and other dishes. 

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