SAPOTACEAE. 



mm. wide; lobes oblong to ovate-oblong: staminodia lanceolate: drupes oval, 

 2-2.5 cm. long, yellow. — All year. 



The Mastic grows in hammocks along the coast of the lower half of peninsular 

 Florida, and on the Everglade Keys and the Florida Keys. The orange-colored 

 heart-wood is close-grained heavy, hard, and strong. Also known as Wild-olive. 

 (W. I.) 



4. LUCUMA Juss. Trees. Leaf-blades more or less elongate, usually 

 broadened upward. Calyx-lobes 5, in 1 or 2 series. Corolla white or pale: 

 lobes 5, entire or nearly so. Staminodia slender, shorter than the corolla-lobes. 

 Ovary 5-celled, or sometimes 4-6-celled: style columnar: stigma slightly dilated. 

 Berry globular, or slightly elongated, smooth. 



1. L. nervosa A. DC. Small tree with spreading branches; leaf -blades oblong 

 to elliptic, 10-20 cm. long, acute or acutish: calyx-lobes 5, the inner ones 

 rounded at the apex: corolla 7-9 mm. long; lobes ovate: staminodia subulate: 

 fruits globose-ovoid, 5-7 cm. long, smooth, usually 2- or 3-seeded. 



The Egg-feuit^ a native of northern South America, grows in hammocks on 

 the upper Florida Keys. The wood has not been studied. (W. /.) 



5. DIPHOLIS A. DC. Shrubs or small tres. Leaf-blades mostly gla- 

 brous. Calyx-lobes 5, pubescent. Corolla-lobes 5, each 3-lobed, shorter than 

 the tube. Staminodia petaloid. Endosperm copious. 



1. D. salicifolia (L.) A. DC. Evergreen tree becoming 16 m. tall or shrub: 

 leaf -blades elliptic to elliptic-oblanceolate, 5-12 cm. long: calyx-lobes ovate to 

 oblong, 1.5 mm. long: corolla 4 mm. wide; lobes oblong or oval: staminodia 

 ovate to ovate-lanceolate, laciniate-toothed : berries oval or subglobose, about 

 8 mm. in diameter, black. — All year. 



The BusTic grows in hammocks on the Everglade Keys and the Florida Keys. 

 The red or dark-brown heart-wood is close-grained, very heavy, and hard. Also 

 known as Cassada. (W. I.) 



6. BUMELIA Sw. Shrubs or trees. Leaf -blades mostly pubescent be- 

 neath. Calyx-lobes 5. Corolla-lobes 5, each 3-lobed, the middle lobe suborbicu- 

 lar, longer than the tube. Staminodia petaloid. Endosperm wanting or very 

 scant. 



Leaf-blades glabrous. 



Berries oblong-cylindric : leaf -blades leathery, smooth, shining. 1. B. angustifoUa. 



Berries oval : leaf-blades herbaceous, reticulate, dull. 2. B. lycioides. 



Leaf-blades copiously pubescent beneath. 



Leaf-blades woolly, the pubescence red or brown, dull. 3. B. lanuginosa. 



Leaf-blades silky, the pubescence white, becoming tawny or 



coppery, lustrous. 4. B. tenax. 



1. B. angustifolia Nutt. Evergreen tree becoming 8 m. tall or shrub, the 

 twigs glabrous: leaves relatively few and not crowded; blades oblanceolate to 

 oblanceolate-spatulate, 2-4 cm. long, smooth and glabrous: calyx-lobes ovate, 

 2 mm. long: corolla about 4 mm. wide; lateral divisions of the lobes narrowly 

 lanceolate, irregularly toothed: staminodia 2.5 mm. long, lacerate: berries 17-20 

 mm. long. — All year. 



The Saffron-plum grows in the coastal hammocks of the lower half of pen- 

 insular Florida and on the Everglade Keys and Florida Keys. The brown or orange- 

 colored heart-wood is very close-grained, heavy, and hard. (TF. J.) 



2. B. lycioides (L.) Gaertn. Deciduous-leaved small tree, or shrub, the twigs 

 glabrous: leaf-blades elliptic, oblong, or rarely oblanceolate, 4-12 cm. long, 

 dull and prominently reticulate on both sides: calyx-lobes oval or orbicular- 

 ovate, 2 mm. long: corolla about 5 mm. wide; lateral divisions of the lobes 

 lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, 1.5 mm. long, entire: staminodia ovate, 2-2.5 

 mm. long, entire: berries oval, fully 10 mm. long. — Sum. 



The Buckthorn grows in rich woods and along rivers in northern Florida and 

 the northern portion of the peninsula. The yellow or brown heart-wood is close- 

 grained, heavy, and hard. (Vont.) 



