G. P. W. Collection. p LATE XXIII. 



Chrysophyllum monopyrenum. 



This small tree, which is indigenous to the West Indies, is also 

 a native of Southern Florida, and is to be found as an ornamental 

 plant in many localities of tropical America. In Jamaica it is 

 called the "Damson Plum." Its small single white flowers are 

 highly perfumed. The fruit, which matures from August until 

 December, is small, ovoid-oblong, and when ripe is purplish- 

 black ; when bruised it emits a white sticky juice. It contains one 

 large seed. Specimens of this tree are to be found growing in the 

 grounds of the Queen's Hospital and at the Government Nursery, 

 Honolulu. 



