ik, wrote base, villous 





tl,.- ~r. (I 1 |.io|)ortioiiately very large. The fruit is 



l,..r II 11 -mall tree, each branch of which ends in a 



thiM 11 :il>"ui '_. in. long. The fruits are generally eaten, 

 lull allhiiu-li it is fairly common in Fla. it is not culti- 

 vated. The species has been suggested by the Ameri- 

 can Poraological Society as worthy of cultivation with a 

 view to improvement. 



Xiraenia is a genus of 8 species of tropical shrubs or 

 trees, often thorny: Ivs. alternate, entire, often clus- 

 tered : fls. whitish, in short axillary cymes or rarely soli- 

 tary; calyx small, 4-toothed; petals 4, united at the 



Americana, Linn. Hog Plum. Also called Mountain 

 or Seaside Plum and False Sandalwood; "Wild Olive" 

 in Jamaica. Tropical fruit-bearing tree described above. 

 Lvs. 2-3 together, oblong, obtuse, short-petioled : pe- 

 duncles 2-4-fld., shorter than the lvs.: fls. small, yel- 

 low; petals thick, lanceolate, rusty-hairy within : fr. 

 yellow; nut white, globose. Tropics.— The "Hog Plum" 

 of Jamaica is Uponclias Ititea. ^ jj 



XYL6SM& longifolium has been offered in south- 

 ern Florida, but no plants have been sold and the stock 

 has lately been destroyed, as there .seems to be no rea- 

 son for cultivating the plant. It is a bush from the 

 Himalayas and belongs to the family Bixaoeap. See 

 Flora of British India. 



2760. Yucca arborescens. the tree Yucca, or "Yucca palm," ol the Moiave regii 



