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XIMENIA 



XIMfiNIA (Francis Ximeues, Spanish monk, wrote 

 on plants of Mexico in 1015). Olacdcece. Here belongs 

 the Hog Plum, a tropical fruit of minor importance 

 which grows wild throughout the tropics, and in the 

 U. S. is native to Florida south of Tampa Bay. The 

 fruit is about an inch long, shaped like a plum, and the 

 pulp is sweet and aromatic. The "stone " which incloses 

 the seed is proportionately very large. The fruit is 

 borne on a small tree, each branch of which ends in a 

 thorn about % in. long. The fruits are generally eaten, 

 but although it is fairly common in Fla. it is not culti- 

 vated. The species has been suggested by the Ameri- 

 can Pomological Society as worthy of cultivation with a 

 view to improvement. 



Ximenia 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 



XYLOSMA 



base, villous within; stamens 8: ovary 4-loculed; lo- 

 cules 3-4-ovuled: drupe baccate, not inclosed in the 

 calyx. 



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, Khort-petioled : pe- 

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

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

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

 of Jamaica is Spondias hitea. -m- -.. 



XYLOSMA 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 Bixacese. See 

 Flora of British India. 



2760. Yucca arborescens, the tree Yucca, or "Yucca palm," of the Mojave region. 



