CHAP. LXXIII. 



SAPOTA CE.E. #UME LIA. 



1193 



a * 1. B. iYcioYDES Gcertn. The Box-thorn-like Bumelia. 



Identification. Gartn. fil. Carp., 3. p. 127. 1 120. ; Pers. Ench., 1. p. 237. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 30. 

 Si/Honi/mes. Sidcruxylon /yciMdea Du Ham. Arb.,2. p. 260. t. 68., Willd. Sp., 1. p. 1090., Ait. Hort. 

 ' AVu'p. mi. 2., vol. 2. p. 12., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 155. ; S. lae've Walt. Fl. Carol., p. 100. 



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Lyri.ndes Sp. Lin. Hint. Cliff., p. 488. 

 ravings. Ga>rtn. Fil. Carp., 3. p. 127. t. 120. ; Du Ham. 2. p. 260. t 68. ; and our fig. 1016. 



c. Char., $c. Spiny. Leaves broad-lanceolate, blunt- 

 ish, tapering to the base, glabrous. Flowers in axil- 

 lary fascicles. Spines subulate. Leaves 2 in. long, 

 deciduous, a little silky while young. Flowers greenish 

 white. Segments of corolla ? trifid : perhaps from 

 the two scales inside each segment. (JLAm'j Mill., iv. 

 p. 30.) A shrub, a native of Carolina, found in 

 shady woods, where it grows to the height of 8 ft. or 

 10 ft., flowering in August. It was introduced in 

 1758, and is not unfrequent in London collections. 

 There are vigorous-growing plants in the Horticultural 

 Society's Garden, as standards ; and in the Botanic Gar- 

 den at Kew, and in Messrs Loddiges's arboretum, against 

 walls. In the Horticultural Society's Garden, the dis- 

 tinction between Argdnia and J9umelia is very obvious 

 but that between .Bumelia /ycioides and JB. tenax i s 1016 

 much less so ; as may be seen by the plants at Messrs. Loddiges's, at Kew, 

 and in the Horticultural Society's Garden. Price of plants, in the Lon- 

 don nurseries, 2s. 6d. each ; and of the seeds, Is. per ounce. 



=Ji 2. B. RECLINA N TA Vent. The reclmate-branched Bumelia. 



Identification. Vent. Choix, t 22. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 155. ; Don's Mill, 4.p. 30. 



Synonyme. Sider6xylon reclinatum Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 122. 



Spec. Char., %c. Spiny, bushy, diffusely reclinate. Leaves small, obovate, quite smooth. Flowers 



in axillary fascicles. Young branches terminated by a long spine. Leaves alternate, or in fascicles. 



Flowers small, white. Corolla and scales serrated. Sterile filaments subulate, entire. Drupe ovate. 



(Don's Mill., iv. p. 30.) According to Pursh, a small straggling shrub, a native of Georgia, on the 



banks of rivers, where it grows 3ft. or 4 ft. high, flowering in January. It was introduced in 



1806, but we have not seen the plant. 



3. B. TE'NAX Willd. 



Willd. Sp., 



1017 



The tough-branched Bumelia. 



Identification. Willd. Sp., 1. 1085. ; Enum., p. 248. ; Don's Mill., 4. 30. 



Si/noni/mes. B. chrysophylloldes Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 155. ; Sideroxylon tenax Lin. Mant., 

 p. 4&, Jacq. Coll., 2. p. 252., Lam. Diet., 1. p. 245. ; S. sericeum Walt. Fl. Car., p. 100. ; S. chry- 

 sophylloldes Michx. FL Bor. Amer., 1. p. 123. ; Chrysophy~llum carolinense Jacq. Obs.,3. p. 3. t. 54. ; 

 C. glkbrum JIMS. 



Engravings. Jacq. Obs., 3. t 54.; and our fig. 1017. 



Sjjec. Char., $c. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, of a 

 rusty silvery colour beneath, silky. Flowers in 

 axillary fascicles. Branches very tough. Bark 

 white. Leaves deciduous. Calycine and corol- 

 line segments ovate obtuse. Segments of nectary 

 trifid. Stamens the length of corolla. Drupe oval. 

 Flowers white. (Don's Mill., iv. p. 30.) A tree, a 

 native of Carolina, in dry situations, where it grows 

 to the height of 20 ft., flowering in July and 

 August. It was introduced in 1765, and is occa- 

 sionally met with in collections. There is a plant 

 in the Horticultural Society's Garden 7 ft. high, as 

 a standard ; and one 10 ft. high in Messrs. Lod- 

 diges's, against a wall. The latter stands close 

 to a plant of Bumelia /ycioides ; and, if they are correctly named, we should 

 have no hesitation in giving it as our opinion that they are not specifically 

 distinct. A plant, named .Z?umelia sericea, against the wall of the Horti- 

 cultural Society's Garden, where it has stood between three and four years, 

 appears to be of this species. 



