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XIMENIA 



XIMENIA (Francis Xiraenes, Spanish monk, wrote 

 on plants of Mexico in 1U15). Olaciicea. 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 yi 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 Pomologlcal 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 



America.na, 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, s:hort-petioled : pe 

 duncles 2-1-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 Spondias lulea. -^ jj_ 



XYLOSMA lon^folium 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 BixaceJB. See 

 Flora of British India. 



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



