MYRSINACEiE SAPOTACEvK. 339 



Jacquinia, L. 



1. ruscifolia, Jacq. {Amer. p. 54.) B S. America. 

 Clavija, Ruiz, and Pav. 



1. ornata, D. Don. (B. Reg. 21, t. 1764.) b Caraccas, March 1840. 



* ^giceras ferrenm, Blume. Rumph. 3, t. 79. 3 Java. — Wallenia lauri- 

 folia, Swz. 5 Jamaica. — W. angulata, Jacq. schonb. 1, t. 30. 5 Culti- 

 vated in the gardens of the Mauritius. — Weigeltia myrianthos, Alph. 

 DC. 5 Surinam. — Conomorpha oblongifolia, Alph. DC. 5 Brazil. — 

 C laxiflora, Alph. DC. 5 Banks of the Amazon. — Cybianthus pendu- 

 linus. Mart, b Brazil. — C. cuneifolius, Mart, b Brazil. — Myrsine mada-. 

 gascariensis, Alph. DC. B Madagascar. — M. Rapanea, R. Br. B Gui- 

 ana. — M. coriacea, R. Br. b Jamaica. — M. Trinitatis, Alph. DC. S 

 Trinidad. — Badula micrantha, Alph. DC. 3 Bourbon. Mauritius. — 

 B. Sieberii, Alph. DC. 3 Mauritius. — B. crassa, Alph. DC. 3 Bour- 

 bon. Mauritius. — Oncostemum Commersonianum, Ad. Juss. 3 Mada- 

 gascar. — Ardisia divergens, Roxb. 3 Penang. — A. amherstiana, Alph. 

 DC. 3 Amherst. — Embelia canescens, Jack. 3 v-^. — Choripetalum un- 

 dulatum, Alph. DC. 3 v»/ Nepal. — Jacquinia aurantiaca. Ait. B. M. 40, 

 t. 1639. 3 Sandwich Islands. — /. armillaris, Jacq. 3 Jamaica. — J. 

 pubescens, H. B. and Kth. 3 Banks of the Amazon. — Theophrasta 

 Jussieui, Lindl. 5 St. Domingo. 



ORDER CLXVI.— SAPOTACE^, Endl.— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 225. 



THE SAPPODILLA TRIBE. 



Trees and shrubs, referred by Lindl. (excluding Hunteria and Acosta, 

 and adding Isonandra, Wight.) to 14 genera. Of these, Spreng. syst. 

 enumerates 38 species for S. America, Mexico, and the W. Indies ; 3 for 

 Mauritius, (including 2 from Wall. Cat.) ; 6 from New Holland and the 

 Friendly Islands ; 4 from N. America ; 1 from Arabia ; 1 from N. Africa ; 

 and I from Guinea. In S. Africa, have been found 10 species, (Harvey,) ; 

 and in the E. Indies 22 ; viz. 2 of Chrysophyllum ; 5 of Mimusops ; 7 of 

 Bassia ; 6 of Sideroxylon ; and 2 of Isonandra ; — nearly all natives of Ne- 

 pal, Assam, the Khassya Mountains, the Circars, the Concans, the Moun- 

 tains of India east of the Ganges, Ceylon, the Moluccas, and Java. Pro- 

 perties under the species. 



AcHRAS, L. (Spreng. syst. 2, p. 12, No. 1316;— G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, 

 p. 33.) 



1. Sapota, L. (Spreng. syst. 2, p. 132 ; — G. Don. I. c. ; — Roxb.fi. ind. 2, 

 p. 181 ,—J. Grah. Cat. B.pl.p. 106 ;— S. it/. 58, t. 3111 ««£/ 3112.) 

 Common Sapota. Bully-tree. L. b W. Indies. Abundantly cultivated. 



