340 - sapotacejE. 



throughout all the hot parts of South America for the sake of its fruit. 

 Not uncommon in our gardens. Fl. smallish, whitish, H. S. ; fr, R. S. 

 Timber considered of great service in the making of shingles for corn 

 houses. Bark astringent, and commonly known by the name of Cor- 

 tex jamaicensis, according to Browne, being frequently administered 

 to the Negroes in lieu of Jesuit's Bark, and found to answer all the 

 purposes of that medicine. From every part of the tree a tenacious, 

 viscid, white juice issues. Fruit in appearance like an old, decayed 

 potato, yet one of the most luscious in the W. Indies ; but so abound- 

 ing in an acrid milk, that it cannot be eaten until it is completely ripe ; 

 or, according to French authors, until it almost begins to be putrid. 

 Seeds aperient, diuretic. {Hook. I. c.J 

 a. Fruit elliptic or ovate. {Jacq. am. p. 57, t. 41. — Broione, jam. p. 



200, t. 19, f. 3.) 

 p. Fruit roundish, somewhat depressed. {Jacq. am. I. c. t. 41. p. 



Achras Zapotilla, Brotvne, jam. p. 200. — Shane, jam. 2, p. 171, t. 



12,0;— ibid. p. 172, t. 169,/. 2.) 

 LucuMA, Juss. (Spreng. syst. \,p. 510, No. 723 ; — G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, 

 p. 33.) 

 1. mammosa, Juss. {Gen. pi. p. 152 ; — Giirtn. Jil.fr. 3, p. 129 ; — Spreng. 

 syst. 1, p. 667 ; G. Don. l. c. — Achras mammosa, L. ; Roxb. H. B. p. 

 25. — A. Sapota major, Jacq. am. 56, t. 182, /. 19 ; ed. pict. p. 32, t. 

 59.) — Sapota mammosa, Mill. diet. No. 2; — Giirtn. fr. 2, p. 104. — 

 Shane, jam. 2, p. 124, t. 218.) L. b S. America. W. Indies. — Com- 

 mon Mammee Sapota. Fl. small, whitish. Fruit, ^American Marma- 

 lade,) large, oval or top-shaped, covered with a brownish rough skin, 

 under which is a soft pulp, of a russet colour, very luscious, which is 

 called natural marmalade, from its likeness to marmalade of quinces. 

 Was introduced from China into H. C. G. in 1807, but had not fl. up 

 to 1814. 

 CnRYsoPHYLLUM, L. {Spreng. syst. 1, p. 510, No. 722 ; — G. Don's Mill, 

 diet. 4, p. 31.) 



1. Cainito, L. {Spreng. syst. 1, p. GG^; — G. Don. I. c. ; — Jacq. am. p. 

 5l.t.S7,f. I , ed. pict. p. 30, t. 51 ^—Lam. ill. t. 120 i—Gartn. fr. 

 3, p. 120, t. 201;— B. M. 58. t. 3072 ;— Roxb. H. B. p. 17;— 

 Browne, jam. p. 171, t. 14, /. 2 ;— Shane, jam. 2, p. 170, t. 229.) 

 Star-apple. L. b W. Indies. S. America. Fl. small, yellowish-white. 

 H. S. ; fr. R. S. The Star-apple is a well known fruit in the W. In- 

 dies, where, however, it appears to be more esteemed by the natives, 

 than it is by Europeans. {Hook.) 



2. macrophyllum, G. Don. ? {Mill. diet. 4, p. 32.) L. b Sierra Leona. 

 In H. C. G. Fl. ? 



3. Roxburghii, G. Don. {Mill. diet. 4, p. 33. — C. acuminatum, Roxb. 

 jl. ind. \,p. 599 ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 345 ;--J. Qrah. Cut. B. pi. p. 105 ; 

 not. Lam.) b Khassya Mountains. Assam. Fl. minute, pale yellow, 



