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* Achras sessiliflora, Poir. b Mauritius. — Lucuma Bonplandii, Humb. L. 

 b Havannah. — L. campechianum, H. B. and Kth. b Mexico. — L. salt- 

 cifolium, H. B. and Kth. 5 Mexico. — Chrysophyllum aquaticum, H. B. 

 and Kth. b Inundated places near the Orinoco. — C. monopyrenum, 

 Swz ; B. M. 61, t. 3303. 5 Jamaica. — C. acuminatum. Lam. 5 Cayenne. 

 — C. bicolor, Poir. b Portorico. — C. argenteum, Jacq. 5 Martinique. — C 

 sessiUflorum, Poir. b Cayenne. — C granatense, Spreng. b New Gra- 

 nada. — Mimusops obtusifolius, Lam. b Mauritius. — Bassia sericea, Bl. 



b Java. — B. cuneata, Bl. L. b Java B. Parkii, G. Don. b African 



Butter-tree. Bambara. — Bumelia pallida, ^wz. 5 Fields in Jamaica. 

 — B. nervosa, Vahl. 5 Cayenne. — B. celastrina, H, B. and Kth. S 

 Mexico. — B. buxifolia, Willd. b Cumana. — B. ferox, Cham, and 

 Schlecht. 3 Mexico. — Hornschuchia Bryotrophes, Nees. Brazil. — H. 

 Myrtillus, Nees. Brazil. — Sideroxylon cinereum. Lam. B Mauritius. 

 — S. tomentosum, Roxb. Corom. 1, t. 28. 5 The Ghauts. — S. Walli- 

 chianum, G. Don. (S. rugosum. Wall. Cat. ; not Rom and Sch.) b 

 Penang. — Omphalocarpus procerus, Beauv. L. b Guinea. — Isonandra 

 lanceolata, Wight, icon. 2, t. 359. b Peninsula of India? — /. villosa, 

 Wight, icon, 2, t. 360. b Peninsula of India ? 



ORDER CLXVII.— DIOSPYRACE^.— EBENACE^E, Vent.— Lindl. 

 Nat. Syst. p. 226. 



THE EBONY TRIBE. 



Trees or shrubs, by Lindl. referred (adding Euclea) to 8 genera. Of 

 these, Spreng. syst. assigns 11 species to New Holland and the Friendly 

 Islands ; 7 to S. America, Mexico, and the W. Indies ; 6 to the Masca- 

 renhas ; 2 to N. America, and 1 to N. Africa, and S. Europe. Diospyros 

 vaccino'ides. Hook, belongs to China. In S. Africa have been found 30 

 species. (^Harvey,) and in the E. Indies, according to Spreng., Roxb. 

 and Wall. Cat,, 42 species of Diospyros ; and 2 of Maba. They are all 

 discovered in the islands of the Indian Archipelago and in both Peninsulas of 

 India ; Diospyros extending from the Khassya Mountains to the Himalayas. 



" Remarkable only for the hardness and blackness of the wood of some 

 species, and for the eatable quality of the fruit. The former is well known 

 under the name of Ebony and Ironwood ; the latter is occasionally intro- 

 duced from China as a dry sweetmeat. It is noted for extreme acerbity 

 before arriving at maturity." {Lindl.) 



Diospyros, L. {Spreng. syst. 2, p. 170, No. 1412; O. Don's Mill. diet. 4, 

 p. 38.) 



1. tomentosa, Roxb. (/. ind. 2, p. 532;— G. Don. I. c. ; — Wight, icon. 1, 

 t. 182, 83.) ^Tt^f Tumal L. b N, of Bengal, extending to Kheree 



