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In the writings of Dr. Chapman, Dr. Gray, Prof. Sargent and 

 Dr. Small, it is recorded from Florida as Mimiisops Sieberi DC, 

 a tree which is apparently restricted to the island of Trinidad 

 and recently referred by Pierre to a variety of Mimusops halata. 

 It is recorded from the Bahamas by Grisebach, by Dolley, and by 

 Mrs. Northrop as Mimusops dissecta R. Br., which is an Asiatic 

 species, and I have accepted for it (North American Trees 782) 

 the name Mimusops parvifolia (Nutt.) Radlk. 



The tree was first illustrated and described by Catesby in 

 the second volume of the "Natural History of CaroHna, Florida 

 and the Bahama Islands" at plate 87. Professor Sargent (Silva 

 5: 184) identified this plate with the tree under consideration. 

 Like most of Catesby's plant illustrations, the figure is not 

 wholly characteristic, but it is unmistakable to one familiar with 

 the Bahama flora. 



Sloanea emarginata of Linnaeus was based wholly upon this 

 plate 87 of Catesby, but erroneously attributed by him to 

 Carolina, and as this has priority over all other names given to the 

 species, it should be used. Its synonymy is as follows: 



Mimusops emarginata (L.) 



Sloanea emarginata L. Sp. PI. 512. 1753. 



Mimusops parvifolia Radlk. Sitz. Akad. Wiss. Muench. 12: 344 



{xmspr'inted parviflora) . 1882. Not R. Br. 

 Achras Zapotilla parvifolia Nuttall, Sylv. 3: 28. 1849. 

 Achras bahamensis Baker in Hook. Ic. 18: pi. 1795. 1888. 

 Mimusops floridana Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 12 : 524. 1890. 

 Mimusops bahamensis Pierre, Not. Sapot. 37. 1891. 

 Mimusops depressa Pierre, Not. Sapot. 37. 1891. 



Examination of the Cuban coastal flora at many localities has 

 up to the present time failed to disclose the occurrence of this 

 species there. 



New York Botanical Garden. 



