398 
hence the common name. Seeds rhomboidal, black, shining, em- 
bedded in the pulp, the central star being about an inch across. 
Ill.—Plumier, Ic. Burm 69; Sloane, Voyage, Jamaica, ii. 
t. 229; Browne, Jamaica, t. m f. 2; Jacq. Icon. Select. Stirp. 
Am. t. 37; E F; Plant. Indig. et Exot. Ic. t. 71; Gaertner, Fruct. 
Sem. Pl. iii. t. 201 (fruit and seeds) ; Lam. Encycl. t. 120; Desc. 
Ant. ii. t. 70; Tussac, Ant. iii. t. 9 (Cainito pomiferum) ; Dict. 
Sc. Nat. t. 69; Bot. aes t. 3072 (fruit and seeds from Gaertner, 
Le.); Ill. Hort. 1885, p. 127 (fruit); Engler and Prantl, Pflan. 
iy. pt. 1, f. 80; Engler, rase Afr. Pflan. Sapotaceae, p. 40 
Vernac. names.—Bris Chien (Dominica, Mus. Kew).—Star 
Apple, Broad- leased Star Apple, Cainito, Caimitier. 
Native of the W. Indies and S. huis Cultivated in W. 
Africa. 
Fruit edible. In season (Jamaica) June to September, difficult 
to transport (Kew Bull. 1888, p.179). A sample of spirit obtained 
from Star Apples i is in the Kw Museum. 
The wood is very hard and durable, suitable for all purposes, 
especially es situations (Harris, Timb. Jamaica, West 
Indian, Bull. ix 9, p. 314). specimen in the Kew Museum 
has a specific ae of 0-82 — 51-25 Ib. per cubic foot. 
Bark tonic ; T bitter (Heckel, Les Pl. se Toxique, Guy. 
Franc. Ann . L'Inst. Col. Marseille, iv. 1897, 9) 
May be propagated by seeds, and has been eben in this country 
since 1737 (Bot. Mag. L.c.). 
Ref.—"* Caimitier, Chrysophyllum Cainito," in Fruits des pays 
chauds, Hubert, pp. 455-464 (H. Dunod et E. Pinat, Paris, 1912). 
Chrysophyllum Welwitschii, En5ler, Bot. Jahrb. xii. (1890), p.521. 
A slender scandent shrub, climbing to a height of about 25 ft. 
Leaves (ridge glossy above, paler below. Flowers, — 
globose, very small, about 1 lin. in diam. white; corolla gamo 
petalous, waxy or somewhat fleshy ; seeds bony 
- —Engler, Monogr. Afr. Pflan. nie f.15, À. 
c. names.—Ukopie (Ivory Coast, Engler); Jungingi 
(dole Alto, Angola, Engler, Welw itsch) ; Jimbundo (Seeds : 
Golungo Alto, Welwitsch); Tingingi (Angola, Ficalho). 
deer (Unwin, No. 59, 1907, Herb. Kew). Also in Angola. 
The seeds are worn as ornaments by the natives of Angola 
(ern, “Cat, Welw. Afr. Pl. iii. p. 641). 
Found in — dins among the mountains of Eastern Queta, 
Golungo Alto, where it flowers in Jan. and March, fruiting in 
September (Hiern, y p. e 
Chrysophyllum sp. 
A tree growing 80-100 ft. high (Dawe) and in the Budongo 
Forest, Uganda (according to Dawe), onë of the most striking 
trees in consequence of its reddish foliage. AE dark-purple, 
