Bosnia] LXVIII. SAPOTACE.E 427 



coloured, fleshy, sweet, early caducous, lobes short erect, usually 8 or 9, stamens 

 24-20. anthers subsessile, hair}- at the back. Fr. green, fleshy 1-2, seeds \- 1 

 in. long. 



Planted in most parts of India, propagating itself by self-sown seed. Indigenous 

 in t In- Snbhimalayan tract from the Ravi to tin- Ureat Gandak, in tin- Satpura range, 

 and tin- Peninsula. Upper Burma (?). The old 1. are shed gradually from Feb. to 

 April, fl. March-April, the fresh 1. "pen out after the corolla has fallen. 



2. B. longifolia, Linn. ; Wight 111. t. 117; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 42. Vern. Pedda Ippa, 

 Tel.; Ipiie, Kan.: Nat Illupai, Tain.: Mizc, Biirm. Commonly cultivated in the 

 Peninsula, an excellent avenue tree. Indigenous chiefly in the moist forests on the 

 West side, from the Kmikan southwards, but also in the Deocan. Common in Mysore. 

 Cult, in Upper Burma. Ceylon dry region. A large tie,-, young shoots silky, 1. elliptic- 

 lanceolate, glabrous when full grown, blade 4-6, pet. slender, 1-1$ in. long. Fl. similar 

 to I. pedicels slender 2— 2J in., outer calyx-rsegments nearly glabrous, inner finely 

 tomentose, anthers apiculate, 3-toothed at apex. Fr. velvety when young, obliquely 



ovoid 2, s 1 \h in. long. 'Pin- sweet fleshy tl. of lioth sp.-eies, 1 and 2, an- dried and 



eaten, spirit is distilled from them, oil is expressed from the seeds. 3. B. malabarica, 

 Bedd, West side of tie- Peninsula, from North Kanara southwards, ascending to 

 4,000 ft., chiefly along the hanks of rivers. A small or middle-sized tree, brauchlets 

 glabrous, 1. scattered, oblong-lanceolate, often obtuse, blade 3— 1' >, petiole J in. long. 

 Anthers long apiculate, fr. glabrous when young. 



4. B. butyracea, Roxb. ; Brandis P. Fl. t. 35. Vern. Phalwara, Pluilcl, 

 Phulwa, Chiiira, Hind. 



A large deciduous tree, brauchlets, petioles, underside of 1. and pedicels 

 with line silky hairs, 1. clustered near ends of brauches, coriaceous, obovate 

 or obovate-obloug, blade 6-12, pet. 1-1.\ in. long, sec. n, 15-20 pair, prominent, 

 stipules minute, caducous. Calyx-segments 5, corolla not fleshy, lobes 8-10, 

 spreading-. St aniens .'ill- In, filaments glabrous, as long as tin titers. Fr. fleshy, 

 1, seeds 'l in. long. 



Snbhimalayan tract from the Eastern Dim eastwards, ascending to 5.(100 ft. Fl. 

 Nov. -Jan. Tin- seeds yield a white vegetable butter, of the consistence of fine lard. 



Two imperfectly known species: .">. b. caloneura, Kurz. Andaman Report 41. 

 (Isonandra caloneura, Kurz F. PI. ii. 119.) South Andaman, common. A large ever- 

 green tree, young si ts and young 1. densely appressed, rusty-pubescent, [.scattered, 



chartaceoiis, .-I I i pt ic-oblong, blade 6 8, pet. I ill. long. ii. B. Lobbii, C. B. Clarke, 

 Altaian forests. L. membranous, elliptic, blade 2$, pet. .'. in. long. 



Payena paralleloneura, Kurz. Martaban and Tenasserim. A huge evergreen tie.-. I. 



scattered, chartai US, glabrous, elliptic-lanceolate, blade :i I. pet. .', v in. long, sec. n. 



numerous, slender, parallel. Fl. white, in axillary few-fid. clusters, pedicels t. in., 



calyx-segments 4, corolla deeply lobe. I. si a mens 12-24. S 1 one. rarely t wo. /'. lucida, 



A. DC. : Gamble fnd.TLmb.Ed.il. 149 is a tree of Cachar and the Malay Peninsula- 

 fields a kind oi i ;m i.i Percha. 



7. SARCOSPERMA, Book. f. : Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 535. 



Evergreen trees, 1. coriaceous, nearly opposite, stipules caducous. PI. small, 



5-merous, fascicled on the branches of axillary panicles. Minute staminodes 

 alternating with stamens, ovaxj l 2-celled. Berrj ellipsoid. 1- or 2-seeded. 



Tesla criistaceoits, albumen ( ». embryo llosliy. Species 5, 2 in China, 1 in 



Perak. 



I. S. arboreum, Benth. Subhimalayan trad and outer hills, a» o 4,000 ft, 



from Sikki ostwards, Assam. IChasi bills, Manipur. Sills east ol Toungoo 8,000 ft. 



i 1 1, B Feb. 1880). Upper Burma I 6, ft. Tawgyi Kyitya) Yunnan. A tall tree, 1. 



elliptic-oblong, blade 6 12, pet. '. I | in., sec. n. arching, 8 1" pair, pits in the axils, 

 tert.n.t ransverse, pa rollel Fl. greenish-yellow, scented, panicles pubescent, calx \ hairy 



outside, slanii les obscure. Fr, ellipsoid. I in. long, 1- or 'J-s led. ■_'. S. Gritllthii, 



Benth, Ass Khasi hills. Similar to 1, 1. smaller, tertiary aerves obscure, panicle 



and cal\ \ eh, 1. 1, ,i|,. 



Reptonia buxlfolia. A In.: Brandis F. Fl. t. 84. Oarar, Pushtu; Qurgttra, Punjab. 

 Common in the western pan of tie- Punjab Salt range and on the hills trans-Indus 

 from iiera ishmael Khan northwards, ascending to 1,500 Et. Afghanistan, Arabia. \ 

 large evergreen shrub or small tree, bark dark grey, tesselated into small irregularly 

 quadrangular pieces, branchlets terminating in spines, besides leafless axillary spines, 



