156 Plants Collected in Paraguay. 



alternate, entire, obovate, rounded and emarginate at the apex, the 

 largest 8 cm. long, 2 cm. broad, sloping into a short petiole. Berries 

 purplish, globular, 3-5 mm. in diameter, on pedicels 1-3 mm. long, 

 containing a single, large bony seed. The leaves are clustered at 

 the ends of the branches. I found the trees covered with flocks of 

 birds feeding upon the fruit. 



SAPOTACE^. 



Clirysopliylliiin Martiainim, A. D.C., Prod., viii, 161. 



C. ehenaceum, Mart., var. pedunculatwn, Miq. in Mart. Fl. Bras., vii, 100. 



Asuncion (TOl and 101 a). 



A shrub or small tree 4-5 m. high. Young branches ferruginous- 

 downy. Leaves thick, evergreen, glabrous (at least when old), 

 alternate, entire, elliptical, rounded or often emarginate at the apex. 

 On some trees all or nearly all the leaves are from 15 to 30 mm. 

 long and IJ- to 2 cm. wide, on others they vary from 3 to 4 cm. long 

 and IJ to 2^ cm. wide. Petioles 2-3 mm. long, canaliculate above. 

 Flowers small, in small clusters along the branches, on pubescent 

 pedicels 2-4 mm. long. Calyx lobes rounded, pubescent, 5. Petals 

 white, twice as long as the calyx. Fruit not seen. The flowering 

 branches are mostly short and lateral 



Chrysophylliim niayteiioides, Mart, in A. D.C., 1. c. 



Asuncion (841). May. = Gibert no, 8. 



A tree very similar in appearance to no. tOl. Leaves rather 

 more numerous, but quite similar, the largest collected 2-J cm. long, 

 8 mm. broad. Petioles 3-4 mm. long. Pedicels 3-5 mm. long, at 

 least in fruit. Flowers not seen. Fruit a black, edible, sweet 

 berry, about the size of a huckleberry^ containing a single hard, 

 brownish globular seed which has a large lunate, dark-bordered 

 scar at the base, 



Miquel states in Flora Brasiliensis that this species has a longer 

 style than that of C. Martianum, and that the ovules are pendulous 

 from the top of the cells instead of ascending from the base as in 

 that. 



Sideroxylon reticiilatum, Britton, n. sp. 



A glabrous shrub, 5-7 metres high, the branches densely leafy. Leaves 

 coriaceous, short-petioled, obovate, rounded or obtuse at the apex, narrowed 

 at the base, 6-10 cm. long, 2-4 cm., wide, entire, dark green both sides, finely 



