G. P. II-. Collection. Plate XIX 



Acliras Sapota. 



SAPOUILLA, OR NASEBERRY. 



This tree, which grows on almost all of the Islands of the 

 Hawaiian group, is a fine evergreen, growing to a height of from 

 10 to 2C feet, ami producing a fruit which is much prized in warm 

 countries. The bark possesses tonic properties, and from the 

 juice chewing-grm is made. Its foliage is dense, and the shiny 

 leaves are thick, lance-oblong, entire, and clustered at the ends 

 of the branches. The flowers, which are small, whitish, and per- 

 fect, are borne on the rusty pubescent growths of the season. The 

 fruit, of which there are two varieties, the round and the oblong. 

 is about the size of a hen's egg. It has a rough skin, the color 

 of a russet apple, beneath which is a firm, somewhat stringy, 

 sweet pulp, having the flavor of an apricot. This pulp is divided 

 into 10 to 12 compartments, and contains from 4 to 6 large, flat, 

 smooth, black seeds. 



