362 ^ FLORA OP MANILA 



Cultivated for ornamental purposes, but not spontaneous, fl. throughout 

 the year. Native of South Africa, now cultivated in many tropical and 

 subtropical countries, apparently of comparatively recent introduction in 

 the Philippines. 



2. P. ZEYLANICA L. 



A spreading or subscandent, herbaceous, suffrutescent plant 1 to 2 m in 

 length, glabrous except the glandular calyces. Leaves oblong-ovate to ovate, 

 4 to 10 cm long, acute or acuminate, base decurrent on the short petiole, 

 the base of the petiole dilated and clasping the stem. Spikes 5 to 25 cm in 

 length. Calyx green, about 1 cm long, covered with stalked glands, the 

 teeth very short. Corolla white or very pale-blue, the tube slender, about 

 2 cm long, the limb spreading, about 1.5 cm in diameter. 



In thickets and along roadsides, Guadalupe, thoroughly naturalized, fl. 

 Oct.-Pec.; of local occurrence in the Philippiines and certainly introduced. 

 Widely distributed in the tropics of the Old World, probably a native of 

 India. 



* 3. P. ROSEA L. 



An erect or ascending, more or less branched, herbaceous or suffrutescent 

 plant 1.5 m high or less, the stems green. Leaves ovate to oblong-ovate, 

 8 to 13 cm long, acute or obtuse, base very abruptly acuminate, short- 

 petiolcd. Spikes 15 to 30 cm long. Calyx 8 to 10 mm long, covered with 

 stalked glands. Corolla bright red, the tube slender, about 2.5 cm long, the 

 limb spreading, about 3 cm in diameter. (Fl. Filip. pi. $98, P. coceinea.) 



Occasionally cultivated, but scarcely spontaneous, fl. Oct.-Dec. A native 

 of British India, now cultivated in many tropical countries. 



110. SAPOTACEAE (Guttapercha or Chico Family) 



Tree or shrubs with milky sap, the young parts often rusty-pubescent. 

 Leaves alternate, entire, petioled. Flowers perfect, regular, axillary, sol- 

 itary or fascicled. Calyx-lobes 4 to 8, 1- or 2-seriate, imbricate, or the 

 outer series valvate. Corolla-tube short, the lobes as many as, or 2 to 

 4 times as many as, the calyx-lobes. Stamens inserted on the corolla-tube, 

 as many as the lobes and opposite them, or 2 to 3 times as many and 

 several-seriate; staminodes often present, alternating with the stamens. 

 Ovary superior, sessile 2- to 12-celled. Fruit fleshy, indehiscent. Seeds 

 usually few, solitary, rather large. 



Genera 50, species more than 400 in the tropics of the whole world, 7 

 gehera and about 45 species in the Philippines. 



Corolla-lobes 3 times as many as the calyx-lobes; fruit small, 2 cm long or 



less, 1. Mimusops 



Corolla-lobes and calyx-lobes 6 each; fruit rather large, fleshy, edible. 



2. Achras 

 1. MIMUSOPS Linnaeus 



Trees with elliptic to obovate, usually coriaceous leaves, the lateral 

 nerves slender, numerous. Flowers pedicelled, axillary, clustered or sol- 

 itary. Calyx-segments 6 to 8, 2-serjate, the outer series valvate, the 

 inner imbricate. Corolla-tube short, the lobes 18 to 24, 2- or 3-seriate. 

 Stamens 6 to 16, inserted near the base of the corolla; staminodes as many 

 as the stamens, entire, serrate, or lobed. Ovary hairy, 6- to 8-celled. 

 Fruit ovoid, 6- to 1-seeded, the endocarp crustaceous. (Greek "ape" and 

 "face" the application of the name not apparent.) 



