o36 Lxxxix. sapotacej:. (0. B. Clarke.) ISarcosperma. 



-villous. Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 229. Sideroxylon arboreum, 

 Herb. £"om. ^Oelastrinea, Wall. Cat. 9011. Sapotea, Griff. Notul. iv. 291, and 

 Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 501. 



SiKKiM and Khasia, alt. 0-4000 ft. ; Hamilton, &c. Patkoye Mts. (in South-east 

 Assam) ; Gi-iffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3603). 



A large, bushy tree. Leaves 9 by 2 in., parallel-sided, rarely somewhat obovate, 

 suddenly shortly acuminated, base rhomboid, secondary nerves very prominent beneath; 

 petiole 1 in. Spikes in panicles 2-8 in. ; flowers densely fascicled. Caly.x jg-^ in. 

 CaroUa-tvhe scarcely i in., without hairs within ; lobes YS~io ™- ^ruit 1 by f in., 

 and ^ in. thick; 1 -seeded fruits only ^ in. broad, obtuse ; calyx-lobes persistent, de- 

 flexed.— Leaves sometimes somewhat obovate, but never so broad as in GrifF. Ic. PI. 

 Asiat. t, 501, which may represent a different species; for Griffith's Patkoye example 

 (from which this t. 501 is supposed to be taken) has leaves 9 by 2 in., exactly 

 parallel-sided. ' ' 



2. S. Grlffithll, Benth. in Gen. PI. ii. 655; leaves lanceolate coriaceous, 

 panicle and calyx glabrous. Sideroxylon sp. 10, Serb. Ind. Or. H.f. Sr T. 



Khasia and Jaintea Mts., alt. 3-5000 ft.; Gri§.th (Kew Distrib. u. 3602); 

 H.f. # T., &c. 



A large tree. Leaves 5 by 1^ in., secondary nerves not prominent, no pits in the 

 axils of the leaves beneath. Inflorescmice nearly as in S. arboreum. Fruit unknown. 

 — Nearly allied to S. arboreum ; the leaves are smaller. 



3. SXDZ:R0XYI.0N, Unn. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, lanceolate elliptic or obovate, exstipulate. Flowers 

 small, in axillary fascicles, subsessile or shortly pedicelled ; pedicels pubescent 

 villous or tomentose. Calyx-segments 5, much imbricated, subequal. Corolla- 

 tube campanulate ; lobes 6, imbricated. Stamens 5 (perfect), attached to the base 

 of the corolla-lobes, filaments short or linear ; anthers ovate or lanceolate ; 

 staminodes 5, lanceolate. Ovary \t11ous, rarely nearly glabrous, 5- (more rarely 

 4-2-) celled ; style cylindric, short or long. Berry ovoid or globose, 5-4- (or 

 3-1-) seeded. Seeds albuminous, usually oblong, much compressed, testa hard, 

 hilum long. — Species 60. tropical, and a few subtropical. 



* Calyx-lobes not acute. Buds obtuse. 



1. S. grandifolium, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey Sf WaU. ii. 348, 

 and Cat. 4155 ; brancUets glabrous, leaves obovate-oblong glabrous, pedicels 

 0-^^ in. minutely pubescent, calyx nearly glabrous. A. DC. Prodr. xai. 178; 

 Kurz For. Fl. ii. 117, and in Joum. As. Soe. 1877, pt. ii. 228. S. regium. 



Wall. Cat. 4156, A. 



SiLHBT ; Wallich. Khasia ; alt. 3000 ft., below Cherra, H. f. ^ T. Pegu ; 

 Wallich. Mahtaban ; Kurz. 



A large tree. Leaves 10 by S\ in., acute, tapering at the base, primary nerves 

 strong beneath ; petiole 1 in. Pedicels densely clustered along the branches below 

 the leaves crowded at their extremities, upon very short spurs. Calyx-lobes ^ in., 

 much imbricated, inner pubescent. Corolla whitish, hardly longer than the calyx. 

 Staminodes lanceolate-linear. Berry {fide Kurz) globular, size of an apple, smooth, 

 yellow then brown, 5-10-seeded. 



2. S. nXaln^ayl, Clarice; brancWets rusty-pubescent, leaves obovate- 

 oblong shortly acute base tapering nearly glabrous, pedicels 0-J in. and calyx 

 closely rusty-pubescent. 



Malacca ; Maingay (n. 993). 



A tree ; leaves crowded towards the end of the branches. Leaves 6 by 2J in., 



