538 Lxxxix. SAPOTACEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Sideroxylon. 



green, acute, shortly-acuminate, rhomboid at the base, primary nerves 12—15 on each 

 side ; petiole ^ in. Calyx-lobes ^ in., oblong-lanceolate, villous. Corolla J in. and 

 upwards, segments acute, nearly glabrous. . Stamens and staminodes as in S. tomen- 

 tosum. Fruit (unripe) 1 by ^ in., acute upwards, glabrescent. — This has been 

 supposed a var. of 8. tomentosum, but the leaves are always acute; none of the 

 mimerous examples are spinescent. 



7. S. tomentosum, Roxh. Cm. PI. 28, t. 28, and Fl. Ind. i. 602 ; leaves 

 elliptic or obovate not acute coriaceous, matm'e glabrous or tomentose beneath, 

 pedicels \ in. and calyx densely f olvous-woolly. Wall. Cat. 4153, chiefly ; GraJi. 

 Cat. Bmnh. PI. 1057: Eurz For. Fl. ii. ll6, and in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, 

 pt. ii. 228. 8. armatiim, Hath Nov. Sp. 138 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soe. 1877, 

 pt. ii. 228. Sapota tomentosa, A. DC. Prodr. Tiii. 176; -Dafe. <§• Gibs. Bmiib. 

 Fl. 139. S. armata, A. DC. I. c. 176. S. elengoides. A. DC. I.e. 177 ; Wight 

 Ic. t. 1218. Achras tomentosa, Bedd. For. Man. 142. A. elengoides, Bedd. 

 Fl. iSi/lv. t. 235. 



Mts. of Maxabar and Ceyxon ; from the Coccan southwards ; common. Pegu and 

 Maetaban {fide Kurz). 



A small or moderate-sized tree; branchlets woolly. Leaves li-4| by |— 2 in.; 

 tips obtuse or triangnlar, base cuneate, primary nerves 10-12 on each side ; petiole 

 1 in. Calyx-lobes J in., oblong-lanceolate, woolly. Corolla ^ in. and upwards, seg- 

 ments acute, nearly glabrous. Anthers oblong-lanceolate, exserted ; staminodes linear- 

 lanceolate. Serry |-1 by ^-f in., ultimately smooth, yellow, 5-4- (or 3-1-) seeded. 



IMPERFECTLY KNOWN SPECTES. 



8. S. ? Gambiei, Clarke ■ leaves elliptic acute, friiit IJ by f in. ellipsoid narrowed 

 upwards 1-seeded. Chiysophyllum sp.. Gamble ms. 



SiKKjM ; Eungbee, alt. 5000 ft., Gamble. 



A tree; shoots minutely rusty- villous. Leaves 7J by 2i in., acuminate, base 

 rhomboid or broadly cuneate, mature glabrous, glossy beneath ; primary nerves 

 10-12 on each side, much raised beneath, secondary obscure; petiole 1 in. Pedicels 

 axillary, fascicled, in fruit ^ in.' Calyx-lobes 5, (in fruit) ^ in., ovate, obtuse, 

 minutely villous, deflexed. Corolla not seen. Fruit smooth, symmetric; exocarp 

 fleshy, small; endocarp, firm, rather thick, sinuously grooved without. Seed 

 conform to the fruit, albumen fleshy, a deep black-blue; embryo small. — ^Almost 

 certainly belonging to this order; but the genus (while flowers are unknown) is 

 doubtful. 



4. XSONANDRA, Wight. 



Tree."!. Leaves alternate, petioled, coriaceous, glabrous, primary nerves dis- 

 tinct. Flowers small, rusty or -villous, in axillary clusters, subsessile or shortly 

 pedicelled. Calyx-segments 4, subequal, imbricated. Corolla deeply 4-lobed, 

 somewhat longer than the calyx. Stamens 8, all perfect, attached near the base 

 of the corolla, filaments short; anthers oblong-lanceolate, base sagittate; 

 staminodes 0. Ovary -villous, 4-celled ; style linear. Berry ellipsoid, usually 

 1-seeded, flattened, smooth ; pericarp crustaceous. Testa hard shining, hilum 

 lateral, albumen fleshy; embryo laij;e, cotyledons eUiptio flat. — Species 6, 

 in South India and Ceylon ; 1 in the Sand-svich Islands. 



In the opinion of Thwaites and Beddome, who are well acquainted -with this 

 genus in the field, all the Indian species of Wight and A. DC. are varieties of one. 



1. I. vUIosa, Wight Ic. t. 360 ; leaves broadly elliptic rounded at both 

 ends glabrous, secondary nerves closely reticulated, flo-wers sessile on very short 

 thick lateral spurs. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 188. 



South Deccan ; Quilon, Wight. 



jpramhes thick, obscurely rusty, scarcely pubescent at the tips. Leaves 2| by If 

 in., young glabrous, primary nerves 1 in. apart; petiole ^ in., minutely rusty. 



