SAPOTACEiE. (SAPODILLA FAMILY.) 275 



Berry ovoid, 1 -seeded. Albumen none. — Spiny shrubs, with hard wood. 

 Leaves deciduous, oblong, nan-owed into a petiole. Flowers clustered, white or 

 greenish. 



1. B. lyeioides, Gsert. Leaves obovate-oblong, smooth on both surfaces ; 

 clusters many-flowered, smooth ; pedicels twice as long as the flower, rather 

 shorter than the petioles; corolla nearly twice the length of the calyx. — 

 Kiver-banks, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. June and July. — 

 A large shrub or small tree. Leaves 2' -4' long. Flowers greenish. Berry 

 ovoid. 



2. B. tenax, WiUd. Leaves oblanceolate or obovate-oblong, thin, the 

 lower surface, like the branchlets and many-flowered clusters, covered with silky 

 brown hairs ; pedicels three times as long as the flower, shorter than the petioles ; 

 corolla white, barely longer than the calyx. — Dry soil. South Carolina, and 

 westward ; not common. — Leaves 1 J'- 2^' long. Berry oval. 



3. B. lanuginosa, Pers. Leaves obovate-oblong or obovate, coriaceous, 

 the lower surface, like the branchlets and many-flowered clusters, covered with a 

 dense rusty villous pubescence ; corolla white, twice as long as the calyx. — Dry 

 sandy soil, Florida to South Carolina, and westward. June and July. — A 

 shrub or small tree. Leaves 2' -3' long. Berry small, ovoid. 



4. B. reclinata, Vent. Smooth ; branches difi^use ; leaves obovate, often 

 emarginate; clusters few-flowered. — Varies with the branchlets, leaves, and 

 clusters sprinkled with appressed silky fulvous hairs; flowers smaller. — Eiver- 

 banks, Florida to South Carolina. June and July. — Shrub 3° -4° high. 

 Leaves 1'- 2' long. Flowers white. Berry globose. 



5. B. parvifolia, A. DC. Smooth throughout; lateral branches short 

 and spine-like ; leaves small, coriaceous, lanceolate-spatulate or oblong-obovate, 

 obtuse, clustered ; flowers few in a cluster, on short pedicels ; calyx-lobes ovate, 

 obtuse, the two outer ones smaller; corolla yellowish-white; berry large, oblong. 

 (B. angustifolia, Nutt.) — South Florida. — A small tree. Leaves 1' long. 

 Berry 3" - 4" long. 



4. MIMUSOPS, L. 



Calyx 6 - 8-parted ; the lobes in two rows. Corolla 6 - 8-cleft, with 2 appen- 

 dages between the lobes. Stamens 6-8, with as many 2-lobed sterile ones inter- 

 posed. Ovary 6 -8-ceIIed, hirsute. Berry globose, 1-2-celled. Albumen 

 fleshy. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves coriaceous, clustered at the summit of the 

 branches. Flowers axillary, white. 



1. M. Sieberi, A. DC. Branches short, thick, tubercular; leaves rigid, 

 smooth, oblong, emarginate at the apex, obtuse at the base, on stout petioles; 

 pedicels as long as the petiole, recurved ; calyx-lobes coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, 

 pubescent, as long as the corolla. — South Florida. — Leaves 2' -3' long; the 

 midrib stout, the lateral veins obscure. 



