500 OEDBn 11.— SAPOTAOB^. 



15 to 20f high. Prof. Pond describes one on the Ogeeohee R., 46f high, trunk 

 18' diam. Mr. Buckley one in N. Car., whose trunk measured llf in circumfer- 

 ence. Lvs. quite large (4 to 6 or 1' by 2 to 3'). Pis. in clusters of .S- to 6, on 

 ped. 1 to 2' long. The 2-winged pods are near 2' long. It begins to bloom sev- 

 eral weeks later than No, 1 . Apr. (H. parviflora lix. 1) 



Okdbr LXXVI. EBENACE^. Ebonads. 



7V«es or shrubs without milky juice and with' a heavy wood. Leaves alternate, 

 cxstipulate, coriaceous, entire. Iniloroacenco axillary. Flowers by abortion dioeci- 

 ous seldom perfect. Cal. free, 3 to 6-cleft, divisions nearly equal, persistent. Cor- 

 olla regular 3 to 6-cleft, often pubescent, imbricate in oastivation. Stamens twicfe or 

 i times as many as the lobes of the corolla. Fr. a fleshy, oval or globous berry. 

 Seeds large, suspended, albuminous. 



Genera 10, species 160, mostly native of the Indies and tlie tropic.^, ono only being found (U 

 far Nortli jis N, Y. 



Properiiea. — Diospyrns is remarlcublo for the hardness and darlt calor of the wood. Ebony ia 

 the wood of D. Kbenus, Ebenaster, and other species, natives of Africa. Tlio fniit of the species 

 below is eatable when fully ripe, althuugli extremely bitter and astringent before maturity. 

 The bark is eminently febrifugal and astringent. 



DIOSPY'ROS, Dalesch. Persimmon. FIs. $> ? . Cal. 4— 6-lobed ; 

 cor. tubular or campanulate, 4 — 6-cloft, conyokitc in sestivation. 3 

 Sta. 8 — 50, mostly 10 ; fil. shorter than the anthers ; ova. abortive ; sty. 

 0. $ Sta. mostl}^ 8, without anthers ; sty. 2 — 4-cleft ; berry ovoid or 

 globous, 4 — 12- mostly 8-ccllod, cells 1-seeded. — A large genus of 

 shrubs or trees, mostly tropical. 



D. Virginiana L. Lvs. elliptic, abruptly acuminate, entire, smooth, petioles, veins 

 and margins puberulent ; rac. axiUary, li to 1-flowered, pedicels shorter than tha 

 flowers; cal. 4-parted f stam. 8. — In woods, lat. 42° to Fla. and La., frequent A 

 shrub or small tree at the North, a tree of large dimensions South and West 

 Leaves 3 — 5' long, entire, glaucous beneath. Flowers obscure, pale greenish- 

 yellow, the fertile ones succeeded by a round, orange-red fruit as large as tie gar- 

 den plum, and containing 6 — S stony seeds. They are rendered sweet and palata- 

 ble by the frost. Bark tonic and astringent. Jn. 



Okder LXXVII. SAPOTACE^. Soapworts. 



Trees or slirvhs, mostly with a milky juice, and simple, entire leaves. Flowers 

 small, regular, perfect, mostly in axillary clusters. Oalyx free, persistent. Corolla 

 hypogyuous, short, stamen? usually as many as its lobes and opposite 'o them, in- 

 Eerted into its tube along with one or more rows of appendages. Anthers extrorse. 

 Ovary 4 to 12-celled, v/ith a single anatropous ovule in each cell. Seeds largo, 

 <]sually albuminous. 



Genera 21, species 212, chiefly tropical. 



Valuable for their succulent fruit, as the in.armalade, star-apple, etc., for their febrifugal bark, 

 same s])ccies of Achrus being used as .'i substitute for Cinchona, and their gum resins, as the 

 Gutta-Percha obtained from the tree Isonandra Gutta. 



BUME^LIA, Swarts. (The Greek name of the Ash.) Calyx 5-parted 

 corolla 5-cleft, with a row of 10 narrov? appendages on the edges of 

 the lobes ; stamens 5, opposite the lobes, alternate with 5 petaloid, ster- 

 ile stamens ; ovary 5-celled ; style filiform ; drupe ellipsoid, 1-seeded. 

 — Shrubs and trees, with a very hard, firm wood. Branchlets often 

 changed to spines. Lvs. entire, of a firm texture. FIs. aggregated 

 with the lvs. from buds of the preceding year, white or greenish. Our 

 species are all more or less spiny. 



* Leaves hairy beneath Kos. 1, 2. ** I..©ave3 glabrous both sides NosL 3, 4 



