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XI3IEXIA 



XY LOS-MA 



XIM1&NIA (Francis Xiniout.-s, Spanish monk, wrote 

 III! plants of Mexico in 1G15). O/acarec. Hert- beloii;:-- 

 the Hog Plum, a tropical fruit of minor importanct- 

 which grows wild throughout the tropics, aud in the 

 U. S. is native to Florida south of Tampa Buy. 'J'lie 

 fruit is about an inch long, sliaped lils:e a plum, aud the 

 pulp is sweet and aromatic. The ''stone " whi('h inclnse.s 

 the seed is proportionately very large. The fruit is 

 l)orne on a small tree, each branch of which ends in a 

 tiiorn about K in. long. The fruits are generally eaten, 

 hut although it is fairly common in Fla. it is not culti- 

 vated. The species has been siiggested by the AnuTi- 

 can Pomoh;igical Society as worthy of cultivation with a 

 view to improvement. 



Ximenia is a genus of 8 spe'di-s of tro[iii'al shruhs or 

 trees, often thorny: Ivs. altrrniitp, fniii-'-. often clus- 

 ti-rc<l : t]A. whitisli. in short axillary cynirs or vatvly soli- 

 tary; calyx small, 4 -toothed ; pt.-tals 1, united at tlie 



base, villous within; stamens K: ovary 4-Ioculed; lo- 

 cuh.-s ;;-4-<.)\-uh-d : drupe Ijaccate, not inclosed in the 

 calyx. 



Americana, Linn. Ibx; Plum. Also called Mountain 

 <u- Seaside l*Iuin and False Sandalwood; "Wild Olive" 

 in -lamaica. Tropical fruit-bearing tree described above. 

 Lvs. '2-3 together, oblong, obtuse, t:hort-petioled: pe- 

 duncles 2— i-dd., shorter than the lvs.: fls. small, yel- 

 low; petals thick, lanceolate, rusty-hairy within": fr. 

 yellow; nut white, giol)ose. Tropics.— The "Hog Plum " 



of Jamaica is >Si>o)uli(i!> /idea. 



W. M. 



XYLOSMA longiJolium has been offered in south- 

 ern Florida, but no plants have lieen sold aud the stock 

 has hitely been destroyed, as there seems to be no rea- 

 son for cultivating the plant. It is a bush from the 

 Hinudayas and belongs to the family Bixaceae. See 

 f^lora of British India. 



2760. Yucca arborescens. the tree Yucca, or "Yucca palm," of the Mojave region. 



