SAPOTE^. 399 



Sect. ]. MiCEOPHOLis.— Cffi/yar 5-pariHe. Anthers ovoid or deltoid, laterally dehiscent: 

 appendages of the corolla minute, linear, incurved. Scar as long as the seed. — Leaves 

 shining, striated with deKoate transverse veins. 



5. S. rugosa, Gr. Branchlets and pedicels slightly sericeons ; leaves polished, ohlong 

 or elliptical, shortly pointleted with a bluntish point, glabrous ; pedicels fascicled ; calyx 

 sericeous: segments ovate^ bluntish ; coroUa 5-fid to the middle, shortly exserted; anthers 

 ovoid, equalling the appendages ; berry globose, hard, rongh, 4-celled.— Chrysophyllum, fiw. / 

 Sideroxylon, iS.iS. Sid. pomiforme, A.DC: ex descr. — A tree ; leaves resembling Calo- 

 ph/llum,i"-&< long: petiole 6"'-8"', pedicels B"'-6"', calyx 1'" long; berry 1" diam.— 

 Hab. Jamaica I, Sw., Pd., M'Nai, in mountain-woods; Manchester. 



Sect. 2. AoHKAS, A. DC. — Calyx &-leaved, 2-serial. Anthers sagittate-lanceolate, laterally 

 dehiscent, exceeded by the appendages of the corolla. Sear shorter than the seed. — 

 Leaves striated with distant, transverse, inconspicuous veins; pedicels single in the axils; 



6. S. Achras, ifcR;^. Branchlets, pedicels, and petioles rusty-pubescent ; fcaue* lanceo- 

 late-oblong, with a bluntish point at both ends, concolor, glabrous ; pedicels as long as the . 

 petiole, single, but approximate at the leafy top of the branches ; sepals ovate, bluntish, / 

 rusty-pubescent, 3 interior coloured ; corolla scarcely exserted ; berry large, globose or 

 ovoid, fleshy, S-W{-\%)-velled.—Sl. t. 230; Br. Jam. t. 19./. 3; Jacq.Amer. Pict. t.6Q; 

 Tuss. PI. 1. t.5 ; Sesc. PL 4. t. 259.— Achras Sapota, L.—k tree ; leaves 3"-4", petioles 

 8"'-12"', whitish corolla 5'" long ; berry hard-coated, brownish-yellow, usually B" diam. : 

 seed black, 1" long. The Sapodilla of the Bahamas (Catesb. Carol. 2. t. 87), with trans- 

 versely ovoid hemes, is said to be a variety. — Hab. Trinidad I, Lockh., Sch. ; generally culti- 

 vated in Jamaica !, all coll., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Mexico! to Gruiana ! ; cultivated in all 

 tropical countries]. 



7. S. Sideroxylon, Gr. Branches, pedicels, and petioles sMghtly greyish-puberulous ; 

 leaves oblong or lanceolate-oblong, blunt or bluntish at both ends, glabrous above, paler and 

 glabrate beneath ; pedicels as long as the petiole, single, but approximate at the leafy top of 

 the -branches ; sepals ovate, bluntish, pubertilous ; berry hard, small globose, ^-celled. — 

 SI. t. 169, /. 3. — Achras, Hook. Paris Exhibition, p. 63. A. Sapota, ^, L. Generally the 

 tallest of all the trees in the woods of Jamaica (P. Br), usually confounded with the pre- 

 ceding, but the leaves larger, 6"-4i" (8"-3") long, usually rounded at both ends, the young 

 silvery-puberuloUs beneath, calyx 3'" long, berry 6'" diam., mucronate, seeds 3"'-4"' long. — 

 Ha6. Jamaica!, M'Nab, March, in the woods of the lowlands and the mountains; Ijer- 

 haps Key- West: for NuttaU observes of his Siigooto-specimen from that island, "fruit a 

 round ball, brown, as large as a marble "]. 



3. SIDEROXYLON, L. 



Calyx 5-leaved or 5-partite, imbricative. Corolla rotate, 5-partite or 5-fid. Stamens 

 opposite the corolla-divisions, alternating with uniserial appendages : anthers usually extrorse. 

 Ovary 6(-2)-celled : ovules ascending. Seeds albuminous, with a small, roundish scar : albu- 

 men thick, cartilaginous. — Leaves reticulated-veiny and chartaceous in the West Indian 

 species. 



8. S. mastichodendron, Jacq. Glabrous ; leaves oval, or ovate-oblong, rounded or 

 bluntish at the top, undulate, long-petioled ; pedicels fascicled, usually lateral, 2-4 times 

 shorter than the petiole ; calyx 5-leav«d, puberulous, half as long as the 5-partite corolla ; 

 ^laments as long as the lanceolate, subentire appendages, half as long as the obovate corolla- 

 segments: anthers ovoid-oblong; ovary 5-celleds berry ovoid, 1-seeded. — Catesb. 2. A 75 : a 

 form with long, bluntish leaves ; Jacq. Coll. 2. t. 17./. 5 : anatyt.—BxaaAia. pallida, Sw. ! 

 Sideroxylon, ^reng.—A tree; leaves variable, 4"-2"(-8") long ; pedicels 3'", yellow corolla 

 2"', berry 8"'-10"' long. — Hab". Bahamas {Catesb.) ; Jamaica !, Sw., Al., Wullschl., in the 

 lowlands; Antigua !, iWc/^o/*. ; [Cuba !, Haiti I, Guadeloupe !]. 



9. S. floribundum, Gr. (». sp.). Glabrous; leaves ovate-oblong, with a bluntish 

 point, undulate-repand, long-petioled ; pedicels densely fascicled, lateral, 3-;-4 times shorter 

 than the petiole ; calyx 5-lobed, glabrous, one-third as long as tlie h-partite corolla; fila- 

 ments much longer than the subulate, Z-i-U, keeled appendages, as long as the roundish 



