622 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
of Styrax grandifolium, with which, as it does not frequently flower ina 
young state, it is generally confounded in nurseries. 
Orpver XLVI. SAPOTACEZ. 
Orv, CHak. Calyx regular, persistent. Corolla of as many lobes as there 
are divisions in the calyx, rarely double or triple that number, deciduous. 
Stamens epipetalous, distinct, definite; fertile ones equal in number to the 
segments of the calyx, alternating with the segments of the corolla ; sterile 
ones, when present, alternating with the fertile ones. Ovariwm many-celled. 
Cells 1-seeded. Berry many-celled, or only I-celled by abortion. Seeds 
nucamentaceous. Testa bony, scraped in front. Albumen fleshy. (G. Don.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous or evergreen ; quite 
entire, coriaceous. Flowers axillary.— Shrubs or low trees ; natives of Africa 
and America. The genera are two, and in Pritish gardens they require a wall. 
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ArcaA’niA. Calyx 10-parted. Corolla 5-cleft. Drupe containing a 2—:- 
celled nut. 
Boume‘ua. Calyx and Corolla 5-parted. Stamens 10. Berry 1-seeded 
Genus I. 
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La 
ARGANIA Reem. et Schultes. Tue Arcanta. Lin. Syst. Pentandria 
Monog fnia. 
Identification. Roem. et Schultes Syst., 46, ; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 27. 
Synonymes. Sideréxylon spindsum Lin. ; 1’Argan, Fr. ; Eisenholz, Ger, 
Derivation. From argan, the aboriginal name of the tree. 
Gen. Char., §c. Calyx 5—10-cleft: the leaflets, or rather scales, roundish, 
concave, disposed in a double series. Corolla cup-shaped, 5-parted, with 
ovate-lanceolate subemarginate segments ; having 5 petal-like linear-subulate 
segments adhering to the base of the corolla, and alternating with its 
segments. Stamens 5, filiform, length of corolla, and adnate to its base. 
Anthers incumbent, ovate, keeled on the back. Ovarium conical, hairy. 
Style glabrous, length of stamens. Stigma simple. Drupe ovate, terminated 
by the style, 2—3-celled. Cells 1-seeded. Seeds hard, smooth, having a 
longitudinal furrow inside. (Don's Mill.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, sub-ever- 
green; entire. Flowers lateral, axillary, scattered 
or crowded, sessile. Corolla greenish yellow. 
Fruit dotted with white, size of a plum, full of 
white milky juice. — Tree or large shrub, sub- 
evergreen ; native of Morocco, and somewhat 
tender in British gardens. 
£m 1, A, SIDERO’XYLON Reem. et Schultes. The 
Iron-wood Argania. 
Tuntineation. Reem. et Schultes Syst., 4. p. 502.; Don’s Mill., 
. p 28. 
Synonymes. Sideréxylon spindsum Lin. Sp. p. 279. ; Eleodén- 
dron Argan Retz. Obs. 6. p. 26.; Mh4amnus pentaphYllus 
Jacq. et Boccone, Schousb. Mar. p.89.; RhAmaus siculus Lin. 
Syst. 3. p. 227. 
Engravings. Comm. Hort., t. 83.; and our fig. 1208. 
Spec. Char., §c. An evergreen tree of middle size, 
with a bushy head. Branches terminated by 
strong spines. Leaves lanceolate, entire, bluntish, 1208, A. Sideroxylun. 
