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and ovary present tlie same characters as Myrsineee ; the fruit is a curved 1-seeded (by arrest) follicle. 

 The seed is upright, and germinates in the pericarp j its membranous integument tears during germination 

 and caps the cotyledonary end. The embryo, as in many aquatic plants, is exalbuminous j the cotyledons 

 form a cylindrical tube, and the radicle is inferior. 



CXXXVII SAPOTE^, 



(Sapot^j Jussim, — Sapote^, Br, — Sapotace^, EndL) 



Trees or shrubs with, milky juice. Leaves alternate, entire, coriaceous, 

 exstipulate. Flowers 5 , axillary. Calyx 4-8-partite. Corolla monopetalous, 



Sideroxylon. 



Transvei-se section 



of ovary. 



Achras Sapoia, 



Transverse section 



of seed. 



Sideroxylon, 

 Flower cut vertically, showing the 

 stamens opposite to the lobes of Sideroxylon. 

 the corolla (fflag.)- Ovule. 



Argania. 



Fruit cut transversely to 



show the different parts of the 



pericarp, kernel and seed. 



Argania, 



Kernel formed by 



the cohesion of 



2 seeds. 



Achras Sapoia, 

 Vertical section of fruit, showing 

 the seeds with a bony integument. 



Achras Sapota. 



Seed, entire and cut vertically 



(mag,). 



Argania. 

 Drupaceous fruit, 

 2-3-celled by abortion. 



hypogynous, regular, [4-8- lobed, sestivation imbricate, sometimes in two series] . 

 Stamens inserted on the corolla, the fertile equalling in number the corolla-lobes, 

 and opposite to them, or more numerous, 2- (or more) seriate, sometimes with alter- 

 nating staminodes ; cmthers usually extrorse, [dehiscence longitudinal]. Ovart many- 

 celled ; style conical or cylindric ; stigma acute or capitellate ; ovules solitary in the 



