CHAP. LXXIIL 



SAPOTA CEJL. BVMK LI A. 



1193 



& * 1. B. LycioVdes GcBrtn. The Box-thorn-like Bumelia. 



Identification. Gasrtn. fil. Carp., 3. p. 127. 1. 120. ; Pers. Ench., 1. p. 2:37. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 30. 

 Synonymes. Sideroxylon /ycioldes Z)m Ham. Arb.,2. p. 260. t. 68., mild. Sp., 1. p. 1090., Ait. Hort. 



Kew., ed. 2., vol. 2. p. 12., Pursh Ft. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 155. ; S. laTve Walt. Fl. Carol., p. 100. 



Lycioides Sp. Lin. Hort. Cliff., p. 488. 

 Engravings. Gjertn. Fil. Carp., 3. p. 127. t. 120. ; Du Ham. 2. p. 260. t. 68. ; and our fig. 1016. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Spiny. Leaves broad-lanceolate, blunt- 

 ish, tapering to the base, glabrous. Flowers in axil- 

 lary fascicles. Spines subulate. Leaves 2 in. long, 

 deciduous, a little silky while young. Flowers greenish 

 white. Segments of corolla ? trifid : perhaps from 

 the two scales inside each segment. (Don's Mill., iv. 

 p. 30.) A shrub, a native of Carolina, found in 

 shady woods, where it grows to the height of 8 ft. or 

 10 ft., flowering in August. It was introduced in 

 1758, and is not unfrequent in London collections. 

 There are vigorous-growing plants in the Horticultural 

 Society's Garden, as standards; and in the Botanic Gar- 

 den at Kew, and in Messrs Loddiges's arboretum, against 

 walls. In the Horticultural Society's Garden, the dis- 

 tinction between Argdnia and 2?umelia is very obvious • 

 but that between bumelia /ycioides and B. tenax i s 

 much less so ; as may be seen by the plants at Messrs. Loddiges's at Kew 

 and in the Horticultural Society's Garden. Price of plants in the Lon- 

 don nurseries, 2s. 6d. each; and of the seeds, I*, per ounce. 



1016 



a& 2. B. reclina^ta Vent. 



The rec\inate-b ranched Bumelia. 



Don's Mill., 4. p. 30. 



Identification. Vent. Choix, t. 22. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 155. 

 Synonyme. Sider6xylon reclinatum Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 122. 

 Spec. Char., Sfc. Spiny, bushy, diffusely reclinate. Leaves small, obovate, quite smooth. Flowers 



in axillary fascicles. Young branches terminated by a long spine. Leaves alternate, or in fascicles. 



Flowers small, white. Corolla and scales serrated. Sterile filaments subulate, entire. Drupe ovate. 



(Don's Mill., iv. p. 30.) According to Pursh, a small straggling shrub, a native of Georgia, on the 



banks of rivers, where it grows 3 ft. or 4 ft. high, flowering in January. It was introduced in 



1806, but we have not seen the plant. 



*t 3. B. te v nax Willd. The tough-branched Bumelia. 



Identification. Willd. Sp, 1. 1085. ; Enum., p. 248. ; Don's Mill., 4. 30. 



Synonymes. B. chrysophvlloldes Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 155. ; Sideroxylon tenax Lin. Mant., 

 p. 48., Jacq. Coll., 2. p. 252., Lam. Diet, 1. p. 245. ; S. sericeum Walt. Fl. Car., p. 100. ; S. chry- 

 sophylldldes Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 123. ; ChrysophyUlum carolinense Jacq. Obs.,3. p. 3. t. 54. ; 

 C. glabrum Juss. 



Engravings. Jacq. Obs., 3. t. 54.; and our fig. 1017. 



Sjiec. Char., fyc. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, of a 1017 



rusty silvery colour beneath, silky. Flowers in 

 axillary fascicles. Branches very tough. Bark 

 white. Leaves deciduous. Calycine and corol- 

 line segments ovate obtuse. Segments of nectary 

 trifid. Stamens the length of corolla. Drupe oval. 

 Flowers white. (Don's Mill., iv. p. 30.) A tree, a 

 native of Carolina, in dry situations, where it grows 

 to the height of 20 ft., flowering in July and 

 August. It was introduced in 1765, and is occa- 

 sionally met with in collections. There is a plant 

 in the Horticultural Society's Garden 7 ft. high, as 

 a standard ; and one 10 ft. high in Messrs. Lod- 

 diges's, against a wall. The latter stands close 

 to a plant of bumelia /ycioides ; and, if they are correctly named, we should 

 have no hesitation in giving it as our opinion that they are not specifically 

 distinct. A plant, named bumelia sericea, against the wall of the Horti- 

 cultural Society's Garden, where it has stood between three and four years, 

 appears to be of this species. 



