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64. SAPOTACEiE. 



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Ordeh 54, SAPOTACE-a:. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate^ coriaceous, simple ; stipules 

 or very caducous. Flowers axillary, solitary or clustered ; bracts small 

 or 0. Calyx-lobes 4-8, 2-3-seriate, the outer series valvate, when 4, 

 decussate, imbricate when 5 ; 2-3 exterior imbricate. Corolla-lobes 

 as many or twice as many as calyx-segments, imbricate in bud. 

 Stamens on the corolla-tube as many as the corolla-lobes and opposite 

 to them or 2-3-times as many, 1-3-seriate, filaments short, connective 

 often produced, staminodes when present, alternating with the sta- 

 mens. Ovary superior, 2-8-celled ; style linear, stigma a point, cells 

 1-ovuled ; ovule usually attached to the inner angle. Fruit a drupe 

 or berry, usually indehiscent, 1-8-seeded. Seeds ellipsoid, testa bony 

 or crustaceous. Albumen fleshy, or oily, or 0, 



Calyx-lo"bes l-seriate, imbricated. Stamens 5-6. 

 Leaves with numerous, close set, parallel, prominent 



nerves. Staminodes ,., 1. Chrtsophyliijm. 



Leaf nerves not close set, Staminodes 5 «.. ... 2, Sideroxylon. 

 Calyx- lobed 2- seriate, outer valvate. Stamens 6, 



numerous. 

 Calyx-segments 4. 



Corolla deeply 4i-lobed. Stamens 8, no staminodes... 3. Isonandra.. 



Corolla 6-121-obed. Stamens 16-20, no staminodes... 4. Bassia. 

 Calyx-segments 6-8. 



Corolla-lobes 6. Stamens 12-18, no staminodes ... 6. DichopSiS. 

 Corolla-lobes 18-24, in several series. Stamens 6-8, 



staminodes as many as stamens 6. Mimfsops. 



1. CHRYSOPHYLLUM, Linn. 



Trees. Leaves coriaceous, exstipulate. Flowers small, in axillary 

 fascicles. Calyx-lobes 5-6, entire, imbricate. Corolla-lobes 5-6, entire, 

 imbricate. Stamens 5-6; staminodes 0. Ovary 5-6 -celled, villous ; 

 style cylindric. Berry fleshy, globose. Seeds 5-6 ; hilum elongate ; 

 albumen copious or scanty. 



C. Roxburghii, G. Don. Gen. Syst. IV. 33; Fl. Br. I. 3. 536; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 139 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 236. Hale, bohly, K. ; 

 Tursijphul, dongrimapJiulf Yern. The Star Apple. 



Bengal, Burma, Western ghats and Ceylon. In the evergreen forests 

 of the Konkan and North Kdnara, common. Fl. Apl.-May. Fr. Nov. - 

 Dec. Fruit edible. Wood white, close-grained, moderately hard. Pores 

 small, in radial lines. Medullary rays very fine and indistinct. Weighs 

 about 40 lbs. to the cub. ft. Used for building purposes. 



2. SIDEROXYLON, Linn. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, exstipulate. Flowers small, in axillary 

 fascicles, shortly pedicelled ; pedicels pubescent or tomentose. Calyx- 

 segments 5, much imbricated, subequal. Corolla-tube campanulate, 



