458 Account of the Edible Fruits of Sierra Leone. 



to be large and showy. The leaves are entire, lanceolate and 

 coriaceous. The plant seems impatient of cultivation in this 

 country, for those which were raised in the Society's Garden 

 in 1822, from seeds sent home by Mr. Don, have not lived. 

 It was not observed* in the expedition to the Congo under 

 Captain Tuckey. 



The generic name is derived from the disposition of the 

 stamina of the flower, which are united into five distinct 

 bundles ; the specific name from the quality of the fruit. 



Chrysophyllum. Linnceus. 



L.ONG-LEAVED STAR APPLE. CHRYSOPHYLLUM MACRO- 

 PHYLLUM. 



This is a very tall tree, producing valuable wood, and grow- 

 ing both in the low lands and mountains, and particularly 

 amongst thickets in the latter. Its leaves are very long and 

 lanceolate, with a ferruginous tinge underneath. The fruit 

 was not ripe during the time Mr. Don was resident in the 

 colony, but he learned that it was in request. 



Obovate-leaved Star Apple. Chrysophyllum obovatum. 



This species of Star Apple is a small spreading tree, 

 which does not exceed thirty feet in heighth ; and has mode- 

 rate sized obovate entire leaves, silvery white underneath. 

 It grows only in the mountains. The fruit, which was tasted 

 by Mr. Don, is of the size of a moderate Apple, with a sharp 

 apex, much inferior in flavour to the Star Apple (Chryso- 

 phyllum Cainito), of the West Indies, but yet agreeable. 



The Cainito of AFZELiusf is referable to one of the above 

 Star Apples, possibly to the first. 



* See Beown on the Congo plants, page 474. 

 f See Afzelius's Report, page 288. 



