108 ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE SAPOTA AND ZAPOTILLA PLUMS. 
with these segments, and nearly equal to them in size and shape,) are six scales, 
abortive stamens, often notched at the point. Perfect stamens six. Filaments 
short, curved upwards. Anthers ovate-oblong, opening with a longitudinal fissure at 
the sides of the cells. Pistil : Germen suhglobose, densely hairy. Style exserted. 
Stigma obtuse, obscurely lohed. Berry as large as a moderately-sized apple, often 
tipped with the persistent style, of a dirty brown colour, mottled and spotted with 
a deeper hue, having at the base the reflexed segments of the calyx ; eight to ten- 
celled, many of the cells frequently abortive. In the inner angle of the cells is a 
solitary, rather large, laterally compressed, glossy, blackish-brown seed, having at 
the inner angle a long, pale, linear scar ; the lower extremity is frequently recurved. 
Albumen white, fleshy, with the flattened embryo in the centre ; the radicle pointing 
downwards.— W. Hooker, in Bot, Mag., 3111, 3112. 
a Branch of Achras Sapota showing the mode of in- I d Section of the full-grown fruit to show the seeds ; i 
florescence. half the natural size. 
b A detached flower ; the natural size. e Appearance of the fruit when fully matured ; half ,i, 
c The fruit in a young state ; natural size. | the natural size. | 
It belongs to the Natural Order Sajjotacew or Sapotads of Lindley’s “ Vegetable | 
Kingdom;” and is a native of both the West Indies and South America, being 
