SAP0TACEJ3. 
194 
[5 'ideroxylon. 
a small apple, with a thick fleshy pericarp. Seed depresso-globose, 
1J in. thick Calvaria major, Gcertn. Carp. t. 200. 
Mauritius, in the forests of Moka and Grand Bassin. A plant gathered by Dr. 
Balfour in Rodriguez on the banks of the Riviere Baleine agrees with this in habit 
and leaf, hut the specimens are without either flower or fruit. 
5. S. Lessertii, Balcer. An unarmed tree with thick rugose 
branches. Leaves crowded near the end of the branches, obovate- 
oblong, 2-2 \ in. long, coriaceous, glabrous, retuse or emarginate, nar- 
rowed to the base; petiole f— f- in. long, minutely puberulent. Flowers 
1-3 together in the axils of the leaves on pedicels shorter than the 
petiole. Sepals 5-6, silky on the outside. Corolla glabrous, twice as 
long as the calyx. Ovary globose, silky, 5-6-celled. Sapota Lessertii, 
A. DC. Prod. viii. 174. 
Mauritius. Described from a specimen in the Delessert herbarium at Geneva. 
The Capuein of the Seychelles (Horne, 539) is probably a sixth unnamed species 
of this genus, hut I have not seen flowers. It is a tree 50-60 feet high, with very 
stout conspicuously nodose branchlets, stout flattened petioles in. long, oblong 
obtuse very thick coriaceous leaves 5-9 inches long glabrous and shining above, 
ferrugineo-puberulent below, with many close distinct veins (not more than T l * * 4 ¥ in. 
apart) spreading from the costa nearly at a right angle and remaining visible to the 
edge. 
3. MIMUSOPS, Linn. 
Calyx-lobes 6-8, biseriate, the outer ones valvate, coriaceous. Corolla- 
tube short; divisions 18-24, all entire, biseriate. Fertile stamens 
6-8 ; filaments short ; anthers lanceolate, acute ; staminodia 6-8, 
petaloid, alternate with the stamens. Ovary hairy, 6-8-celled ; style 
simple. Drupe globose or elliptical, usually by abortion 1-2-celled 
and 1-2-seeded. — Trees, with coriaceous entire leaves and axillary fas- 
cicled flowers. Distbib. Tropics of both hemispheres. Species 30. 
1. M. Erythryoxylon, Bojer , Hort. Maur. 198 (name only). A tree 
with stout rugose branchlets. Leaves obovate-oblong, retuse, coria- 
ceous, l|-3 in. by 1-li in., rufo-sericeous below when young ; petiole 
f in. long. Pedicels 1-3-nate, shorter than the calyx. Sepals 8, 
the outer 4 silky on the outside. Corolla slightly exceeding the calyx, 
the divisions linear, the inner row rather broader. Fertile stamens 8. 
A. DC. Prod. viii. 202. 
Mauritius, in mountain woods. Endemic. Bois de Natte rouge. M. angustifolia, 
Bojer, Hort. Maur. 198 (name only), is said to be very closely to this species, hut to 
have narrower leaves. 
4. IMBRICARIA, Juss. 
Calyx-lobes 8, biseriate, the outer valvate, coriaceous, the inner 
grey, narrower. Corolla with a very short tube, the divisions as 
long as the calyx, the outer 16 deeply 2-5-cleft with linear lobes, 
the inner 8 entire. Stamens 8, opposite the inner petals ; anthers 
