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LXXXVII. SAPOTACE/E. 
[Mimusops. 
(1) M. elengi Linn. Sp. Pl. 349; King, l.c. 199. 
A bushy tree 30 ft. tall. Leaves dark green, rather thin 
chartaceous, elliptic, shortly acuminate, 3 to 5 in. long, 2 in. wide; 
petioles -6 to 1 in. long. Flowers white, fragrant, about *5 in. 
wide. Corolla-lobes 24 acute, tube very short. Stamens 8. Fruit 
ovoid, yellow, about 1 in. long. Seed oblong, 75 in. long, -5 in. 
broad, brown shining. Hab. A roadside tree, commonly planted. 
Distrib. Probably of Indian and Burmese origin. Native name : 
Bunga Tanjong. Children string the star-like fragrant corollas 
together to make necklaces of them. 
I have never seen it anything like wild, but Evans sends it from the 
Rum pin River, Pahang, where it is perhaps wild. 
(2) M. Kauki Linn. Sp. PL 349. 
Large spreading tree with coriaceous leaves, obovate or elliptic 
blunt, white silky beneath, 4 in. long, 2*5 in. wide; petioles 1-5 in. 
long. Flowers on thick pedicels. Sepals *25 in. long, ovate acute, 
silky. Corolla-lobes 18 in 2 rows. Stamens usually 6; staminodes 
fimbriate. Fruit ovoid-oblong, over 1 in. long, 2- to 4-seeded, 
orange red. Hab. In gardens in Malacca and possibly elsewhere, 
but rarely cultivated. Johor, Pulau Tinggi (Burkill). A poor 
fruit. Native name : Sau. 
Order LXXXVIII. EBENACE/E. 
Trees, never vast, very rarely shrubs; bark usually black. 
Leaves alternate, entire, usually coriaceous. Flowers unisexual 
in axillary or extra-axillary cymes sometimes on the trunk. Calyx 
inferior, gamosepalous with 3 to 7 lobes accrescent. Corolla 
gamopetalous, white or yellow, small lobes 3 to 7. Stamens in 
1 row as many as corolla-lobes or 2 or more times as many; fila¬ 
ments shorter than anthers, free or not ; anthers linear; in female 
flowers; as staminodes or absent. Ovary superior (abortive or o in 
males); styles 2- to 8-cells as many or twice; ovules twice as 
many. Fruit a coriaceous or fleshy berry, often large. Calyx 
as base enlarged and often woody. Seeds oblong, albuminous. 
Species 320, tropics generally. 
Some species produce the ornamental black heart-wood, ebony, 
Kayu Arang. D. discolor Linn, the Mabola or butter fruit, Bua 
manteiga of the Philippines is cultivated for its large peach-like 
pink fruit covered with brown fur. The species are comparatively 
little known, as it is often difficult to get both sexes of flowers 
and fruit. Several of King’s species I have not seen. 
Flowers often 3 -merous; ovary 3- to 6-celled . . .1. Maba 
Flowers mostly 4- to 5-merous; ovary 4- to 5- or 8- to 
10-celled.2. Diospyros 
