. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. s very hard ; the flowers are often unisexual by abortion;the segments of the calyx and coroUa are almost always in a single row; the stamensare usually doubled, and either twice or four times as munerous as the segments of thecorolla, or, if equal to them, alternate with them ; the style is generally divided, the cellsof the ovary sometimes 2-seeded, the ovules always pendulous, the testa thin and soft,the embryo middle-sized or small in respect to the cartilaginous albumen, w
. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. s very hard ; the flowers are often unisexual by abortion;the segments of the calyx and coroUa are almost always in a single row; the stamensare usually doubled, and either twice or four times as munerous as the segments of thecorolla, or, if equal to them, alternate with them ; the style is generally divided, the cellsof the ovary sometimes 2-seeded, the ovules always pendulous, the testa thin and soft,the embryo middle-sized or small in respect to the cartilaginous albumen, which isalways present; the radicle is of middling length, or very long and superior. It isworth remarking, that the woody shell of the seed of Sapotads is certainly testa, and notputamen, as is proved by the presence of the micropyle upon it. They are also comparablewith Ardisiads, whose abundant albumen and free central placenta render it necessary Fig. CCCCL—1. flower of a Sapota; 2. its corolla ; 3. the same cut open ; 4. the pistil; 5. half a fruitof Bassia longifolia; 5, 6. its seed, whole and cut Rhamnales.] SAPOTACE^E. 591 that they should be stationed at some distance. They differ from Storaxworts in theirshort radicle and amygdaloid embryo. Chiefly natives of the tropics of India, Africa, and America ; a few arc found in thesouthern parts of North America, and at the Cape of Good Hope. The fruit of many is esteemed in their native countries as an article of the dessert:such are the Sappodilla Plum (Achras Sapota and other species), the Star-apple(Chrysophyllum Cainito), the Marmalade (Achras mammosa), the Medlar of Surinam,the Mirausops Elengi, and others ; they are described as having generally a sweettaste, with a little acidity. The Bully or Bullet-tree of Guiana is a species of Mimusopaaccording to Su R. Schomburgk. The fruit is described as being of the size of the Coffce-beiTy, and when quite ripe delicious ; its wood is soUd, heavy, close-grained, and
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