SAPOTACEX. Endl. The Sappodilla tribe of plants comprise genera which may be thus shown :— Adras sapote, Linn. East and West Indies.
A. sessiliflora, Poir., 'Mauritius.
Lucnma mammosa, Juss., America, China, E. and W. Indies Chrysophillum cainito, L., E. and W. India S.
America.
C. Roxburghii, G. Don, Assam, Khassya.
Imbricaria Commersonii, G. Don, Bourbon, Mauritius, Java.
Payena lucida, D.C., Cachar, Tenasserim.
Isonandra Wightiana, D.C., IV. Ghats, Ceylon. I. obovata, GrUf., Tenasserim, Tavoy.
Sarcosperma Griffithii, Hooker f., E. Himalaya. S. arborea, Hook. f., E. Himalaya.
Dichopsis polyantha, Benth., Cacher, Chittagong, Assam.
Miniusops Indica, D.C., S. India.
M. littoralis Kurz, Andamans.
M. elengi, L'inn., Moluccas, Ceylon, both Pen. of India, Bengal, Sylhet.
M. obtusifolius, Lam., Mauritius.
M. kauki, L., Malabar, Gour, Malay Islands, New Holland, Moluccas.
M. bexandnis, Roxb., Circar mountains, Bombay. M. erythroxylon, Boma, Bourbon, Mauritius.
Bassia longifolia, L., Ceylon, Malabar, Coromandel. B. sericea, B/., Java.
B. latifolia, Boxb., Peninsula of India, Malwa. B. cuneata, Bl. Java.
B. butyracese, itorb., Nepal, Almora.
B. Parkii, G. Don, West Africa.
Sideroxylon inerme, L., S. elengioides, D.C., W . Ghats.
S. regium, Wall., Pegu.
S. cinerium, Lam., Mauritius, S. tomentosum, Roxb., Ghats.
S. Walliclaianum, Wall., Penang.
Isonandra lanceolate, Wight, Peninsula of India. I. village, TVight IX. Peninsula of India.
I. gutte, Wight Ie., 'Malay Peninsula, Java, Borneo.
The Indian Sapotem spread from the islands of the Indian Archipelago along the Malayan Pen insula to Sylhet, and from that to Nepal. The
Achras sapota has delicious fruit with very bitter seeds, believed in Martinique to be powerfully diuretic ; the bark is deemed a substitute for cinchona. The barks of other species are astrin gent, the fruits pulpy, acidalous, and edible. The seeds contain an oil rich in stearine. Bassia butyracea is found in the neighbourhood of A lmora and Nepal Hills. The butter is of' a delicate white colour, and of the consistence of fine lard, but without any disagreeable smell. It is highly esteemed as a liniment in rhenmatistn, contraction of the limbs, etc., and when used by natives of rank is frequently impregnated with some fragrant attar. The tree very much resembles B. latifolia, but may be distinguished by its much les,s fleshy corols and more numerous stamens ; flowering in January, and ripening its fruit in August. The kernels are about the size and shape of ahnonds, are easily extracted from the smooth chesnut coloured pericarps, when they are bruised and rubbed up to the consistency of cream, and sub jected to a moderate pressure in a cloth bag. The oil concretes immediately it is expressed, and retains its consistency at a temperature of 95°.— Lindley, Fl. Med. p. 388 ; O'Sh. p. 427 ; Him. Bot. pp. 262, 263 ; Roxb.