Casimiroa
(named after Cardinal Casimiro Gomez): ORD. Rutaceoe. A genus, allied to Skimmia, containing a couple of species, the one hitherto introduced being an evergreen greenhouse tree, succeeding well in rich friable loam with perfect drainage. It is very likely that this fine fruiting tree will be extensively grown when better known, as it would probably succeed in the open air in the Channel Islands, in the south and south-west of England, and in Ireland. We have hitherto failed in striking cuttings, as also in finding a stock on which it will graft. It may, however, be readily raised from seeds. C. edulis (edible).* White Sapota. fl. green, small. fr. about the size of a St. Michael orange, borne on the two-year-old wood, of a greenish-yellow colour when ripe, and having a delicious melting flavour, like that of a peach. l. digitate. Mexico, 1866. (G. C. n. s., viii. 465.)