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pubescent; onter 1 in., obovate-oblong, shortly broadly clawed, undulate; inner much 

 Bmaller, cordate ; claw long-linear. Ihrus urceolate pilose. Ovaries pilose, 8-10- 

 ovuled, style clavate. Carpefe (unripe) f in., rusty-tomentose, top rounded; stalk ^- 

 4 in., stout. 



7. M. grrandlflora, Beddome Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 101 ; young parts 

 golden-pubescent, leaves elliptic or ovate-lanceolate shining above glabres- 

 cent beneath, peduncles 2-3-flowered leaf-opposed, flowers 2-sexual, carpeU 

 globose. ' 



Gbats near Coloor and Gairsoppah, in S. C Am arXj Beddome, 



A handsome tree. Leaves 4-5 by l4-2i in., thin, coriaceous, axils of nerves beneath 

 hairy and glandular; petiole 4 in. blowers 2-3 in. diam., ferruginous, subsessile; 

 buds globose ; bract close to flower. Sepals small. Outer petals broadly elliptic, acate, 

 first white, turning yellow ; inner smaller, deciduous, claw broad, back triangular, 

 white streaked with red. Carpels globose, size of a hazel, l-seeded, tomentose, — "^ 

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Trees or shrubs. Flowers solitary or fascicled, terminal or leaf-opposed. 

 Sq^ah 3, small, valvate. Petals 3-6, valvate in 2 series, or the inner series 

 wanting ; outer triquetrous, base concave. Stamens numerous ; anther-cells 

 narrow, dorsal, contiguous, top of connective ovoid. Ovai'ies many, subcon- 

 nate ; style oblong ; ovule 1, erect. Ripe carpels confluent into a many-celled 

 ovoid or globose many-seeded fruit. — Distrib. A large American and 

 African genus, of which various fruiting species or varieties are naturalized 



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A. squamosa, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. i, 85 ; leaves oblong obtuse or acu- 

 minate glaucous beneath and pubescent when young, fruit tubercled. Uoio, 



115; 



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Naturalized especially in the Western Peninsula. — Distrib, Tropical Amenca*— 

 (The Custard Apple of India, and Sweet Sop of the W. Indies) ' ^ ■ 



A small tree. Leaves 2-3 by |-li in., membranous, usually obLuse, base acute 

 FUncers solitary 1 in. long, pubescent. Petals 3, narrow-oblong. Fruit flesnji 

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A. reticulata, Linn.; DC. Prodr. i. 85; leaves oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate quite glabrous smooth or roughish beneath, fruit smooth lightly 

 areolate. Eoxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 657 ; Watt. Cat. 6489 ; W. S A. Prodr. 1\ 

 U.f. i: T. Fl. Ind. 115 ; Rheede Hort. Mai. iii. t. 30, 31. ' 



Naturalized in Bengal and elsewhere, Distrib. Tropical America. (Bullock's-heft^ 

 or Custard Apple of the W. Indies.) , 



A small tree. Leaves 5-8 by 1^-2 in., base acute; petiole J in. Flowers Z-^ 

 together on lateral peduncles. Outer petals as in A, squamosa; inner very 8n^^' 

 narrow-oblong. Fruit subglobose, roughish outside, with pentagonal areoles. 



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 axillary and leaf-opposed, solitary fascicled or panicled ; buds triquetrous. 

 Sepfds 3, small, valvate, connate below. Petals 6, valvate in 2 rows ; out«r 

 plano-convex or trigonous ; inner triquetrous above, hollowed below on tli^ 

 inner face. Stamens many; anther-cells dorsal, contiguous; top of connec- 

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