448 ANON ACEAE 
b. Flowers terminal, sessile or nearly so: leaf-blades short and broad, obovate or oval. 
4. A. obovata. 
B. Flowers from the axils of the deciduous leaves of the preceding season, appear- 
ing before the leaves. 
Leaves leathery ; blades reticulated : flowers yellowish white. 1 or 2 in an axil. 
Young leaves densely tomentose on both surfaces: mature outer petals 4-5 
em. long. : 5. A. speciosa. 
Young leaves sparingly tomentose, the upper surface soon glabrous : mature 
outer petals 2.544 em. long. 6. A. reticulata, 
Leavesmembranous ; blades not reticulated : flowers purple, solitary in the axils. 
A sh rub mostly less than 1.5 m. tall: mature outer petals 1 em. long or shorter: 
fruit 3-4 cm. long. 7. A. parviflora. 
A shrub or tree 3-12 m. tall: mature outer petals 2 cm. longor longer: fruit 7- 
16 em. long. 8. A. triloba. 
1. Asimina angustifdlia A. Gray. A shrub, 4-9 dm. tall. Stems branched at the 
base ; branches, except their twigs, glabrous, the old bark gray, the younger reddish : leaf- 
blades linear to oblanceolate or narrowly spatulate, 5-20 cm. long, acute or obtuse at the 
apex, acute at the base, glabrous, reticulated, sessile or short-petioled: flowers solitary in. 
the axils of the leaves, or rarely terminating the branches : pedicels glabrous or sparingly 
pubescent, 1-2 cm. long: sepals ovate, nearly glabrous, 1-1.5 cm. long: outer petals oblong- 
obovate or obovate, accrescent, 6 cm. long, white or yellowish white even at maturity: 
[seii oblong, 3-5 cm. long, acute. [A. pygmaea (Michx.) Dunal, not Anona pygmaea. 
artr. 
In sandy pine lands, Georgia and northern Florida. Spring. Fruit ripening in summer. 
2. Asimina pygmaéa (Bartr.) A. Gray. A shrub, 2-6 dm. tall. Stems simple, or 
commonly branched at the base; branches arcuate, often nearly prostrate, reddish, often 
tomentose at the ends : leaves tomentose when young, especially beneath, at maturity usu- 
ally erect, appearing as if secund ; blades oblong-oblanceolate, or spatulate-obovate, 5-15 
em. long, rounded, obtuse or acutish at the apex, acute at the base, glabrous, reticulated, 
sessile or short-petioled : flowers solitary in the axils, often nodding: pedicels slender, 
1-1.5 cm. long, glabrous or somewhat tomentose, often recurved: sepals ovate, 7-10 mm. 
long, tomentose when young, glabrate when old: petals greenish and slightly pubescent 
externally when young, becoming dull black-purple and glabrous, the outer narrowly obo- 
vate, 2-3 cm. Jong at maturity, the inner smaller: fruit not seen. 
In pine lands, eastern and peninsular Florida. Spring. Fruit ripening in summer. 
3. Asimina Rugé ii Robinson. A low branching shrub. Stems zigzag, red, ferrugi-- 
neous-tomentulose : leaves early glabrate ; blades oblong, 2.5-4 cm. long, rounded at the 
apex, firm-leathery, reticulated, abruptly contracted at the base, nearly sessile: flowers in-- 
conspicuous, short-pedicelled : petals oblong, 6-8 mm. long, those of both series nearly 
similar, obtuse, leathery : carpels pubescent when young. 
In sandy pine woods, peninsular Florida. Spring. 
4. Asimina obovàta ( Willd.) Nash. A shrub or small tree, 1-3 m. tall. Stems. 
much branched, clothed with a grayish brown bark ; branchlets, petioles and the lower sur- 
face of the leaves, especially the midrib and nerves, tomentose with bright red or brown 
hairs: leaf-blades obovate, or the smaller ones often oval, 4-10 cm. long, glabrous above; 
petioles 3-5 mm. long: flowers sessile or nearly so, terminating the branchlets: sepals - 
ovate to oval, 10-12 mm. long, tomentose when young, glabrate: petals yellowish white, . 
glabrous, the outer obovate, 5-6 cm. long at maturity, the inner smaller: fruit not seen. 
In pine lands, peninsular Florida. Spring. Fruit ripening in summer. 
5. Asimina specidsa Nash. A shrub, 6-12 dm. tall. Stems clothed with a smooth 
gray bark; branchlets, as well as the peduncles and both surfaces of the young leaves 
densely tomentose with yellowish or tawny hairs: leaf-blades oblong, narrowly obovate or: 
obovate, 7-14 cm. long, leathery, reticulated, tomentose on both sides, sparingly so above 
at maturity ; petioles 3-7 mm. long, densely tomentose : flowers sometimes accompanie 
by branchlets from the axils of the deciduous leaves of the preceding year: pedicels 7-18 - 
mm. long: sepals ovate, 6-8 mm. long, tomentose : outer petals oval or obovate, 4-5 cm. 
long at maturity, much exceeding the inner ones, about six times as long as the sepals, 
pubescent, particularly on the outside near the base: berries glabrous. [A. grandiflora 
(Michx.) A. Gray, not Anona grandiflora Bartr. ] 
In pine lands, eastern Georgia and eastern Florida. Spring. Fruit ripening in summer. 
6. Asimina reticulata Shuttl. A shrub, 5-10 dm. tall. Stems with a grayish brown 
or brown bark ; branchlets, lower surface of the young leaves, peduncles and the outer sur- 
faces of the sepals and young petals densely tomentose with reddish brown hairs: leaves - 
somewhat tomentose above when young ; blades leathery, narrowly oblong, or oblanceolate, 
sometimes cuneate, 2 5-9 cm. long, glabrous, reticulated, the midrib and nerves prominent 
beneath ; petioles 1-2 mm. long: flowers on pedicels 5-8 mm. long, arising from the axils - 
of the deciduous leaves of the preceding year, each often accompanied by a branchlet : . 
