6 anonacej:. 



duced to scales, or obsolete. Carpids one-seeded, united in a fleshy syncarpium. — Trees or 

 shrubs; flowers terminal or lateral ; petals tomentose : tube globose. 



9. R. Sieberi, A. DC. Leaves oblong, strigillose beneath : veins prominent ; segments 

 of corolla oblong-ovate, rounded, subtruncate at the top, divergent or incurved. — A. DC. in 

 Mem. Geneve, 5. t. 2b.— Anona reticulata, Sieb. Hb. Trin. n. lb\—K tree; leaves pointed 

 or bluntish at both ends ; lateral peduncles 1-5 -flowered'; segments of corolla 6'" long and 

 2%'" broad, either horizontally divergent or (perhaps in a younger state) incurved-ascending. 

 — Hab. Trinidad!, Sieb.; S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Mexico, in the province of Teapa]. 



10. R. multiflora, Splitgerb.J (not Miq.) Leaves oblong, leathery, glabrate and smooth 

 beneath : veins delicate, scarcely or not at all prominent ; segments of corolla short, obovate, 

 horizontally divergent; syncarpium globose. — R. glaucescens, Miq.! (in Pl.IIostm. n. 967). 

 It. resinosa, Spruce! (ej. Coll. n. 1225). — A small tree, 16'-30' high; leaves polished, 

 pointed or bluntish, rouuded at the base; lateral peduncles 2-5-nowered; segments of corolla 

 4"'-5"' long, 3"'-4'" broad. — The wood is used for spears and rafters. — Hab. Trinidad !, 

 Lockh., Cr., in mountain woods; [Guiana!, equatorial Brazil!]. 



Tribe II. XYLOP1EJE— Carpels distinct. Petals valvate. 

 3. XYLOPIA, Z. 



Sepals connected in a tube. Petals linear, thick, exterior concave, interior somewhat 

 shorter, keeled on the inner side. Stamens indefinite, inserted upon a hollow disc, including 

 the ovaries ; connective truncate. Ovaries 2-co , distinct : styles connivent and forming a 

 conical body : ovules 2-6, sutural. Carpids usually stalked, subbaccate or at length dehis- 

 cent, torulose by spurious horizontal dissepiments separating the seeds, or one-seeded. — 

 Trees or shrubs ; flowers axillary, solitary or fascicled, usually silky. 



11. X. jamaicensis, Griseb. Leaves lanceolate-linear, taper-pointed ; upper bracteole 

 partly involving the calyx-tube ; calyx cupuliform, pubescent, three-lobed to the middle, four 

 times shorter than the silky corolla : lobes rounded, bluntish ; carpids 2, compressed-ovoid, 

 sessile, 5-4-seeded. — Br. Jam. t. 5./. 2. — X. muricata, L. : this name cannot be adopted, 

 as takeu from a character not existing, the carpids not being muricate, but perfectly smooth, or 

 scarcely somewhat pimpled. — A tree, 15-20' high ; leaves 3"-l J" long, 6'" broad, tapering 

 into a narrow (sometimes bluntish) point, glabrous above, pubescent or nearly glabrous be- 

 neath; exterior petals 4'" long; carpids 10"'-12'" long, 8'" broad, 3'" thick, glabrous, woody. 

 — X. 8alicifolia, Kth. (X. frutescens, Aubl. Gartn.), of the southern Continent, is very similar, 

 but has 5-10 ovaries, and the carpids obovate and stalked, much smaller, usually two-seeded, 

 acrid-aromatic (Mart.), while they are bitter in the West Indian species. — Hab. Jamaica !, 

 A/., March, e.g. S. Ann's. 



12. X. glabra, L. Leaves lanceolate, taper-pointed ; bracteoles somewhat remote from 

 the calyx, deciduous ; calyx cupuliform, silky and glabrescent, three-lobed to the middle, four 

 times shorter than the silky corolla : lobes rounded, bluntish ; carpids two. — Dun. Anon. 

 t. 19. — A tree ; leaves 2"-3" long, 1" broad, downy beneath with appressed hairs in the 

 younger state : point bluntish, sometimes emarginate ; flowers solitary or fascicled ; exterior 

 petals 4"'-6'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Al. ; Barbadoes; [Venezuela!, Guiana]. 



13. X. grandifiora, Aubl. Leaves oblong -lanceolate, pointed ; upper bracteole partly 

 involving the calyx-tube, with the flowers silky ; calyx shortly campanulate, tridentate (or 

 trifid), 4-6 times shorter than the corolla : teeth pointed ; carpids stalked, incurved-oblong, 

 snbcylindrical, 2-4-seeded. — Dun. Anon. t. 21, 22 ; Rich. Cub. t. 6. — Unona acutiflora, Dun. 

 U. xylopioides, Dun. X. longifolia, A. DC. X. cubensis, Rich. A tree ; leaves 3"-6" long, 

 l"-2" broad ; exterior petals 8"'-16"' long ; carpids 8'" long, 3'" broad, blunt, rounded at 

 the base towards the stalk, which is 2'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Trinidad !, Cr. ; [Cuba ; 

 Panama ! to Brazil !]. 



4. GTJATTERIA, R. P. 



Sepals cohering at the base. Petals flat. Stamens indefinite : connective truncate. Ova- 

 ries distinct : ovule single, erect. Carpids stalked. — Trees or shrubs ; flowers axillary, 

 rarely lateral. 



