ANONACE. 
4 Eveoma‘t1a. Fruit solitary, many-celled, many-seeded. 
Calyx in the form of a calyptra before the flower expands. 
Stamens numerous, perigynous, inner ones of the form of petals. 
Petals wanting. 
§ 3. Uninee. Carpels numerous, distinct (f. 25. c.). 
5 Asmr'na. Carpels 3, rarely 4-6, sessile, ovate-oblong, 
fleshy, many-seeded ; seeds in one row. Calyx 3-parted. Pe- 
tals 6. 
6 Porce‘t1a. Carpels 3-6, sessile, cylindrical, somewhat 
fleshy, many-seeded ; seeds in two rows. Sepals 3, connected 
together a little at the base. Petals 6. 
7 Uvaria. Carpels 6-15, baccate, stipitate, ovate-globose, 
many-seeded ; seeds in two rows. Sepals 3, connected at the 
base. Petals 6. 
8 Uno'na. Carpels 8-30, dry, stipitate, oblong-ovate or 
moniliform, many-seeded. Sepals 3, rarely 4, connected at the 
base. Petals 6. 
9 Xyzo'pra. Carpels 6-20, dry, stipitate, 2-seeded. Calyx 
3-5 lobed. Petals 6. 
10 Oro'rHea. Carpels 3, seldom 4, (sometimes single from 
abortion) at first connected, but at length diverging, 1-2-seeded, 
sessile, cylindrical, baccate. Seeds hanging from the top of the 
cell. Calyx 3-parted. Petals 6. 
11 Dueve' tra. Carpels numerous, ovate, 3-5-angled, woody, 
I-seeded, seated on thick pedicels, Receptacle large, cylin- 
drical, globose. 
12 Guatteria. Carpels 8-40, stipitate (f. 25. c.), ovate or 
globose, dry, l-seeded. Seed almost filling the cell. Sepals 3 
(f 25, a.) connected at the base. Petals 6 (f. 25. b.). 
13 Boca'cra, Ovaries 3, sessile, hardly joined together or 
completely free, l-celled, 5-6-seeded. Carpels 1-3, distinct, 
rather dry, tubercled, on short stipes, 1-celled, 3-seeded from 
abortion, Calyx 3-parted, or almost entire and cup-shaped. 
Petals 6, Stamens 6, not as in the rest numerous. 
Si Morte pra. Carpels baccate, numerous, sessile, com- 
pletely free, on a flat receptacle, l-celled, 1-seeded. Calyx 
mates nearly closed, quadrifid, torn in pieces by the fruit as 
they grow. Petals none. 
Sl Anòneæ (shrubs agreeing with Anona.) `D. C. prod. 1. 
P: 83, Carpels 1-celled, joined into a many-celled single fruit. 
I. ANO 
natives of NA (Anona is the name applied to these plants by the 
a St. Domingo ; but Rumphius says it comes from its 
e la” Manoa, or from its Banda name Menona, but as 
imæus het annona signifies victuals, it is probable that 
mono / ad taken it from this.) Adans. fam. p. 365. Dun. 
specie. non. P. 58. D. C. syst. 1. p. 466. prod. 1. p. 83. Annona 
e. ea gen. no. 693, Juss. gen. 283. Lam. ill. t. 494. 
ase, conan Polydndria, Polygyjnia. Sepals 3, connected at the 
inner ones a? somewhat cordate, acutish. Petals 6, thickish, 
ost canes (£. 23. b.) or wanting. Anthers indefinite, 
rus. arpel angular, and dilated at the apex, covering the 
celled frit ve indefinite, sessile, joined into one fleshy, many- 
in, p (£. 23. d.) with a muricated, scaly, or reticulated 
Species nid nde; cells l-seeded. The fruit of nearly all the 
edible, and are highly esteemed in their native coun- 
I. Anona. 87 
tries. The genus has derived its English name, custard-apple, 
from the consistence of the fruit of several species. 
§ 1. Petals concave, thick, cordate, and ovate. 
* Outer petals acute, inner ones blunt, a little smaller than the 
outer ones. 
1 A. murica'ta (Lin. spec. 756.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, ` 
smooth, somewhat shining ; peduncles solitary, 1-flowered ; outer 
petals cordate, acuminated, inner ones blunt; fruit muricated, 
with fleshy points. h. S. Native of the West Indies, and in 
many other places in South America, and now cultivated almost 
every where within the tropics. Jacq. obs. 1. p. 10. t. 5. Sloan. 
jam. hist. 2. p. 166. t. 225. bad. Flowers green on the outside, 
yellow inside and spotted. Bark, leaves, and flowers sweet- 
scented. Wood very hard. Fruit fleshy, green, eatable, of an 
acid taste, and is much used among the negroes in its native 
country ; it is hardly ever eaten by the better sort of people. 
Var. B, fruit almost spherical, yellow on the outside. Dun. 
mon. anon. p. 62. Plum. amer. t. 143. f. 1. gen. 43. t. 10. Mss. 
6. t. 114. 
Soursoap, or Muricated-fruited Custard-apple. Fl. year. Cit. 
1656. Shrub 15 feet. ' 
2 A. PURPUREA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. ined. Dun. mon. 
anon. p. 64. t. 2.) leaves nearly sessile, lanceolate, under sur- 
face somewhat rusty; flowers axillary, almost sessile; outer 
petals cordate, acute, inner ones roundish, h. S. Native of 
Mexico. Corolla large, with the outer petals yellowish-brown, 
and the inner ones purple. Fruit unknown. 
Purple-petalled Custard-apple. Shrub 10 to 15 feet. 
3 A. HuĮmso'rori (Dun. mon. anon. p. 64. t. 3.) leaves ob- 
long, acuminated, smooth, full of dots; peduncles short, soli- 
tary, axillary nearly sessile, 1-flowered; outer petals ovate, 
somewhat heart-shaped, acute, inner ones bluntish. h. S. 
Native of the province of Cumana, where it is called Chilimòlia. 
A. Humboldtiàna, Kth. nov. gen. 5. p. 56. The three outer 
petals are yellowish on the outside, and have each a purple spot 
on the inside at the base ; the three inner ones are smaller, keeled 
and yellowish on the outside, sprinkled with red spots, and on 
the inside purple, with yellow spots. 
Humboldt’s Custard-apple. Fl.? Shrub 8 to 15 feet. 
4 A, LAURIFO LIA (Dun. mon. anon. p. 65.) leaves ovate-lan- 
ceolate, smooth; peduncles solitary, 1-flowered, pendulous ; 
outer petals heart-shaped, acute, inner ones roundish, fruit 
mammeform, smooth. h.S. Native of the West Indies and 
in the vicinity of the tropic in North America. Cat. carol. 2. p. 
67. t. 67. A. glabra B, Lam. dict. 2. p. 125. Branches flexuous. 
Leaves like those of the Sweet-Bay. The outer petals are green, 
the inner ones are smaller and white. Fruit green, of the form 
of an inverted Pear. 
Laurel-leaved Custard-apple. 
12 feet. 
Fl.? Clt. 1820. Shrub 10 to 
* * Outer petals blunt. 
5 A. oBTUSIFLO RA (Tuss. antil. t. 28.) leaves oblong-lanceo- 
late, waved, acuminated, full of nerves, younger ones tomentose, 
adult ones smooth ; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered ; outer petals 
blunt. h.S. Cultivated in St. Domingo, but perhaps origin- 
ally from Asia. Dun. mon. anon. p. 65. Leaves distich. Fruit 
roundish, tubercled, eatable. 
Blunt-flowered Custard-apple. Tree 20 feet. . 
6 A. RHOMBIPE'TALA (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 5. t. 489.) leaves 
long, obovately-oblong, acuminated, almost sessile: peduncles 
aggregate, lateral, 1-flowered; flowers large, hairy ; sepals 
ovate ; petals 6, inner ones longest, rhomboidal, curved at the 
base, and with an obtuse mucrone at the apex; ovary surrounded 
by numerous scales ; fruit globose, muricated, or reticulated. 
